2025 WIN Awards finalists announced

Over the past eleven years, the Women’s Infrastructure Network (WIN) Awards has stood at the forefront, championing and recognizing diversity and excellence across the infrastructure sector.

2025 WIN Awards, include 66 nominees, with 11 finalists named in the Outstanding Leader and Emerging Leader categories.

The WIN Awards Program recognizes the contributions of exceptional women in the Canadian infrastructure industry. This phenomenally successful Program has been held annually since 2015 and over the years has resulted in over 300 nominations of exceptional women across the country from all disciplines.

The 11th WIN Awards Ceremony will be held  on Thursday, April 24th in six locations: Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Ottawa, Halifax, and Calgary.

Outstanding Leader Finalists

Angela Clayton
Interim President & CEO
Infrastructure Ontario

Krista Hill
Partner and Co-head, Infrastructure and Energy Practice
Torys

Brenda Ireland
Executive Director, Indigenous Relations and the Respectful
Onsite Initiative
BC Infrastructure Benefits

Sophie Morin
Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer
Pomerleau

Stephanie Smith
Chief Nuclear Officer
AtkinsRéalis Canada

Lisa Sparrow
President and CEO
Corix

Emerging Leader Finalists

Dani Delaloye
Principal Engineer
Mott MacDonald

Maisie Fichuk
Operations Manager
Kiewit

Laurie Juneau-Paradis
Senior Project Manager, Urban Infrastructure and Northern Engineering
CIMA+

Anne-Marie Langlois
Vice President, Head of Engineering Canada
COWI North America

Holynde Smiechowski
Project Manager
PCL Construction

Outstanding Leader Nominees

Briar Beers
Vice President
Cutting Edge Consulting

Angela Clayton
Interim President & CEO
Infrastructure Ontario

Nicole Court
Vice President, Corporate Affairs
Aecon

Kerri Culver
Chief Planning Officer
University Health Network

Gillian Edwards
Vice President, Regional Growth Leader
Stantec

Krista Hill
Partner and Co-head, Infrastructure and
Energy Practice
Torys

Ljiljana Josic
Senior Director Tailings, Water, and Geotechnical Engineering
AtkinsRéalis Canada

Sarah Koper
Project Manager
Ledcor Group of Companies

Anne-Marie Lussier
Vice President, Human Resources, REM Project
NouvLR

Jennifer MacLean
Associate Vice President, Surrey Langley Corridor
Transportation Investment Corporation

Kelly McBride
Quality Director
Aecon

Karen Mill
General Counsel
Infrastructure BC

Sophie Morin
Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer
Pomerleau

Hiral Patel
Interface Manager, SkyLink Guideway
Partners
Flatiron Dragados Canada

Tamsin Silvester
Program Director, Transportation Systems –
Rail & Transit West
WSP Canada

Lisa Sparrow
President and CEO
Corix

Janine Turner
Vice President, Strategic Pursuits and Alternative Delivery, Transportation and Infrastructure
WSP Canada

Shonda Wang
Principal
SvN Architects + Planners

Shormila Chatterjee
Vice-President, Infrastructure Advisory, Strategy and Transactions
Ernst & Young

Kelly Coles
Vice President, Building & Infrastructure
Calgary Municipal Land Corporation

Marie-Jose (MJ) Croonen
Vice President and Practice Lead Energy Advisory, ESG and Decarbonization
AECOM

Laura Donaldson
Vice-President, Transportation Structures
Egis

Shezana Hassko
Vice President of Engineering
TransLink

Brenda Ireland
Executive Director, Indigenous Relations and the Respectful Onsite Initiative
BC Infrastructure Benefits

Janice Kennedy
Project Director
Colliers Project Leaders

Lindsay Lashley
Senior Project Manager
High Frequency Rail

Maeri Machado
Director, Climate Change, Resilience & Sustainability
WSP Canada

Mariola Mata Zapico
Quality Director
NouvLR

Caterina Milioto
President
Intervia

Jacqueline Morin
Senior Labour Manager
Plan Group

Kristy Neish
National Practice Leader and Principal Structural Engineer
WSP Canada Inc

Amy Pothier Kelly
Senior Manager, Customer and Inclusive Design
Metrolinx

Stephanie Smith
Chief Nuclear Officer
AtkinsRéalis Canada

Jordan Street
Traffic Superintendent
Ledcor Group of Companies

Josée Vallée
Program Manager, Design & Construction Municipal Branch
City of Ottawa

Emerging Leader Nominees

Zaina Alhillou
Director, Program Management Office
Nieuport Aviation

Morgan Burris
Partner,
Dentons

Shahandeh Hannah Ethemam
Senior Project Engineer
East Harbour Transit Hub Alliance

Mary-Ellen Gleeson
Program Manager, Rail Construction Program
City of Ottawa

Maria Hunt
Project Manager
PCL Construction

Laurie Juneau-Paradis
Senior Project Manager, Urban Infrastructure and Northern Engineering
CIMA+

Anne-Marie Langlois
Vice President, Head of Engineering Canada
COWI North America

Rebecca Marshall
Senior Commissioning Manager
Aecon

Aileen Maynard
Electrical Engineer
Hedgehog Technologies

Sara Munoz
Project Controls Manager
Quattro Constructors

Lily Pham
Civil Engineer
Stantec

Behin Phua
Bid Manager, Major Projects West
Aecon

Tatiana Rozvadovska
Manager, Infrastructure and Capital Projects
Deloitte

Holynde Smiechowski
Project Manager
PCL Construction

Kayla Teel
Senior Project Manager
Stantec

Christine Wachnik
Health and Safety Lead
AtkinsRéalis Canada

Sarjana Binte Rafiq Era
Project Leader
Fraser Health Authorities

Dani Delaloye
Principal Engineer
Mott MacDonald

Maisie Fichuk
Operations Manager
Kiewit

Alexandra Hitter
Interface and Design Management Director
NouvLR

Erica Jordan
Project Manager
PCL Construction

Catherine Labrecque-Piedboeuf
Chief Highway Engineer
AtkinsRéalis Canada

Jia Liang
Vice President, Infrastructure Investments
Fengate Asset Management

Lauren Matthias
Executive Project Director, Broadway Subway Project
Transportation Investment Corporation

Olga Morozova
Senior Legal Counsel
Flatiron-Dragados Canada

Jesi Neill
Project Manager
Kiewit

Geneviève Pharand
Senior Project Manager, Transportation Traffic Engineering
CIMA+

Jennifer Routhier
Decarbonization Lead, ESG Canada
AECOM

Sarah Slater
Manager, Safety Management
RAM

Catherine Strandt
Project Manager
Stites Consulting

Claudia Velasco
Civil Structural Engineer
AtkinsRéalis Canada