Cambridge Forum on Land Use Planning _{3rd Generation}

Geoff is the Director of the Planning and Development Services Department. He provides overall leadership and innovative strategies to ensure that the management and delivery of services are aligned with the Town of Ajax strategic priorities in the areas of: planning policy development, development application evaluation and processing, transportation planning, economic development and tourism, engineering approval and building permit issuance and building inspection. Prior to his current position, he was the Manager of Planning and was the primary planning project coordinator for the Town of Ajax. In this capacity, he provided leadership and project direction on development review, policy planning, and heritage planning projects. With almost 20 years in planning, Geoff has also been a planner with the City of Pickering and Municipality of Clarington. Geoff has a Joint-Honours Degree in Geography and History from Trent University and an Honours Diploma (Municipal Planning & Development Technician) from Mohawk College.

Bronwyn is a Registered Professional Planner and a Member of the Canadian Institute of Planners with 19+ years of experience working in the municipal sector. While starting her career on the development review side of municipal planning, she quickly found her niche in the realm of policy planning, specializing in long range planning projects, secondary plans and growth management exercises. As the current Director of Planning Policy for the Town of Halton Hills, she leads a diverse team of professional planners, heritage experts and planning analysts through the everchanging land use planning framework in Ontario.

Graig recently joined Batory Urban Planning and Project Management following over 15 years as a planner in the public sector, including 12 with the Toronto City Planning Division. A skilled communicator and collaborator, Graig has a considerable range of development planning, project management, policy development, tribunal, consultation, and mediation experience.

In his role with the City of Toronto, Graig led a diverse number of development applications and policy initiatives. Graig led the City’s review and facilitation of several transformative projects, including the Honest Ed’s and Mirvish Village site, the revitalization of the Quality Meats Abattoir site at 2 Tecumseth Street, as well as the nearby Stackt Market, and the 18-acre Alexandra Park and Atkinson Housing Co-op Revitalization in the city’s downtown.

Graig has also coordinated some of the City of Toronto’s key housing policy work as the lead on the city’s Laneway Suite initiative – ‘Changing Lanes’ – and most recently as the coordinator of the Expanding Housing Options in Neighbourhoods (EHON) initiative. Graig was also responsible for creating a more supportive regulatory environment for Toronto’s craft brewers as lead of the ‘Cask Force’ initiative.

Graig is a Member of the Canadian Institute of Planners (MCIP) and a Registered Professional Planner (RPP) in Ontario. He holds a Bachelor of Environmental Studies Degree in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Waterloo.

Caity is an MBA graduate from the Schulich School of Business in Toronto. 

Prior to joining Cambridge Forums, she worked for the Government of Canada in various communications, website and research analyst positions. She has a passion for continuous learning, strategy development and relationship building. 

In her spare time, Caity enjoys hiking, being in nature and spending time with her Australian Shepherd pup.