Board of Directors

For over 13 years, Amy has been designing and delivering energy efficiency programs for a variety of customer segments in Manitoba. With a decade at Manitoba Hydro, she gained insight into the significant role that demand side management plays for utilities and the importance of bill affordability for underserved customers.

She believes that everyone should have access to energy efficiency programs and provides the strategic direction for a number of programs aimed at reducing barriers to participation and that build capacity opportunities.

At Stantec, Calene supports high-performance building design, campus decarbonization studies, high- performance mechanical systems, and embodied and operational carbon analysis. Calene has expertise in passive design, energy and carbon modelling, and integrated envelope–mechanical design, which she leveraged in designing and constructing her own home. Calene is recognized for her ability to translate complex technical concepts to diverse audiences through teaching, presentations, and collaborative design leadership.

Cindy has a wide range of building related areas including architectural design, production and construction, project management, and provincial green building policy and program development. She currently works as Planning Officer for her family’s small home development company.

In these various roles, she has and continues to volunteer in sustainability and building-related committees, boards and working groups including Manitoba Round Table for Sustainable Development, Bee Better Manitoba and the Building Energy Technology Access Center at Red River College. She was a founding member of Manitoba’s Chapter of the Canada Green Building Council which later evolved into Sustainable Building Manitoba.

Prior to his involvement in climate change, he worked for 25 years as Director of Quality Systems with a Winnipeg-based electronics design and manufacturing company. While there, he helped the company grow from 12 people in a small, local facility to an international concern with manufacturing and offices in 5 countries, and 1000+ employees.
In 2010, Curt was trained by Al Gore in Nashville and became part of the global Climate Reality Project. He continues to work with that project internationally.
Locally, Curt is working with many groups to move us to a fossil-fuel free future. He was one of the founders of Bike Winnipeg as well as 50by30.org and Transition Winnipeg. Recently, he has been doing consulting work on sustainability with northern First Nations.

Daniel’s passion for building science has steadily built over his career in the building industry through experiences as a finishing carpenter, architectural technologist at a local architecture firm, research and instructional roles at RRCP, to stewarding Turnbull House,  the 1913 family home in crescentwood. His current role permits mentorship and interaction with young and emerging professionals moving through the civil engineering programs.  This includes applied research and participation in competition work; notably the recent Building Envelope Design Competition, serving as advisor to the winning student entry.  Daniel is also a committed year round cyclist, both for transportation and leisure.

Prior to her work with SSCI, with a Bachelor of Social Work from U of M and family experience with disability, she became involved in the disabilities movement, became President of a provincial non-profit organization for ten years and Executive Director of a national non-profit for over five years.

In 2000 Diane and her husband built their forever home without connecting to the natural gas line in front of our property, relying instead on passive solar and solar PV technology, biomass and geothermal heat pump technology. Living in a home with low environmental impact provides a sense of calm and optimism about the future for their family.

Dudley nurtured Prairie as an architectural firm that was committed at its roots to sustainability, stakeholder participation in design and building community. Prairie  demonstrated this commitment to Sustainable Buildings with an integrated staff of building scientists and 90% of staff members that are LEED accredited. Prairie certified over 30 LEED buildings under Dudley’s leadership including Manitoba’s first LEED GOLD Building, Mountain Equipment Co-op, and several LEED Platinum projects including Manitoba Hydro Place and Amber Trails School. In his 35 years of practice, Dudley guided Prairie Architects Inc. as an Integrated Design Process Facilitator on numerous projects, in the regeneration of dozens of historic buildings, the renewal of many urban sites, the creation of many First Nation projects as well as a wide variety of residential, community and educational projects. Mr. Thompson was chairperson of the non-profit Winnipeg Housing and Rehab Corporation, served on the Board of Directors of Manitoba Hydro and Oxfam Canada and is currently on the Board of Directors for Efficiency Manitoba and Chair of the Advocacy Committee of Sustainable Building Manitoba. In 2014, he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from Canada Green Building Council, Manitoba Chapter, “For his visionary leadership, and his outstanding personal and professional commitment to advancing sustainable building practices in Manitoba.” He also received a Fellowship in the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada in 2016.

Jason also serves on the Board of Directors for Electric Mobility Canada, contributing to national efforts to accelerate transportation electrification and strengthen industry collaboration.

With experience spanning technology and energy solutions, Jason advocates for sustainable building policy, including EV-ready requirements as a critical element of future-proof development. In buildings with parking, EV charging is one of the fastestgrowing electrical loads. Early planning for capacity and infrastructure helps manage costs, improve long-term performance, and reduce embodied carbon impacts.

Through his work and volunteer leadership, Jason supports Sustainable Building Manitoba’s mission to advance innovation and engagement in the transition to a more sustainable built environment.

Jessica looks forward to continuing her contributions to SBM, advocating for thoughtful, forward-looking sustainable policy in Manitoba.

Previously, he has performed whole building energy modelling, operational carbon analysis and related consulting in roles at WSP, Crosier Kilgour and Integrated Designs Inc. Prior to entering the world of buildings, Lindsay spent his early career in aerospace manufacturing engineering.

Her technical foundation was built through her work at Stantec and Gatwick Airport, where she developed a strong ability to bridge the gap between data-driven insights and practical implementation. Melanie is an experienced presenter and actively contributes to efforts in energy and carbon reduction training, as well as the development of user guides for the National Energy Code. She also founded the Manitoba Energy Modelling Group, a collaborative network that supports local professionals through knowledge-sharing, resource development, and peer learning.

Michael Pankratz grew up in Winnipeg and studied Architecture at the University of
Manitoba. Following school, he spent two years in construction gaining valuable insight
into project management and effective problem solving.

He joined Cornerstone in 2015 and grew the design department, working with hundreds
of clients on their custom timber projects. Michael brings a rare combination of design
literacy and fabrication reality to every project and was instrumental in Cornerstone’s
adoption of mass timber and the path towards being a leader in the region. He has led
or contributed to a range of residential, commercial, and institutional projects.

Red North Carpentry is a 2023 recipient of the Building Science Leadership Award from Logix Brands. This is for an ICF home that achieved 0.29ACH/50 and uses over 50% less energy than a standard home.  He is happiest out in the elements, working the tools, teaching and mentoring the company’s apprentices, and learning about building science and best practices.  Outside of work, you’ll usually find him running in Winnipeg and on Manitoba’s trails – having completed multiple ultra marathons.