OPEN | 2025 eca board nominations

For the elections, the primary contact listed for each full-member firm will receive one voting ballot. If your firm needs to update your ECA primary contact, please email taylor.lewis@edmca.com. If you have any questions regarding the election, please contact wendy.billey@edmca.com.

It is an expectation that firms nominate candidates with significant or senior leadership, authority, and oversight in their firm to be eligible to run for the board. This does not mean that small organizations cannot participate, in fact, it is important that ECA has small firm representation on our board.

2025 ECA Board Election Process:

The ECA’s Board of Directors will be comprised of up to 16 directors, 1 director ex-officio (the chair of the board), and up to 4 appointed board members. Directors represent the association's 4 classifications of membership: General Contractors (3), Trade Contractors (3), Manufacturers & Suppliers (3), and Architects & Engineers (2). Directors are elected for 3-year terms.

We are required to elect 6 Directors for the 2025-2027 term:

• 2 candidates to represent the General Contractor classification
• 1 candidate to represent the Manufacturer & Supplier classification
• 3 candidates to represent the Trades classification

Seated Board Members under the following classifications for 2025 include:

• 2025 Board Chair
  • Ben Wagemakers, Operations Manager, PCL Construction
• General Contractors
  • Patrick Williams, Senior Project Manager, Bird Construction
• Manufacturers & Suppliers
  • Leah Marchon, Senior Advisor, Partner, Lloyd Sadd Insurance Brokers
  • Sean Tymkow, Manager Northern Alberta Pipe, Lafarge Canada Inc.
• Architects & Engineers
  • Peter Osborne, Partner, GEC Architecture
  • Steven Oosterhof, Partner Structural Engineering, DIALOG

Appointed Directors (Directors who have been nominated for re-appointment for a 1-year term in 2025). 

• Past Chair
  • Jen Hancock, VP Collaborative Construction, Chandos Construction Ltd.
• Paul Fereday, Vice President, Multi-Family, Cantiro
• Lindsay Munn, Vice President, Property Portfolio Management, Civida
• Matt Aubin, CEO, Keen Creative

ECA member firms are invited to nominate a representative of their company to stand for election. Please note that if elected, an associate member firm must become a full member in order to have their candidate participate on the board. All nominees will be placed on an email ballot to be circulated to the membership between October 30 - November 13, 2024.  Following the election, new directors will be announced on November 15.

Please be advised that ECA Board Members are volunteers that require 75-100 hours of personal commitment per year. This includes four quarterly board meetings, an annual 3-day board retreat, as well as board committee responsibilities. Newly elected directors are required to attend a board approved governance training program within one year of being elected.

Thank you for considering your participation in our board election as a voter, or as a potential candidate. Best of luck to all those who choose to run.

Sincerely,

David Johnson

President

Edmonton Construction Association