Board of Directors

Parminder Sandhu has more than 25 years experience in the energy efficiency industry. His career has spanned all aspects of energy efficiency and renewables from project development to operations. He has designed, implemented or supported the approval of programs in excess of $2.2 billion in aggregate budgets across North America. He founded and led Canada’s largest privately held energy program implementation firm, which he sold and retired from in December 2015. He now manages his family office and direct investments in cleantech and greentech companies.

Tim Hutzul is the Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at Shawcor, a global
materials science company serving the infrastructure, energy, water and transportation markets. Tim
works on a wide spectrum of legal and strategic matters, including regulatory compliance, mergers and
acquisitions, corporate-commercial issues, ESG and governance matters. His prior legal career included
work on district energy, hydro-electric, mass transit, renewable energy and pump house storage projects.

Tim has extensive board experience, and has served as an officer or director of more than 40 companies.
He has acted as corporate secretary and provided a range of legal advice to both nonprofits, and private
and public companies. Examples of his recent community and volunteer service include Canada
Basketball, the University of Toronto, and Celtic FC. Tim continues to be inspired by his children’s and
colleagues’ grassroots efforts, and is is excited to have an opportunity to contribute to Pollution Probe.

Natasha Arsenijevich is the National Manager of Business and Strategy Development for Sustainability & Energy at WSP Canada. She is responsible for developing new strategies and services for Canada’s largest sustainability team, bolstering WSP’s market presence, and building industry partnerships. Previous to this, she was managing an award-winning national sustainability program, The Carbon Impact Initiative, for EllisDon – one of Canada’s largest construction firms. Achievements include, spearheading the development of an app-based life-cycle assessment (LCA) tool with the University of Toronto; managing the onsite data collection for Canada’s first carbon neutral Heritage retrofit at Evergreen Brickworks; co-authoring awarded grant applications worth $100K – $2.4M; and contributing to The Journey to Net Zero Energy: A Lessons Learned Report, a report outlining the sustainability components in constructing Ontario’s first Net Zero Energy Institutional Building. Natasha has a strong background in sustainability, agriculture, food studies, life-cycle assessment, ecofeminism, business development & marketing. She attended York University, earning a Bachelors in Environmental Studies Honours, specialized in Environmental Management, and a Master in Environmental Studies, focusing on Sustainable Agriculture & Industrial Food Production.

Michael is an industry leader and champion with over 20 years’ experience in strategy and execution in the private, public and not-for-profit sectors. Michael is a recognized industry and regulatory expert and has worked on energy and environmental programs, policy and infrastructure in Canada and across North America. He led Canada’s largest utility energy conservation portfolio and has launched award-winning programs including Ontario’s largest program under the Green Investment Fund. Michael has collaborated with Pollution Probe and its partners over the past two decades to advance policy and deliver tangible environmental results that benefit Canadians. He has served on boards and advisory bodies for numerous organizations including the Association for Energy Service Professionals, Canadian Gas Association, Canadian Energy Efficiency Alliance, Natural Resource Canada and the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change.

Isabelle Des Chênes is Vice President, Policy at the Chemistry Industry Association of Canada (CIAC) and is the focal point for policy development and advocacy on policies affecting chemistry and plastics in Canada including chemicals policy and health, climate change and air quality, transportation economics and regulatory issues, and business investment and competitiveness.

Prior to joining CIAC, Isabelle was Director of Communications for the Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA). She spent eleven years in the natural resources sector in a number of progressive positions including as VP, Market Relations and International Trade with the Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) and VP, Market Relations for British Columbia’s Forestry Innovation Investment, Inc.  Isabelle holds degree in Communications from the University of Ottawa.

Marianne Hatzopoulou is Professor in the Department of Civil and Mineral Engineering at the University of Toronto. She leads the Transportation and Air Quality (TRAQ) research group studying the interactions between transportation, air quality, climate change, and public health. Prof. Hatzopoulou has over 139 journal publications on the topics of traffic-related air pollution and transport decarbonization. She received funding from provincial, federal, and international agencies to conduct integrative research in transportation engineering, air pollution, and public health. Prof. Hatzopoulou held a Tier2 Canada Research Chair in Transportation and Air Quality (2013-2021) and a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Discovery Accelerator Supplement (DAS) (2016-2019), an award recognizing research programs that are highly rated for originality and innovation.

She is on the Canadian team of researchers who were the 2021 recipients of the NSERC Brockhouse Canada Prize for Interdisciplinary Research in Science and Engineering. Since 2012, she has been serving on the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine as the committee research coordinator for the standing committee on “Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas Mitigation”. She is also an associate editor of the journal Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment. She supported governments and community groups in the appraisal of transportation policies in terms of climate and air quality impacts and served on national and international expert panels, providing advice on the development of strategies to reduce transportation-related emissions.

Prit Kotecha is Director of New Growth at Ontario Power Generation, where he manages new partnerships and business opportunities, including mergers and acquisitions. With deep expertise in strategic planning, business development, and engineering, Prit is passionate in driving sustainable development, focusing on opportunities that improve environmental performance, cost savings, and drive revenue growth.

Throughout his career, Prit has achieved significant milestones, including developing new patents for wastewater treatment that reduce freshwater use. He collaborates with environmental NGOs and policymakers to turn environmental challenges into opportunities, such as creating regional solutions for tailings water management.  Prit has also crafted climate change strategies and corporate goals for reducing greenhouse gases, along with strategic growth plans to help businesses succeed during the energy transition.

Currently, Prit is advancing sustainable change in energy sector by exploring partnerships in small modular nuclear reactors, energy storage, and other low-carbon technologies, all aimed at accelerating the electrification of the economy.

Steve McCauley is Senior Director, Policy at Pollution Probe. Prior to joining Pollution Probe, Steve served as Director General, Energy and Transportation with Environment Canada.  He is a leading expert in the environmental field, having spent more than twenty years with the federal government managing the development and implementation of policies and programs in numerous areas, including climate change, air pollution, and the advancement of renewable energy and clean technologies. He has led the development of national renewable energy and clean technology strategies and initiatives in partnership with provincial governments, the environmental community, industry and international partners, such as the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the United Nations. Steve has also led federal and international regulatory actions on greenhouse gas emissions, air contaminant emissions and chemicals management in the transportation, energy and other industrial sectors.