TORONTO — Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO) has named Marisa Sterling as its 101st president and the eighth woman to lead its council during its virtual annual general meeting (AGM) May 30.
In the new role at PEO, the licensing and regulating body for professional engineers and engineering in the province, Sterling is committed to promoting inclusion and modernization within the engineering field.
She has more than 20 years experience working and volunteering in both the private and public sectors and is currently the assistant dean and director of diversity, inclusion and professionalism at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering.
She is also helping to find ways to transform the engineering community in the midst of rapid technology advancements through the Engineering Change Lab, indicates a release.
Sterling previously worked in the consumer products industry in research and development and brand management. She also worked for PEO as manager of enforcement where she led efforts to keep Ontario workers safe by building corporate partnerships towards repealing the industrial exception, adds the release.
Serving as president of the Ontario Professional Engineers Foundation charity for Education for eight years, she helped develop student knowledge and skills. Each spring, she helps obligate students and graduates who have the academic requirements for the P.Eng. licence and who choose to make a statement of ethics, with an iron ring at the ceremony of the Ritual of the Calling of an Engineer.
She has also advanced the leadership development of engineering interns by helping to create PEO’s G. Gordon M. Sterling Engineering Intern Award, named after her late father, who was also a PEO president.
Sterling is a chemical engineer from the University of Toronto and a member of the Oxford Business Alumni Network. Her achievements include the University of Toronto’s Arbor Award in 2015, the Engineers Canada Meritorious Service Award for Community Service in 2016, a Woman of Distinction by the Canadian National Exhibition Association in 2016, a fellow of Engineers Canada in 2017 and the Canada 150 Heritage Pin in 2018.
This year marked the 98th anniversary of the AGM. PEO introduced its council for the 2020-2021 term, including nine women and 16 men, which will govern PEO’s 91,500 licence and certificate holders and regulate professional engineering in Ontario to serve and protect the public interest. The new leadership includes province-wide representation from many sectors including the public sector, business, academe and government.
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