Mary Castel, Partner, leads Urban Strategies’ Business Development and Communications functions across their three studios in Toronto, Hamilton and Vancouver. She has worked with institutional and public sector clients to develop innovative community engagement programs for various award-winning projects in Canada and the US, and was instrumental in founding the Urban Strategies® Academy, a collaborative employee education program that acts as a knowledge accelerator and cultural incubator. She is a Champion of the Women’s Leadership Initiative (WLI), has held management roles with the Toronto Chapter of the Urban Land Institute and was a founding member of the Women’s Development Collaborative.