About

Our Chapter
Chair

Message from the Chapter Chair

Welcome to the Grand River Chapter! With over 5000 members, we are a thriving community connecting Waterloo Region and Wellington County. 

Looking for continuing professional development opportunities? Join one of our Technical Symposiums. Do you have a passion for diversity, equity, and inclusion within the engineering profession? Connect with our 30 by 30 team. Are you working towards your Engineering License? Look for an upcoming event or information session hosted by our EIT team. Passionate about government and policy making? We also have a Government Liaison Program to bring our voice to the table.

Our Chapter is powered entirely by volunteers, including the executive team and committee leads. We would love to have you join our current roster of nearly 30 active volunteers. Volunteering is a great way to share your skills and experience, build your social network, and give back to the community!

I invite you to check out our new website, and learn more about the Grand River Chapter.

Get to know us

Coming Soon: resources to learn more about the Grand River Chapter!

Chapter leadership

Connecting engineers and communities

Shailesh
Shailesh Shah, P.Eng.
Chair
Jonathan
Jonathan Velasco, P.Eng.
Vice Chair
Ammori Ganem
Ammori Ganem-Mohamed, P.Eng.
Past Chair
Ghulam
Ghulam Murtaza, P.Eng.
Secretary
Samer
Samer kurmush, P.Eng.
Treasurer

Grand River Chapter committees

  1. The events committee plans and organizes events—networking, recognition, professional development, recreational and more—for chapter members.

  2. The education outreach committee works with local schools, teachers and students to promote science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education and careers.

  3. Engage female engineers in the Chapter through local events. The 30 by 30 goal is to raise the percentage of newly licensed engineers who are women to 30% by the year 2030. 

  4. The EIT committee provides engineering interns (EITs) with guidance, mentoring and support as they work towards their professional engineer (P.Eng.) licence.

  5. The GLP committee works to ensure that government, elected officials and the public continue to recognize and understand PEO’s regulatory mandate and policy directions.

  6. The communication committee manages communications outreach with Chapter members via emails, the chapter website, newsletters and our social media channels.

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