Lisa Salsberg, BA, MA

Managing Associate

Lisa is a strategic policy and planning professional with 25 years of experience in the public sector at the local, regional and provincial levels. Her professional focus spans urban and regional land use, transit, multimodal transportation and sustainability planning and strategy. She brings technical knowledge together with strength in developing processes that engage stakeholders in multi-faceted public policy challenges. 

Lisa’s recent career includes 10 years with Metrolinx - the Regional Transportation Authority for the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA) - managing regional planning, strategic policy and transportation system planning teams and projects. Previously she held leadership roles at the City of Toronto, the Ontario Ministry of Public Infrastructure Renewal and the Ministry of Transportation.

She has led several notable initiatives, including the policies for the 2006 Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe, which won the Daniel Burnham Award for a Comprehensive Plan from the American Planning Association. Most recently, she led the team to develop the 2041 Regional Transportation Plan for the GTHA.