HEMSON - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Analyst
- in 2023 As a Consultant
Adam Monteith joined Hemson in 2023 as a consultant in the firm's municipal finance practice. In 2020, he graduated from the University of Ontario Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Commerce, specializing in Accounting, and began working for his home community of Port Hope as a General Accountant. Having worked for a municipality, he is experienced in asset management, development charges, and the management of reserve funds.
Adam lives in Toronto, frequently enjoying live music and new restaurants with friends. He can be found on the golf course in the summer months and ski hills in the winter.
Andrew Mirabella joined the municipal finance practice at Hemson as a Consultant in the summer of 2009. He has been involved in projects dealing with setting water and wastewater rates and preparing development charges background studies for various municipalities in Ontario. Andrew received his Bachelor of Urban and Regional Planning from Ryerson University.
Andrew lives in the City of Vaughan and spends his free time playing golf, skiing, and traveling.
Job Titles:
- Associate
- Professional Land Economist
Christopher is a Professional Land Economist (PLE) with nearly a decade of experience in municipal finance and economics. He has undertaken complex projects in long-range financial planning, asset management planning, water and wastewater rates and development charges for many municipalities in Ontario and across Canada. His expertise focuses on the development of complex financial forecasting models. Christopher is highly committed to staying at the forefront of emerging technologies, artificial intelligence and web development by exploring practical applications to municipal finance.
Courtney King joined Hemson in the Spring of 2018 and is a member of the firm's municipal finance practice. Her expertise is principally in the areas of development charges studies and municipal finance policy. Courtney graduated from the University of Toronto in 2016 with a Bachelor of Commerce, specializing in Finance and Economics.
Courtney lives in downtown Toronto. In her free time she enjoys reading, exploring the City, as well as spending time with friends and her dog.
Craig Binning is a Partner at Hemson and leads the firm's municipal finance practice. His expertise is in public sector economic and financial impact modeling, cost/benefit assessment, user fee calculation, rate setting, local government policy, land use economics, asset management, and development charges. Craig works on projects across Canada.
Craig received his Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Queen's University and his Master of Philosophy in Political Economics from the University of Glasgow. After working as an economist in the United Kingdom, Craig returned to Toronto in 1990. He is a certified Professional Land Economist and is qualified as an expert witness before the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (LPAT) (formerly the Ontario Municipal Board).
Craig currently teaches the municipal finance course in the Planning program at Ryerson University. Craig has also been a guest speaker at numerous conferences in Canada and the United States. Craig enjoys an urban lifestyle but regularly escapes to his family cottage in Simcoe County.
Job Titles:
- Consultant
- in 2021 As a Consultant
Danielle Tivoli joined Hemson in 2021 as a consultant for the firm's municipal finance practice. She is a recent graduate of York University's Master of Environmental Studies and Urban Change planning program, and also earned her Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) degree in Public Policy and Public Law from the University of Toronto in 2019. Her academic career focused on climate change, social justice and global public policy, specifically focused on urban local politics, and equitable and resilient solutions.
Danielle enjoys reading, travelling, yoga, tasting new foods, and spending time with her cats.
Jaclyn Hall joined Hemson Consulting Ltd. in 2014 after graduating with honours with a Bachelor of Urban and Regional Planning (BURPl) from Ryerson University. In 2018, she completed her Masters of Planning (MPlan) at the University of Guelph where she specialized in climate change policy at the municipal level. Jaclyn is a Member of the Canadian Institute of Planners and is a Registered Professional Planner.
Jaclyn's main areas of expertise includes municipal finance (e.g. development charge studies), growth management policy (e.g. growth management strategy, planning policy implementation and land needs assessment) and climate change. Jaclyn has also assisted with several Ontario Land Tribunal (formally the Local Planning Appeal Tribunal and Ontario Municipal Board) hearings where she represented municipal clients. She is a dedicated, continuous leaner. She has also co-authored a publication for Plan Canada on funding mechanisms for building transit in Ontario.
After living in Toronto for over a decade, Jaclyn recently moved to downtown Burlington. When she has the opportunity, Jaclyn enjoys travelling and exploring new cities. During the summer, she likes to spend her time at her family's cottage in Lake Erie.
John Hughes is a founding Partner of Hemson with more than 40 years of professional experience. He directs the firm's real estate advisory practice which provides a full range of services to both public and private sector clients. Property assessment and municipal tax and taxation policy play a large role in the projects John undertakes.
John is a Chartered Surveyor and undertook his professional training at the College of Estate Management at the University of London, England. As well as being a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, John served as the Global President of RICS, 2017-2018. A long-time resident of Toronto, John sails and travels when he is not working.
Nataliya Kelbas joined Hemson in the Fall of 2017 as part of the firm's municipal financial practice. Nataliya previously worked at York Region in development planning. At Hemson is mostly works on Development Charge Background Studies, Community Benefits Charge Strategies, User Fees and other similar work.
Nataliya graduated from Toronto Metropolitan University in 2016 with a Bachelor's degree in Urban and Regional Planning. She is a Registered Professional Planner, Ontario Land Economist and a Certified Associated Project Manager (PMI). Nataliya moved to Canada in 2002 from Odesa, Ukraine and now lives in the GTA. Her interests include camping, gardening and travelling the world.
Patrick Barbieri joined Hemson in 2006 and has over 15 years of professional experience. Patrick manages the firm's data requirements and is responsible for the graphic components of the firms planning practice. On a day to day basis, Patrick deals with data from municipalities, Statistics Canada, CMHC and various other sources. Patrick also assists the firms planning practice by managing working databases of employment land supply, office development, residential permit activity, population demography and growth forecasts.
After finishing his studies at the University of Western Ontario, Patrick completed the Real Property Assessment and Administration program at Seneca College. He is a member of the Institute of Municipal Assessors and plans to become a Professional Land Economist. He regularly attends workshops hosted by CoStar, Tableau, CMHC, Stats Canada and ESRI.
Patrick and his wife Johanne have two sons (Charles and Maxwell) and live in Oakville. He commutes via Go Transit and occasionally in the warmer months by cycling. In his free time, Patrick enjoys taking his boys to the park, golfing and cycling. Patrick is a member of ‘Team Fox' and ‘Bikes Battle Parkinson's'. He has completed many cycling trips including around Lake Ontario in 2010, to New York from Toronto in 2011, to Boston from Montreal in 2012, to Quebec City from St. John in 2015 and to Oakville from Sault Ste Marie in 2020.
Russell Mathew is a Partner at Hemson with 30 years of professional planning experience. He is the managing Partner of Hemson's planning practice and is widely known for his expertise in the areas of demographic and economic forecasting and land economics. Along with developing forecasting methods that are used by numerous municipalities and regions in Ontario, he has developed a range of skills in economic development-related studies, strategic planning, growth management, land use planning, and financial modeling.
Russell received his Bachelor of Science in Geography and Mathematics from the University of Alberta and his Master of Science in Planning from the University of Toronto. He is a Registered Professional Planner, a member of the Ontario Association of Land Economists and a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. Russell regularly guest lectures at York and Ryerson Universities. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Land Economics Foundation and of the Simcoe Chapter of Lambda Alpha International.
Russell is an avid traveller and has visited India, Vietnam, South Africa, Ethiopia, Brazil, Laos, Cambodia, Argentina and China as well as more typical destinations. He lives in the Trinty-Bellwoods community in downtown Toronto and serves on the board of directors of one of Toronto's major professional theatre companies.