PEB Members

Published Sept. 12, 2025
Permanent Engineering Board - Entities
United States
Canada
Mr. John L. Hairston, Chairman 
Administrator and Chief Executive Officer Bonneville Power Administration 
Department of Energy 
Portland, Oregon
Ms. Charlotte Mitha, Chair 
President and Chief Executive Officer 
British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority Vancouver, British Columbia  
 
 
Brig. Gen. William C. Hannan, Jr., Member Division Engineer 
Northwestern Division 
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 
Portland, Oregon
 
 
 
Coordinators
Rachel Dibble
Acting Vice President, Generation Asset Management
Bonneville Power Administration 
Department of Energy 
Portland, Oregon
Heather Matthews 
Vice President, Generation System Operations 
B.C. Hydro 
Burnaby, British Columbia
 
 
Pete Dickerson 
Columbia River Program Manager Northwestern Division 
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 
Portland, Oregon
 
 
 
Current Secretaries
Julie Doumbia 
Regional Coordination 
Power and Operations Planning 
Bonneville Power Administration 
Portland, Oregon
Susan Burton 
Resource Planning and Coordination Generation System Operations 
B.C. Hydro 
Burnaby, British Columbia
 
 
Permanent Engineering Board Membership
United States
Canada
Ms. Lorri Gray, Chair 
Portland, Oregon 

Ms. Sonya Baskerville, Member 
Washington D.C. Vacant

Vacant

 

Vacant

Mr. André Bernier, Chair 
Ottawa, Ontario 

Vacant 

Mr. Les MacLaren, Alternate 
Victoria, British Columbia

Ms. Kathy Eichenberger, Alternate 
Victoria, British Columbia
 
 
Secretaries to the Board
Mr. Sean L. Smith, Secretary 
Washington, D.C.
Ms. Rachele Levin, Secretary 
Ottawa, Ontario
 
 
Permanent Engineering Board - Engineering Committee
United States
Canada
Mr. Sean L. Smith, Chair 
Senior Hydraulic Engineer 
Engineering & Construction CoP 
Directorate of Civil Works 
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 
Washington, D.C. 

Vacant 

Vacant 

Jen Johnson, Member 
Manager 
River and Reservoir Operations Group Pacific Northwest Regional Office 
Bureau of Reclamation 
Boise, Idaho
Ms. Rachele Levin, Chair Deputy Director, Electricity Regulation and Markets Electricity Systems Sector Natural Resources Canada Ottawa, Ontario

Dr. Amy Sopinka, Member 
Transmission and Interjurisdictional Branch B.C. Ministry of Energy and Mines 
Victoria British, Columbia

Vacant 

Vacant  
Member Record 
Permanent Engineering Board - Member Record
United States
Canada
Mr. Wendell Johnson* 
Mr. Morgan Dubrow 
Mr. John Neuberger  
Mr. Joseph Caldwell* 
Mr. Homer Willis* 
Mr. King Mallory 
Mr. Raymond Peck, Jr. 
Mr. Emerson Harper 
Mr. Lloyd Duscha* 
Mr. Ronald Wilkerson 
Mr. Herbert Kennon* 
Mr. John Elmore* 
Mr. Steven L. Stockton* 
Mr. Edward Sienkiewicz 
Mr. James Dalton*  
Mr. Alvin Lee 
Ms. Lorri Gray
Ms. Sonya Baskerville
1964–1970 
1964–1970 
1970–1973 
1971–1973 
1973–1979 
1973–1975 
1976–1977 
1978–1988 
1979–1990 
1988–2005 
1990–1994 
1994–1996 
1996–2014 
2005–2021 
2014–2020 
2020–2022 
2022-
2022-
Mr. Gordon McNabb* 
Mr. Arthur Paget 
Mr. Valter Raudsepp 
Mr. Ben Marr 
Mr. Tom Johnson 
Mr. Douglas Horswill 
Mr. John Allan 
Mr. David Oulton* 
Mr. Daniel Whelan* 
Mr. Charles Kang 
Mr. Jack Ebbels 
Mr. Timothy J. Newton 
Mr. Thomas W. Wallace* Mr. Jonathan Will* 
Dr. Niall O'Dea* 
Mr. Marco Presutti* 
Ms. Renata Kurschner
Mr. André Bernier*
1964–1991 
1964–1973 
1973–1974 
1974–1987 
1987–1988 
1989–1991 
1991–1999 
1991–1996 
1996–2002 
1999–2001 
2001–2003 
2003–2020 
2004–2012 
2012–2015 
2015–2019 
2019–2021 
2020–2025
2022-
Alternates
Mr. Fred Thrall 
Mr. Emerson Harper 
Mr. Alex Shwaiko 
Mr. Herbert Kennon 
Mr. Thomas Weaver 
Mr. John Elmore 
Mr. Paul Barber 
Mr. Daniel Burns 
Mr. George E. Bell 
Mr. Earl Eiker 
Mr. Robert A. Pietrowsky Mr. Stephen Oliver 
Mr. Sean Smith 
Dr. Larry McCallister 
Ms. Sonya Baskerville 
Dr. Christine Altendorf 
Mr. Pete Perez
1964–1974 
1964–1978 
1974–1987 
1987–1990 
1979–1997 
1990–1994 
1994–1995
1995–1997 
1997–2014 
2000–2004 
2004–2017 
2015–2019 
2017–2018 
2018–2020 
2020–2022 
2020–2021 
2021–2024
Mr. Mac Clark 
Mr. Jim Rothwell 
Mr. Hugh Hunt 
Dr. Donald Kasianchuk 
Mr. Vic Niemela 
Mr. David Burpee 
Mr. Jack Farrell 
Mr. Prad Khare 
Mr. James S. Mattison 
Mr. Ivan Harvie 
Mr. Glen Davidson 
Mr. Les MacLaren 
Ms. Kathy Eichenberger
1964–1992 
1964–1965 
1966–1988 
1988–1996 
1992–1994 
1994–2007 
1996–1997 
1997–1999 
1999–2009 
2007–2015 
2009–2017 
2015– 
2020
Secretaries
Mr. John Roche 
Mr. Verle Farrow 
Mr. Walter Duncan 
Mr. Shapur Zanganeh 
Mr. Richard DiBuono 
Mr. Robert Bank 
Mr. Jerry W. Webb 
Mr. Sean Smith
1965–1969 
1969–1972 
1972–1978 
1978–1995 
1995–2000 
2000–2004 
2004–2018 
2018-
Mr. Mac Clark 
Mr. David E. Burpee 
Ms. Eve Jasmin 
Mr. Darcy Blais 
Dr. Amy Sopinka (Acting) Mr. Chris Piercey
Ms. Rachele Levin
1964–1992 
1992–2004 
2004–2007 
2007–2020 
2020–2021 
2021–2025
2025-
*Denotes Permanent Engineering Board Chair
 
Permanent Engineering Board - Engineering Committee - Member Record
United States
Canada
Mr. Shapur Zanganeh* 
Mr. Gary Fuqua 
Mr. Earl Eiker  
Mr. Steve Wright 
Mr. Larry Eilts 
Mr. Richard Mittelstadt 
Mr. Richard DiBuono* 
Mr. James Barton 
Mr. Robert Johnson 
Mr. James Fodrea 
Mr. Michael Cowan 
Mr. Robert Bank* 
Mr. Kamu Sadiki 
Mr. Jerry Webb* 
Mr. Patrick McGrane 
Mr. Thomas Patton 
Mr. John Roache 
Mr. Steve Yexley 
Mr. Daniel Rabon 
Mr. Sean Smith* 
Ms. Jen Johnson
1990–1995 
1990–1996 
1990–2000 
1990–1996 
1991–1995 
1991–1996 
1995–2000 
1996–2001 
1996–1998 
1997–2009 
1998–2014 
2000–2004 
2001–2017 
2003–2018 
2009–2014 
2014–2016 
2014–2022 
2016–2024 
2017–2025 
2018- 
2022-
Mr. Neill Lyons* 
Mr. Dave McCauley 
Mr. B. Stipdonk 
Mr. Roger McLaughlin* 
Mr. Robin Round 
Mr. David Burpee* 
Dr. Bala Balachandran 
Mr. Bruno Gobeil 
Mr. Larry Adamache 
Ms. Myriam Boudreault 
Ms. Donna Clarke 
Mr. Ivan Harvie* 
Ms. Eve Jasmin 
Mr. Darcy Blais* 
Mr. KT Shum 
Mr. Chris Trumpy 
Ms. Tracey Kutney 
Dr. Amy Sopinka 
Mr. Chris Piercey*
Ms. Rachele Levin
1990–1996 
1990–1992 
1990–1991 
1991–2009 
1991–1993 
1992–2000 
1993–2008 
1995–1997 
1996–2001 
1997–2001 
2001–2003 
2002–2015 
2003–2007 
2007–2020 
2008–2018 
2015–2017 
2016–2023 
2017– 
2021−2025
2025-
*Denotes Permanent Engineering Board - Engineering Committee Chair