These meetings are held specifically for Fenestration Canda Association committee members. Attendance at these meetings are limited to the committee members.

These meetings are specifically held for directors of the Fenestration Canada Association. Attendees at these meetings must be at the Director level or above.

These meetings are hosted by the Fenestration Canada Association and open to all interested parties.

Aj Piscitelli has participated in the fenestration industry for more than a decade as an Application Engineer and Project Manager at FeneTech Inc. AJ’s current role is with FeneTech Labs, a group at FeneTech dedicated to researching and developing new ideas and technology. AJ is a frequent speaker at North American industry events regarding the future technology will play in the fenestration industry.

Al Jaugelis is a senior fenestration specialist with RDH Building Science Inc. and consults on fenestration performance matters. He has initiated several research projects related to window energy performance.

Al is a voting member of the CSA A440 Committee, member of the NRC Energy Efficient Fenestration Steering Committee, and the Fenestration Canada Technical Committee.
Recognized as an authority on the North American Fenestration Standard (NAFS), he writes about it on the “NAFS in Canada” blog.

Bonny Koabel, CPA, CGA is a proactive, result driven and hard working entrepreneur offering over 10+ years of experience in the wide range of industries including government funding, management consulting, business development and financial services. As an active entrepreneur, she believes that the fundamental aspect of businesses is to have a positive feedback on society as a whole through providing best services to each one of the clients.

As a CEO and Founder of AKR Consulting Canada Inc., she is in charge of managing the company by developing efficient strategies and setting out specific plans to derive overall success of the company. Bonny Koabel has a unique set of characteristic that derive her business towards success. Perhaps, the most important factor of a successful company may be generating profits; however she strongly believes that the profits comes only after our employees’ satisfaction. AKR Consulting Canada Inc. has been specialized in various kinds of management consulting, and its expertise arising from experienced accountants and funding specialists adds more credibility to our services. Bonny leads her businesses in Mississauga Ontario, while her clients are not limited to Mississauga, ranging across the Ontario including City of Toronto, Greater Toronto Area, Burlington, Brampton and Oakville.

Since 2003, I have been instrumental in building teams to help many Canadians to bring awareness of many Government Rebate Programs that are available. With a passion for delivering and efficient rebates results, I took the next step in offering many Canadians to further enhance awareness of Government Rebate Program with Access Rebates.

Dan Bennett is a Senior Product Manager for BLINK Blinds Between Glass products for ODL, Inc. FOF 20 years, Dan has developed product strategies and requirements for innovative and successful products in the marine, healthcare, and building industries. Dan lives in Rockford, Michigan

Jeff Baker received his master’s degree from the University of Waterloo, studying fenestration heat transfer. Jeff has spent the last thirty years working in the fenestration energy analysis field. Jeff is currently the President of WESTLab Canada.

Jeff is the technical consultant for the Fenestration Canada, past board chair and ombudsman with NFRC, chair of the CSA A440 technical committee on fenestration performance, member of the Canadian Home Builders Association Technical Research Committee and participates in several Canadian national building code committees. In his free time, Jeff is an avid landscape photographer trying to get out and shoot as much as possible.

Mr. Lewandowski is the VP of Sales – North America for Soft Tech Group, the leading provider of technology solutions for the fenestration industry. Mr. Lewandowski has over 20 years experience including startups and ownership in both commercial and residential spaces. Mr. Lewandowski lives in Atlanta, Georgia with his wife, Anesse, and 12 yr old daughter Abby.

As CEO of Passive House Canada, Rob works to advance building energy efficiency. He has assisted with the development of the UN Framework Guidelines for Energy Efficiency in Buildings, Canada’s building strategy and provincial and municipal programs, providing valuable insight into the elements of successful market transformation. Through Rob’s leadership, Passive House Canada has become a leading provider of education, events and outreach, and plays a key role in the development and delivery of such programs within Canada and internationally, helping regulators improve building standards to meet climate-change objectives.
Rob is a certified Passive House consultant, has developed and sold certified Passive House projects, and has extensive knowledge on the economic and social advantages of high-performance buildings. He works with Passive House Canada’s members, all levels of government, and industry to make high-performance buildings the norm.
Passive House Canada is Canada’s non-profit professional association and community of experts in the Passive House (Passivhaus) high-performance building standard, recognized internationally as the proven best way to efficiently and affordably build for comfort and energy performance of residential and commercial buildings through all stages of design, construction and livability.

My name is Stephanie Ansari and I am the ENERGY STAR Account Manager for Fenestration products. I have been working with NRCan since 2012; Within these years I have gained experience in energy efficiency in various sectors such as transportation, commercial and institutional buildings, as well as ENERGY STAR products. My educational background consists of a Bachelor’s Degree with a Specialization in Communications from the University of Ottawa, as well as an Advanced Diploma in Advertising and Marketing Communications from Algonquin College.

Aiñe Curran is the President & CEO of the Vinyl Institute of Canada, and most recently, also held the position of Chair of the Global Vinyl Council until December 2018.

Ms. Curran began her career as a broadcast journalist with Rogers Communications; Canada’s largest communications firm, where she produced and moderated television programs including “The Business File”, and “Politically Speaking”, both public advocacy programs fostering dialogues between public, business, and political platforms. These roles led to her transition and expertise in the Advocacy and Public Relations disciplines, earning her a reputation as a Canadian leader in both.

Ms. Curran has also represented global organizations such as The Salvation Army where she developed municipal partnerships in recycling across Canada on behalf of the organization, and which she converted into the first national retail recycling program for the charity with GAP Canada and its subsidiaries. Her experience in understanding grassroots activism to global positioning tactics, along with managing high profile communications crisis management issues such as Arthur Andersen Canada (posthumously Deloitte Canada) through the global Enron crisis, are a few examples of her on-going thrust to move challenging communications issues to opportunities for advocacy in the vinyl industry. Her work to date has significantly transitioned dialogue with key regulators in the plastics industry to more collaborative model.

Living in Donegal, Ireland until 2014, she returned to Canada upon accepting the position of Director General – Issues Management for the Canadian Plastics Industry in Canada (CPIA), and in January 2016, she accepted the role of President and CEO for the Vinyl Institute of Canada.

Ms. Curran is a cyclist, recreational boxer with a southpaw preference, recreational writer of fiction with a comedic bent, and a perpetual optimist fuelled by pessimistic narratives. Aiñe resides amidst the grapes and glory of Niagara Falls, Canada.

Al Dueck, Owner and Founder of DUXTON Windows & Doors, has dedicated more than 25 years of his professional life to the window manufacturing industry. Graduating from the University of Manitoba with an MBA, Al has always been particularly passionate about product design and manufacturing in Canada. A large portion of his industry background involved leading edge glazing – technological advances offering greater energy efficiency, comfort, and durable warm edge configurations.
Al is the founding president of Fenestration Manitoba and is also active within Fenestration Canada.

Allan Small is the Senior Investment Advisor of the Allan Small Financial with HollisWealth and author of the book, “How To Profit When Investors Are Scared”. With over 22 years of experience in the financial industry, Allan has the knowledge and access to the right products to meet the needs of today’s investor.
Allan is highly qualified to provide specialized investment planning to investors at any stage of life. Client service is always a top priority and thus you can be sure that by working with Allan Small, you will receive the highest level of service and always will be dealing with the final decision maker on your portfolio. Allan works directly with clients to assure timely and accurate management of their accounts.
Allan has appeared on CTV News, BNN (Business News Network), CP24, City News, CBC Newsworld Radio, 680 News and Zoomer Radio as a guest advisor providing insight and opinions on various investment products. Allan also hosts the “Sunday Money Show” on NewsTalk 1010 am radio every two weeks. On his radio show, Allan speaks about many different topics pertaining to money and investing. On the “Sunday Money Show”, Allan takes questions from listeners via text or call ins.
He has also provided assistance to a department of the Provincial Government with respect to investment queries that they have had. Allan is a member of Leadership and Venture Sinai, organizations made up of young philanthropists committed to raising money for Mount Sinai Hospital and its research institute. Allan was also the former treasurer for Hillcrest Progressive School. Allan makes himself available to family and friends of his current clients and offers a free portfolio review whereby he provides individual recommendations and analysis on their current portfolios.

I assist in the consultation and provision of strategic account receivable
management. It is my job to help clients trade with peace of mind. We can help you achieve your business goals by developing safe financial growth, implementing sound credit management systems and by utilizing superb credit intelligence tools. We also help improve borrowing power and margining positions with financial institutions.

Christopher Kelly is President of Sandler Training in Toronto. His firm works with clients who want to accelerate their growth and believe in implementing repeatable systems and processes to scale.

Mr. Lewandowski is the VP of Sales – North America for Soft Tech Group, the leading provider of technology solutions for the fenestration industry. Mr. Lewandowski has over 20 years experience including startups and ownership in both commercial and residential spaces. Mr. Lewandowski lives in Atlanta, Georgia with his wife, Anesse, and 12 yr old daughter Abby.

After 32 years in the fenestration industry Terry is the epitome of an industry ladder climber. He began in 1985 loading windows onto delivery trucks with an eye on a career with an opportunity to advance. With stops in production, operations, purchasing, sales, and spending eleven years as General Manager of Westeck Windows, his focus is always bettering the industry. He served for eleven years with WDMA-BC/FenBC to June 2015, and the last three years on the Board of Fenestration Canada, recently accepting the role of 2nd VP . Now as Westeck’s Technical Director, Terry understands the challenges facing manufacturers trying to work under very confusing code conditions, never reluctant to voice his opinion, or listen to others in the hopes of finding solutions.