Sudbury planner named president of industry group.

• Position: Ontario Professional Planners Institute - Brief article

Jason Ferrigan, the director of planning with the City of Greater Sudbury, has been named the new president of the Ontario Professional Planners Institute (OPPI).

Ferrigan previously served on the OPPI council, as president-elect and as a director, and has been an active volunteer with the organization.

As president, he will work with council, professional planners and key stakeholders to advance INSPIRE OPPI, the institute's strategic plan.

Ferrigan is described as an award-winning planner with 19 years of progressive experience in the public, private, institutional and non-for-profit sectors. His work has taken him across Ontario and into Quebec, the United States and the Caribbean, where he successfully completed a wide range of...