The Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) of Canada has added three new members to its sustainability team. Jani Loots steps into the newly created role of senior director, sustainability, while Joanna Sugunathazan and Josimar Herrera join the staff as BOMA BEST project coordinators.

Loots was formerly Canadian director, climate change, resilience and sustainability, with the global engineering consulting firm, WSP, and was directly involved in the development of BOMA BEST 3.0. She is an architect with a career-long commitment to energy performance and sustainable design and is now actively applying her expertise to promote climate resilience and decarbonization in the built environment. She will lead the BOMA BEST program for BOMA Canada and work closely with vice president, sustainability, advocacy and stakeholder relations, Bala Gnanam, to support BOMA members as they navigate the low-carbon transition.

Sugunathazan is a recent graduate from the University of Waterloo’s Business and Environment program. She looks forward to applying and augmenting her student experience in environmental engagement and working with public and private sector stakeholders on sustainability initiatives.

Herrera is a chemical engineer who holds a Master’s degree in Management and Engineering of Environment and Energy from Sweden’s KTH Royal Institute of Technology. He comes to BOMA Canada with eight years of professional experience in the energy-intensive steel and automotive industries, where he worked with multiple stakeholders to develop and implement energy and sustainability projects and also became well versed in sustainability certification programs and greenhouse gas (GHG) reporting.