Leadership

Meet the people who lead our association.

CIFFA building

Current Leadership

  • National Board of Directors
  • National Committees
National Board of Directors

Arnon Melo

President
MELLOHAWK Logistics - Canada Headquarters
Managing Director
2785 Skymark Ave., Unit 1
Mississauga, ON L4W 4Y3
1-866-746-6722

Paul Glionna

Immediate Past President
Universal Logistics Inc.
Vice-President Operations
125 Commerce Valley Drive W. Suite 750
Thornhill, ON L3T 7W4
905-882-4880

Paul Courtney

Treasurer - Customs Co-Chair
Courtney Agencies Ltd
President
535 Thurlow Street # 802
Vancouver, BC V6E 3L2
604-684-7505

Angelo Loffredi

Vice President I
Traffic Tech International Inc.
Vice-President, International Trade & Special Accounts
16711 Route Transcanadienne
Kirkland, QC H9H 3L1
514-343-0044

Christina Forth

Secretary
Mass Logistik Inc.
Director of Logistics Canada
Suite 1632, 144 4th Ave Southwest
Calgary, AB T2P 3N4
403-763-2545

Joel Belanger

Director
Pro-Formance Intermodal Inc.
Vice President Business Development
200 Norman Place Rocky View County
Calgary, AB T1X 0K7
1-855-776-0020

Marc D. Bibeau

Director - Technology Chair, FIATA Chair
OEC Overseas Express Consolidators (Canada) Inc.
President & CEO
725 Montée-de-Liesse
St-Laurent, QC H4T 1P5
514-905-1246

Troy Cowen

Director
Manitoulin Global Forwarding
Director, Eastern Canada
7035 Ordan Drive
Mississauga, ON L5T 1T1
(905) 283-1600

Christina Fisker

Director - Sustainability Chair & Customs Co-Chair
FCL Fisker Customs & Logistics
Vice President Customs & Compliance
1445 Courtneypark Drive East
Mississauga, ON L5T 2E3
905-677-1122

Chris Ford

Director - Drayage Chair
The Ace Group Inc.
President
1555 Matheson Blvd E
Mississauga, ON L4W 1H9
905-624-4380

William Gottlieb

Director - Air Freight Chair
ITN Logistics Services Inc.
Director Eastern Canada
10500 Ch Côte-de-Liesse
Lachine, QC H8T 1A5
514-633-1070

Randy Hnatko

Director - Nominations Chair
Sphere 1 Logistics Inc.
President
110 - 4170 Still Creek Drive
Burnaby, BC V5C 6C6
1-844-936-7447

Flavia Iuston-Blair

Director - Education Chair
DSV Air and Sea Inc.
Senior Manager, Human Resources, Air & Sea CAN
2200 Yukon Court
Milton, ON L9E 1N5
905-203-4516

Karl-Heinz Legler

Director - Ethics and Standards Chair
Rutherford Global Logistics
General Manager
1974 Onesime Gagnon
Montreal, QC H8T 3M6
514-636-2236

Paul Lobas

Director - Membership Chair
ITN Logistics Group
Director, Western Canada
#201, 2915 21st St N.E.
Calgary, AB T2E 7T1
403-219-8440

Joel MacKay

Director - Freight Brokers Chair
Mactrans Logistics Inc.
President and Owner
81 Zenway Blvd Unit 16
Woodbridge, ON L4H 0S5
905-856-6800

Martin Schultz

Director - Seafreight Chair
Manitoulin Global Forwarding
Corporate Procurement Manager
7035 Ordan Drive
Mississauga, ON L5T 1T1
(905) 283-1600

Derrick Sones

Director - By-Laws Chair
Cole International Inc.
Vice President, Freight
1111 49th Ave NE
Calgary, AB T2E 8V2
403-262-2771

Jodie Wilson

Director - Central Region Chair
ECU WORLDWIDE (CANADA)
Key Account Sales Executive
1804 Alstep Drive, Unit 209
Mississauga, ON L5S 1W1
905-677-8334

Rui M. Fernandes

Legal Counsel - Judicial Chair
Gardiner Roberts LLP
Partner
Bay Adelaide Centre - East Tower, 22 Adelaide St W, Ste. 3600
Toronto, ON M5H 4E3
416-203-9505

Bruce Rodgers

Executive Director
CIFFA
Executive Director (PFF, CCS)
480 - 170 Attwell Drive
Toronto, ON M9W 5Z5
416-234-5100 Ext. 5222
National Committees

Committee Name

Chairperson

Mandate

By-Laws

Derrick Sones

Young Logistics Professional

CIFFA Secretariat
CIFFA’s Young Logistics Professional Committee Mandate

Judicial

Rui M. Fernandes

Seafreight

Martin Schultz
Seafreight Committee Mandate

Freight Brokers

Joel MacKay
Freight Brokers Committee Mandate

Education

Flavia Iuston-Blair

Airfreight

William Gottlieb
Airfreight Committee Mandate

Drayage

Chris Ford
Drayage Committee Mandate

Sustainability

Christina Fisker
Sustainability Committee Mandate

Technology

Marc D. Bibeau
Technology Committee Mandate

Membership

Paul Lobas

Ethics

Karl-Heinz Legler

Customs - Regulatory

Kim Campbell
Customs Committee Mandate

FIATA

Marc D. Bibeau

Customs - Goods Movement

Paul Courtney
Customs Committee Mandate

Past Presidents

Name

Year

Company

D.B. Gillespie

  • 1948
  • Gillespie-Munro Ltd.

J.A. Nuttal

  • 1951
  • The A.W.W. Kyle Company Ltd.

J.O. Stratton

  • 1953
  • United Customs Brokers Ltd.

G.A.A. Douglas

  • 1954
  • Lep Transport (Canada) Ltd.

J.J. Gilligan

  • 1956
  • The A.W.W. Kyle Company Ltd.

W.D. Walmsley

  • 1958
  • Gillespie-Munro Ltd.

R. Bourassa

  • 1960
  • St. Arnaud & Bergevin Ltd.

J.M. Dever

  • 1964
  • Johnson & Dever Ltd.

F. O’Rourke

  • 1966
  • Thos. Meadows & Co. Canada Ltd.

A.R. Booth

  • 1968
  • Blaiklock Bros. Ltd.

D.R. Gillespie

  • 1970
  • Gillespie-Munro Ltd.

H.H. Cooke

  • 1972
  • Border Brokers Ltd.

V.D. Mitchell

  • 1973
  • Thos. Meadows & Co. Canada Ltd.

J.G. Patry

  • 1976
  • G.M. Patry Ltd.

J.M. Cumming

  • 1978
  • Thos. Meadows & Co. Canada Ltd.

A.H. Johnson

  • 1980
  • Nor/Am Freight Ltd.

H.J. Kuhn

  • 1981
  • Danzas (Canada) Ltd.

W. Machika

  • 1983
  • Burlington Northern Air Freight

R.E.G. Gulvin

  • 1985
  • Able Forwarding Company

C.J. Gillespie

  • 1987
  • Gillespie-Munro Inc.

B.A.S. MacDonald

  • 1988
  • Empire Traffic Services Ltd.

C.J. Gillespie

  • 1989
  • Gillespie-Munro Inc.

M.J. McCarthy

  • 1990
  • Universal Transportation

K.H. Legler

  • 1992
  • Allcargo Forwarders International Inc.

W.M. Gottlieb

  • 1994
  • David Kirsch Forwarders Ltd.

P. Lobas

  • 2000
  • ITN Logistics Group

J.F. O’Brien

  • 2004
  • Team Worldwide, Ltd.

D.J. Lucky

  • 2005
  • Cole Freight Inc.

R. Walker

  • 2007
  • Carson International

M.D. Bibeau

  • 2009
  • OEC Overseas Express Consolidators (Canada) Inc.

D. Letterio

  • 2013
  • DHL Global Forwarding (Canada) Inc.

J. Cullen

  • 2014
  • Rodair International

G. Vince

  • 2016
  • DHL Global Forwarding (Canada) Inc.

B. Rodgers

  • 2018
  • Vandegrift Canada

T. Cowen

  • 2020
  • Manitoulin Global Forwarding

P. Glionna

  • 2022
  • Universal Logistics Inc.

Honorary Members

Name

Company

A.R. Booth

  • Blaiklock Bros. Ltd.

R. Bourassa

  • St. Arnaud & Bergevin Ltd.

R.M. Carter

  • Adanac International Forwarders Ltd.

H.H. Cooke

  • Border Brokers Ltd.

J.M. Cumming

  • Thos. Meadows & Co. Canada Ltd.

J.M. Dever

  • Johnson & Dever Ltd.

G.A.A. Douglas

  • Lep Transport (Canada) Ltd.

M.J. Druce

  • Kuehne & Nagel Int’l Ltd.

D.R. Gillespie

  • Gillespie-Munro Ltd.

D.B. Gillespie

  • Gillespie-Munro Ltd.

J.J. Gilligan

  • The A.W.W. Kyle Company Ltd.

R.E.G. Gulvin

  • Able Forwarding Company

A.N. Kirsch

  • David Kirsch Forwarders Ltd.

H.J. Kuhn

  • Danzas (Canada) Ltd.

M. Massoud

  • CIFFA

M.J. McCarthy

  • Ecu-Line Canada Inc.

V.D. Mitchell

  • Thos. Meadows & Co. Canada Ltd.

J.A. Nuttal

  • The A.W.W. Kyle Company Ltd.

F. O’Rourke

  • Thos. Meadows & Co. Canada Ltd.

S.M.B. Orpen

  • Cargotainers (Reg’d.)

J.G. Patry

  • Patry Ltd.

J.O. Stratton

  • United Customs Brokers Ltd.

G. Tombs, Sr.

  • Guy Tombs Ltd.

R. Walker

  • Carson International

H. Wegner

  • Liemar Forwarding