Susan Ancel

Susan Ancel is the Senior Principal Water Strategic Initiatives for EPCOR Commercial Services in Edmonton, Alberta. She is responsible for supporting strategic initiatives across the entire water cycle with a particular focus on financial rates strategies with a consideration of utility resiliency and customer affordability.  Until recently she was the Director of One Water Planning responsible for the development of the strategic plans for the water utility. In 2021 she was recognized with a Clean 50 award for her development of the Integrated Resource Plan for flood mitigation for Edmonton that considered capital and operational risk mitigation planning, as well as the interrelationships between utilities, insurance, disaster response agencies and the public. Susan is a mechanical engineer with over 38 years of experience in the municipal utility sector. She currently serves on Board the Climate Reality Project-Canada and the Board of the Canadian Society of Senior Engineers and until March was on the Board of Directors for Canadian Water Network, she has also served on numerous industry association committees with a primary focus on management and financial topics supporting effective utility governance. Susan retired from full time employment with EPCOR in March of 2026, but continues to support them in an advisory part time role in their initiatives across North America and is continuing her active volunteerism in the Water and Climate sectors. Susan is also the Chief Warden Camp 6 for the Ritual of the Calling of an Engineer welcoming over 1000 engineers in the Edmonton area annually in their pledge towards ethical practice via the Iron ring ceremony.