Diane Freeman

Diane is a Professional Engineer and was President of Professional Engineers Ontario in 2010-11. Diane works full-time as a Senior Project Engineer with Masri O Architects. She was first elected to Waterloo City Council in 2006. She has served continuously since that time having been re-elected in 2010, 2014, and 2018. During her over 12 years on Waterloo City Council, Diane has been an unrelenting champion for building accessible communities by planning, funding and installing sidewalks, trails and dedicated bicycle infrastructure. Through her work on the Board of the Association of Municipalities of Ontario and the Share-the-Road Coalition Diane helped to deliver Ontario’s first Bicycle Summit. This summit led to the creation of the Bicycle friendly community awards in Ontario as well as the first Provincial cycling strategy.