City of Richmond Hill
Ruth Rendon is currently the Manager of Sustainability for the City of Richmond Hill, a position held since January 2023. Prior to this role, Ruth served as a Senior Environmental Planner and Acting Manager of Environmental Sustainability for the City of Vaughan from May 2016 to January 2023. Ruth's experience includes a six-year tenure as a Senior Environmental Planner for the City of Markham from June 2010 to May 2016, and earlier roles as a Project Planner at Stantec Consulting Inc. and a Planner at Jacques Whitford AXYS. Ruth began a professional career in planning with a role as an Environmental Planner at Marshall Macklin Monaghan Limited, following a position as Project Officer at the Canadian Urban Institute. Educationally, Ruth holds a Master's degree in Environmental Studies in Urban Planning from York University, complemented by a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Certificate in Urban Studies/Sociology from York University, and additional studies at the University of Aveiro and the University of the Americas.
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City of Richmond Hill
With a population of more than 202,000 residents and 5,000 businesses, Richmond Hill is one of Canada’s most desirable and growing communities. Recognized by the Conference Board of Canada with an ‘A’ grade as an attractive community, it is one of six Canadian municipalities to receive this ranking and the only suburban and GTA municipality to do so. Safe, clean and committed to managed growth, its culture is welcoming and diverse, and values environmental sustainability. Dedicated to providing exceptional public service to its community, Richmond Hill’s municipal government serves a distinctive, dynamic and active town with a rich history and a friendly, down-to-earth character. Richmond Hill’s vision, “Where people come together to build our community,” builds on its past and recognizes the continued importance of partnership between the municipal government and the community it serves.