It’s official (by way of Calgary): Brent Toderian is the new City of Vancouver planner.
“Brent joined the City of Calgary in January 2001 as Chief Subdivision Planner. In December 2004, he moved to the Centre City team as Project Manager, Centre City Plan and was promoted to Manager, Centre City in June 2005.”
Reviews so far are good.
Brent is also a graduate of the SFU City Program’s Urban Design Certificate Program, and was instrumental in getting the program to offer courses in Calgary. Here’s a piece from the Calgary Sun.