New APEGA Council Appointments for Vice-President and Councillor

APEGA Council has appointed professional members to two positions, vice-president and councillor, filling vacancies for the 2025–2026 term, effective immediately.

As only one executive candidate was on the ballot in the 2025 council election, the position of president-elect was acclaimed, and no vice-president was elected. Under Section 27(1) of the General Regulation, when there is a vacancy on council, the remaining members have the authority to appoint a replacement. Accordingly, council has appointed Jason Vanderzwaag, P.Eng., who has served on APEGA Council since 2017, to the role of vice-president for a one-year term.

To fill Vanderzwaag’s vacant position until the election next year, council has also appointed Eric Potter, P.Eng., as councillor for a one-year term. Potter was a candidate in the 2025 council election and received the next highest number of votes after the other five elected candidates.

About Jason Vanderzwaag, P.Eng.

Professional engineer Jason Vanderzwaag has more than 20 years of experience in Alberta’s energy sector. He has held progressively senior roles in operations and project management and is recognized for his strategic thinking and steady leadership. Since 2017, Vanderzwaag has served in a variety of roles across multiple council committees, and he will bring significant experience to the vice-president role. He previously served as chair of APEGA’s Fort McMurray Branch and provided mentorship to up-and-coming professionals, and he remains an active volunteer in his home community of Fort McMurray.

About Eric Potter, P.Eng.

Professional engineer Eric Potter has more than 25 years of executive and C-suite experience across the oil and gas, manufacturing, and construction industries, and he is an experienced management consultant. Potter has led successful businesses in more than 30 countries and is recognized for his people-first leadership and ability to align teams to shared values and strategic goals. An advocate for proactive, inclusive regulation, he believes self-regulation is both a privilege and a responsibility—one that demands responsiveness to technological change, cross-border practices, and evolving public trust.

Learn more about APEGA’s 2025–2026 council