Team
Nino Di Cara
Founder & President
Nino is a passionate believer in electrification and the benefits that technology will bring to our future mobility. He is regularly sought after for comment by media including Global News, CBC, Fast Company, Globe & Mail and others. Nino is the recipient of the National Media Awards Foundation 2025 B2B Media Leadership Award and the EV Society’s 2020 Howard Hutt Award for Excellence in the Advancement of Electric Transportation.
Ilana Weitzman
Vice President, Strategic Initiatives, Clean Transportation
Named a Top Woman in EV in North America in 2024, llana’s approach to driving change centres on showcasing transformative ideas through original, impactful formats – whether that’s orchestrating the international EV charging station of the future design competition or curating programming for the 2,000-delegate EV & Charging Expo. Her work has been featured in leading publications including Fast Company, Business Insider, Dwell and the Globe and Mail. As a sought-after speaker, Ilana has taken the stage at premier industry conferences across North America.
Laura Maurice
Vice President, Partnerships & Client Services
Laura has over 20 years of experience working with both media agencies and media companies. She is a passionate media leader with omnichannel experience — imagining, developing and leading media campaigns and driving growth for her clients.
Mehanaz Yakub
Associate Editor
Mehanaz is a graduate of Concordia University in Journalism and Political Science. While in university, she started her career covering local topics for a Kanien’keha:ka community newspaper in Kahnawake, Quebec. She has since written for the Canadian mining sector and is looking to make a strong impact with her reporting.
Emma Jarratt
Editor-at-Large
Emma is Toronto-based investigative journalist and has worked at the national levels in both print and television in Canada. Her work has triggered real-world impact and won awards, but, most importantly, it has driven powerful public discussions on under-reported issues and issues of vital public interest across many different sectors and industries. Emma has reported from around the world including covering the early adoption of EVs in Norway to the Syrian civil war. She has worked with Electric Autonomy since 2019. In addition to her long-standing reporting on Canada’s zero-emission transportation sector, Emma’s investigations have probed Canada’s controversial surrogacy laws, medical malpractice, workplace abuses and exploitation of vulnerable populations.
Cécile Chambeau
Digital Marketing, Media and Events Coordinator
Cécile is a bilingual digital marketing strategist with expertise in SEO and integrated campaign management. With experience spanning agency and consultancy settings across B2C, B2B and e-commerce sectors, she brings a data-driven approach to Electric Autonomy’s digital marketing, media planning and event coordination.
Dmitry Beniaminov
Digital Marketing Specialist
Dmitry is a web guru and technology consultant specializing in digital transformation, technology education, ad operations, digital marketing and all things web.
Kelly Smith
CFO
Kelly is a finance and strategic planning professional with extensive experience as the principal at Kelly Smith Group and as a former senior executive at Loyalty One and vice president at CAA.
