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Leadership

& Team

Tim Jackson

President & CEO

Ann Brookes

Vice President, Development

Cynthia McConnell

VP, Finance & Resources

Jaime Jacomen

VP, National Programs

Jennifer Ross

VP, Marketing, Communications & Recruitment

Rob Esselment

VP, External Relations

Alvina Mardhani-Bayne

External Relations Manager

Amelia Yap

Office & Project Lead

Brendan Lowther

Manager, National Program Operations

Cheryl Thompson

Student Coordinator

Christine Freeman

Advancement Manager

Constantine Yu

Director, Lead Generation

Deborah Currie

Director, Shad Alumni Network

Ebony Demers

Director of Recruitment

Elissa Gelleny

Director, Digital Programs

Jennifer Murphy

Director, National Program Initiatives

Kafayat Balogun

Finance Manager

Katie Gillespie

Marketing & Communications Manager

Katie Gingerich

Associate Director, National Programs

Kyle Blaney

Data Analyst & Salesforce Administrator

Leanne O’Donnell

Director, National Programs

Leila Stevens

Recruitment Lead

Mary Dever

Director, Advancement

Michelle McFarlane

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Manager

Miranda Carlson-Strain

Manager, National Program Operations

Mohamad Ayasso

Creative Marketing Lead

Morgan Hernandez

Social Media Lead

Sam Spizzirri

Manager, National Program Operations

Stacy Barzey

Accounting Specialist

Board

of Directors

Aaron Bennett CFA

Chief investment professional, University Pension Plan Ontario Toronto, Ontario

Shad Alum

Abdullah Al-Shaghay PhD

Instructor, Mathematics and Statistics, Dalhousie University; Halifax, NS

David Brennan (Finance, Audit and Risk Committee Chair)

Lecturer, University of Waterloo; Waterloo, ON
Former CFO, ecobee

Gary Zimmerman

Founder and CEO, MaxMyInterest; New York, NY
Shad Alum

Jennifer Stott (Board Chair)

Former SVP and Chief Data Officer, RBC; Toronto, ON

Jessica Cohen

Jessica Cohen, President & CEO, Junior Achievement Southern Alberta; Calgary, AB

Katharine Bambrick

CEO, Ontario Trillium Foundation; Toronto, ON

Patrick Lor

Managing Partner, Panache Ventures; Calgary, AB

Paul Ledwell

Former Deputy Minister Veterans Affairs Canada; Charlottetown, PE

Sarah Gauthier

ISAP STEM+ Coach, University of Saskatchewan; Saskatoon, SK
Shad Alum

Shawna Pandya

Physician, Scientist-Astronaut with International Institute for Astronautical Sciences & Director of Medical Research at Orbital Assembly Corporation; Edmonton, AB

Simone Cavanaugh (Governance & HR Committee Chair)

Senior Manager of Strategy & Operations, McKinsey; Montreal, QC
Shad Alum

Twinkle Mehta

Software Engineer, Google; New York City, NY
Shad Alum