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JA Canada Board of Directors

Dawn de Lima
Chair of the Board
Dawn de Lima
Chief Shared Services Officer, TransAlta Corporation
Director
Wendy Brookhouse
Founder & Chief Strategist
Tim Christmann
Director
Tim Christmann
Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer, Deloitte
Director
Russell Crawford
Canadian National Leader-NAFTA/USMCA Services & Canadian National Leader-Cross Border & US Corporate Tax Services
Treasurer
David Dalziel
Partner, Assurance & Advisory Deloitte LLP
Past Chair of the Board
Kevin Dane
Chief Operating Officer, Wildeboer Dellelce LLP
Cindy David
Director
Cindy David
President & Estate Planning Advisor, Cindy David Financial Group Ltd.
Ex-Officio
Scott Hillier
President & CEO, JA Canada
Director
Angela Hountalas
SVP People
Gary Kalaci photo
Director
Gary Kalaci
CEO, Alexa Translations
Director
Marion Kirsh
Associate Chief Accountant, Ontario Securities Commission (retired)
Director
Anne Lachance
Managing Partner and President, Kaiser Lachance Communications
Secretary & Legal Counsel
Martin Langlois
Partner, Stikeman Elliott LLP
Stephane Leblanc
Director
Stephane Leblanc
Partner, Business Tax Advisory Services, PCS practice Ernst & Young
Director
Gerard McInnis
President, Gerard McInnis Professional Corporation
Scott Munn
Director
Scott Munn
Executive Vice President and Partner, Hugessen Consulting Inc.
Gary Smith
Director
Gary Smith
Executive VP of Eastern Canadian and Caribbean Operations, Fortis Inc.
Janeen Speer
Director
Janeen Speer
VP of Talent, Shopify
Director
Nick Thadaney
Founder, Partners Capital Corp.
 
 

JA Manitoba

Chairman of the Board
Brad Ross
Territory Manager at Norscan Instruments Ltd.
Director
Ken Dufault
VP & General Manager, Medigas Manitoba Ltd.
Director
Nicolas Joubert
Associate MLT Aikins
Director
Jeff Koziuk
Director, Prairies Region (MB and SK), ACRODEX
Director
Andrew Kussy
Development Manager The Dream Factory
President & CEO (ex-officio)
Greg Leipsic
President & CEO JA Manitoba
Director
Devin McManus
Shift Manager, PMT Packaging at McCain
Director
Chris Vooght
Assistant VP & Manager, Canadian Western Bank
 
 

JA Peterborough, Lakeland, Muskoka

Chair of Board
Paul Ayotte
Retired Mayor - City of Peterborough
Director of Board
Mike Baxter
Manager of Commercial Banking - CIBC Peterborough
Director of Board
Patrick Davis
CFO, Ramsay Fuels
Director
Jeff Day
Board Member
Director of Board
Ramesh Makhija
President, R&R Laboratories
Executive Secretary
John McNutt
President and CEO
Director of Board
Dr. Nathanael Moulson
Assistant Professor / Department of Management - Royal Military College of Canada
Treasurer of Board
George Blair Derwyn Nixon
Retired - CFO, Vox Integrated Solutions Model Inc.
Director of Board
David Somers
Financial Advisor, Investors Group
Director of Board
Donna Williams
Outlet Manager, Holiday Inn Peterborough
Director of Board
Martha Woods
Executive Director - Eastern Ontario Training Board
 
 

JA Waterloo Region

Photo of Murray Flanagan
Board Chair
Murray Flanagan
Advisor, Flanagan Foodservice
Director
David Caldwell
Director, Individual Risk Management, Sun Life Financial
Director
Bill Fox
Owner, FoxNet
Secretary
Stephanie Hayes
Associate, Gowling WLG
Director
Peter Nickel
Founding Principal, Nickel Technology Consulting Inc.
Director
James Richmond
National VP, Affinity Markets, Manulife
Board Treasurer
Tim Rollins
Partner, EY
Director
Tabitha Schwarz
Senior Manager, Commercial Banking, CIBC
Director
David Tubbs
Manager, Executive Communications, University of Waterloo
 
 

JA Prince Edward Island

Chair
Michelle Burge
Partner-MRSB
Honorary Lifetime Member
Dr. Brian McMillan
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Board Member
Currently Anthony Gill
UPEI
Board Member
Brent Byrnes
Vice President of Sales & Marketing, Upstreet Craft Brewing
Board Member
Debbie Doucette
D.P. Murphy Inc.
Scott Ferris
Board Member
Scott Ferris
Founder, Saddle Up Management Co.
Board Member
Todd Gallant
Instructor- Holland College
Honorary Lifetime Member
Nelson Hagerman
Nelson Hagerman, C.A.
Board Member
Tyler Kenny
Senior Account Manager Business/Personal-RBC Royal Bank
Board Member
Preston Llewellyn
Senior Business Development Officer-Innovation PEI
Honorary Lifetime Member
Weston MacAleer
President at Wesmac Holdings Ltd.
Board Member
Derek McEwen
Department of Education, Early Learning and Culture
Board Member
Paul Murray
Past Chair
Board Member
Rudy Smith
Controller/Treasurer PEI Mutual Insurance Co.
Honorary Lifetime Member
Gary Thompson
N/A
Derek Tweel- Murphys Pharmacy
Vice Chair
Derek Tweel
Director of Operations, Murphy's Pharmacies
 
 

JA Quebec

Chair of the Board
François Côté
Chief Digital and Strategy Officer Fairstone
Director
Pauline Amourdon
Corporate director, Financing and advisory for SME
Director
Marcos Carvalho
Co-founder and Chief Revenue Officer, NestReady
Director
Brigitte Chartier
Associate, Deloitte
Director
Pierre Czyzowicz
Executive Director, UBS Bank (Canada)
Director
Pascal Dion
Director, Growth of Capital and Business Transfers, BDC
Director
Jean-Philippe Guillemette
Producer, entrepreneur, Unité Treize
Director
Anne Joyal
Co-founder, Strom Spa
Treasurer
Stéphane Leblanc
Associate Ernst & Young, Canada
Director
Gilbert Lord
Advertising, Business Strategy and development, Consultant
Secretary
Carolyn Nguyen
Senior Legal Advisor Bombardier Inc.
Director
Martin Proulx
Senior Director, Company Distribution Optimization, National Bank
 
 

JA Saskatchewan

Media Inquiries
Scott Hillier shillier@jacanada.org
647-427-9548 ex 548 President & CEO of JA Canada
 
 

JA South Western Ontario

Board Chair
Wayne Tjoelker
Partner, BDO Canada LLP
Board Member, Treasurer
Fiona Brekelmans
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Board Member
Mark Brown
Partner, adHOMEcreative.com
Board Member
Silvana Cservik
HR Manager, Refining, Supply & Chemical, Imperial
Board Member, Past Chair
Brad Geddes
President & CEO, Zucora Inc.
Board Member
Firas Halabi
Branch Manager, Libro Credit Union
Matt Hernandez
Board Member
Matt Hernandez
Manager, Cash Management, CIBC Windsor-Essex
Board Member
Tracy LeClair
Neuroscience Specialist, Allergan Inc.
Board Member
Peter McMahon
Director, North American Sales-VAR, StarTech.com
Board Member, Secretary
William D. (Bill) Mitches
Lawyer, Harrison Pensa
Board Member
Jacqueline Peterson
Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Board Member
Mary Pierce
Chair, Lawrence Kinlin School of Business, Fanshawe College
Board Member
Luda Pradyszczuk-Pitt
Senior Manager - BTS, Ernst & Young LLP
Board Member, Vice Chair
Mark Russell
VP, TD Phone Channel
Board Member
Cyndi Vienneau-Cormier
New Construction Partnerships - Bell Residential Services
 
 
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