University of Ottawa alumni belong to a global network of more than 220,000 alumni in over 150 countries around the world!
Boston
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President: Karen Burke (BASc 1985, MBA 1995), Executive Coach and Facilitator, Harvard Business School Executive Education.
Edwine Alphonse (BCom 2006),Senior Accounting Manager, Circle.
Melissa Yeung (MD 2003), Assistant Director, HLA Tissue Typing Laboratory; Associate Physician, Renal Division, Brigham & Women's Hospital and Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.
Calgary
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President: Feisal Keshavjee (MHA '94), Managing Director, KWC Consulting, Chair, Canadian College of Health Leaders
Noren Hirani (JD '14, BSc '08), Corporate Legal Counsel, TransAlta.
Michael Patterson (BASc '76 & Gee-Gees Football '72-'74), Principal, Osborne Interim Management.
Rithu Rajan (BASc '06), Staff Reservoir Engineer FCCL, Cenovus Energy, Cenovus.
Carolyne Mondoux (MHA '18, BNutSc '15) Manager, The Brenda Strafford Foundation
Hong Kong
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(Telfer School of Management-Dean's Advisory Board)
Lee George Lam (MBA 1989, MSc 1985), Senior Advisor, Macquarie Group (Asia) & Chairman, Monte Jade Science and Technology Association of Hong Kong.
Joseph Lau (EMBA 1997), Director, Rockhound Limited.
William Chan (EMBA 1998), Managing Director, ScotWork.
Kanata
President: Jamie Patten (BSocSc ’11) President and Executive Director, Kanata North Business Association.
Veronica Farmer (EMBA ’96) Director, Partnership & Commercialization, University of Ottawa.
Adina Gottardi (BSc ’00) Managing Director, ChangeBuzz.
Kylie Hurst (BA ’11) Manager, Talent Programs, You.i TV.
Junaid Israr (PhD ’12) Director of Engineering, Cisco Systems.
Bree Jamieson-Holloway (BSocSc ’07) Founder and lawyer, Jamieson Law Professional Corporation and Co-founder and CEO, Nurtured Life Co.
Karolina Kural (BCom ’14) Recruitment Programs Specialist, Kinaxis.
Brian Pratt (MBA ’97) Telecom Portfolio and Partner Lead, North America, Amazon Web Services
London
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President: Diane Côté (BCom '89, COOP), Chief Risk Officer, London Stock Exchange Group.
Gordon Charlton (LLB '03), Executive Director, Morgan Stanley.
Robert Peake (LLB '07, LLL 2008), Senior Associate, Solicitor, Venner Shipley.
Zhixin Shu (MBA '96), Senior Investment Analyst, J. Stern and Co.
Nancy Wilson (BSocSc '99), Head of Commercial Property Departement, BakerLaw LLP Solicitors.
Los Angeles
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President: Marc Kayem (BSc '83, MD '87), Plastic Surgeon and Otolaryngologist, Marc J Kayem MD Inc.
Yasmin Alpay (LLB '95), Non-profit Consultant, Alpay Consulting.
André Berger (MD '74), President and Owner, Rejuvalife Vitality Institute & CEO, National ACO, LLC.
Lee Fraser (BCom '00), Vice President, Broadcast Media & Technology Finance, Fox Corporation.
Amman Khan (LLB '93), Lawyer, Khan Law Office.
Benoit Landry (BA '03) Senior Director, Program Research, NBCUniversal, Inc.
Aliya-Jasmine Sovani (BA '05), Host, The Cycle, NBC News.
Montreal
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President: Nicolette Addesa (BA '14 & MComm '16), Senior Account Executive, Edelman PR.
Walid Araghoune (BSocSc '13), Territory Sales Coordinator, Agropur.
Philippe Beaulieu (BSocSc '91), Partner, Avistra International, Cofounder, LetsShare, President, Celcius22 and Board member, Alumni Association of the University of Ottawa.
Jeanine Hage (BSocSc '95 & MSc '97), Chief Operating Officer & Partner, SBX Technologies Inc.
Hugo Martin ( LLL '96, Cert '97), Associate Director, Martin.legal , Lawyer, JFBV Legal Study and Board member, Alumni Association of the University of Ottawa.
Franck Ngandui (LLL '12), Corporate and commercial lawyer, ROBIC.
Jozef Spiteri (BA '14), Partnership Manager, Phi Centre.
New York
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President: John Gitas (BSc 2000, BA 2001), Director, Healthcare and Life Sciences Advisory Services, KPMG LLP.
Tim Drager (BSocSc2013, MA 2014 & Gee-Gees Hockey 2010-2013) Senior Associate, Brighton Park Capital
Malik Ladhani (BSocSc 2014), Associate at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Mina Lux (BSc 1990, BASc 1992), President and Chief Executive Officer, Meelo Logic Inc.
Greg MacDonald (BSocSc 1996), Vice President, Ad Partnerships, Verizon Media
Joanne Osendarp (LLB 1986), Partner, Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP.
Pat Sasso (BSc 1992), Partner and Creative Director, Loop Seven and Board Member of the Alumni Association of the University of Ottawa.
Paris
François April (LLL ’91) Partner, Linklaters LLP.
Majda Dabaghi (LLB ’06) Director Inclusive and Green Growth, International Chamber of Commerce.
San Francisco Bay Area
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President: Anthony Bagnulo ( BASc '10), Engineering Manager, Tesla.
Alexey Baranov (BASc '08), Senior Technical Program Manager-Simulation, Cruise Automation.
Jennifer Campbell (MBA '85), Consultant, Entreprise Strategy Consulting.
Anita Popescu (HBSc-Eng '19), Photos engineer, Apple.
Dorrian Porter (BSocSc '93), Founder and CEO, Vestaboard Inc.
Ted Tsortos (MBA '92), Director, Sales Strategy & Planning, Cisco Systems Inc.
Sharon Wong (BSc '92), Senior Consultant, Apple and Board Member of the Alumni Association of the University of Ottawa.
Shanghai
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President: Charles Liu (MASc 1991) CSO, Aviation Industry Corporation of China CZ (Shanghai) IOV Co., Ltd.
Secretary-general: Rose Wang (Dipl Business Administration 2002), Founder, X Combinator.
Jane Zhou (MEng 2003), Executive Director, Head of China Corporate Access, UBS Securities Co. Ltd.
Toronto
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President: Sarah Downey (MHA '92), President & CEO of the Michael Garron Hospital.
Bimpe Ayeni (MD '06), Plastic Surgeon, Southlake Regional Health Centre.
David Bajurny (BSc '95, Gee-Gees Basketball 1991-1993), Chief Operating Officer, Flow Alkaline Spring Water
Alan D’Silva (LLB '87), Partner, Stikeman Elliot LLP.
Wendy Feldman (BA '80) Senior Policy Advisor, Agency Governance Branch, Treasury Board Secretariat, Ontario
Julian Franklin (BSocSc '95), Managing Director, Geometry Global.
Eric Kennedy (BCom '13), Head of Quebec, LinkedIn
Catherine Philogène (BMus '95), Vice President, Product Management, RBC Global Asset Management.
Valérie Proulx (BASc '07), Technology Consulting - Intelligent Automation Lead, Accenture
Jaime Seidner (BSocSc '94), Partner, PwC and Board member of the Alumni Association of the University of Ottawa.
Shaunt Tokmakjian (JD '14), Legal Knowledge Engineering Associate, Kira Systems and Board Member, University of Ottawa Alumni Association.
Vancouver
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President: Christine Banham (MBA '94) Retired, previously Associate Director, Scotiabank
Alexandra Bissinger (BASc '09, MEng '13), Acting Team Leader, Programs, Defense Construction Canada. *On leave from the Vancouver Alumni Council in 2020*
Jeremy Hessing-Lewis (LLB '08), Lawyer, Small Law Corporation and Senior Digital Advisor, Skunkworks Creative Group Inc.
Mike Stewart (MASc 2011, BASc '09), Partner, ATAC Law
Ben Temple (BCom '10), Senior Associate, Avison Young
About Our Regional Councils
Our thirteen regional alumni councils are made up of dedicated volunteers representing all university faculties and diverse professional backgrounds. From Montreal to New York to Paris and Shanghai– these ambassadors help raise the profile of the University internationally through active outreach, championing philanthropic activity and supporting regional events.
Active Outreach
Regional Council members actively engage in outreach to alumni, students, partners and friends of the University in their region.
Championing Philanthropic Activity
Councils help increase alumni giving and financial support to help advance the University’s mission and support Defy the Conventional: the Campaign for uOttawa.
Regional Events
Regional Council members help promote and create meaningful events for alumni celebrating lifelong learning and increasing the profile of the University of Ottawa in their region.
Upcoming Regional Events
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Alumni across the globe stay connected to their alma mater through participating in dynamic regional events and initiatives and engaging with active regional councils.
Regional councils have been established and alumni events take place annually in:
- Canada: Kanata, Montreal, Toronto, Calgary and Vancouver
- US: Boston, New York, Bay Area (California) and Los Angeles
- Outside of North America: London, Paris, Hong Kong and Shanghai
To get involved with the alumni community in one of our thirteen key regions, or to connect with uOttawa alumni in any other part of the world, contact Rhea Laube, Regional Engagement Officer at (rhea.laube@uottawa.ca). Please make sure to update your alumni profile with your current city of residence to automatically receive invitations to events in your area.
uOttawa on the road – Engage locally, connect globally.
uOttawa on the road is a speaker series presented each year by the Alumni Association and our regional councils in thirteen cities around the globe.