Our Team


Management team

  • Renée Vézina, President
  • Nathalie Nahmiash, Senior Vice President, Planning and Development
  • Kim Fraser, Vice President, Marketing, Communications & Community Relations
  • Valerie Frost, Vice President, Partnerships and Donor Relations
  • Hugo Rivard-Royer, M.Sc, Vice President, Operations
  • Marie-Claude Baribeau, Director, Sponsorships and Cause Marketing
  • Kathleen Bernabe, Director, Annual Giving
  • Frédéric Brière, CFRE, Director, Direct and Integrated Marketing
  • Jennifer Dacius, Director, Kat Demes Pavilion
  • Josée Della Rocca, CFRE, Director, Partnerships
  • Alessia Di Giorgio, Director, Events
  • Lisa Dutton, Director, Media and Public Relations
  • Susan Elias, CFRE, Director, Principal Gifts and Planned Giving
  • Geneviève Gagnon, Director, Operational Excellence and Projects
  • Stéphanie Martine, CPA, Comptroller
  • Karine Mayers, Director, Major Gifts and Planned Giving
  • Lisette Noodelman, Head of Campaign Cabinet
  • Lucie Pruneau, Director, Communications
  • Naomi Shrier, Director of Major and Principal Gifts
  • Angela Vahaviolos, Director, Corporate Partnerships
  • Colette Vanasse, Director, Major Gifts

Foundation staff


  • Executive Assistant, Office of the President: Oumayma Bouanane 
  • Coordinator, donors support: Anais L'Heureux

Human Ressources

  • Senior Advisor, Human Ressources: Amélie Stebenne

Communications

  • Senior Advisor, Digital Communications and Direct Marketing: Mathieu Gaubert
  • Communications Agent: Louise Whitty
  • Communications Coordinator: Amanda Lupovici

Gift Administration and IT

  • Assistant Director, Database and IT: Violaine Fortin
  • Assistant Director, Business Intelligence and Technology: Yelene Goza
  • Database Agent: Anh Pham
  • Coordinators, Database and IT: Nathalie Lavaute and Genny Lock
  • Administrative Coordinator: Laetitia Leduc

Finance and Accounting

  • Payroll, Accounting and Administration Coordinator: Virginie Desforges

Donor Relations

  • Advisor, Donor Relations: Stephanie Gurd

Major gifts

  • Senior Advisor, Major Gifts and Planned Giving: Evodie Gonzalez Exposito

Legacy giving

  • Senior Gift Planner: Samar El Soufi

Annual giving and Tribute giving

  • Coordinator, Annual Giving: Sandra Woo
  • Development Officer, Tributes: Inès Roulet
  • Coordinator, Corporate Annual and Leadership Giving: Michelle Thériault
  • Coordinator, Tributes: Laurence Poitras
  • Coordinator, Donor Relations: Marie-Pier Fournier

Special Events and Community engagement

  • Advisors, Special Events: Nathalie Giguère and Melissa Mastrogiuseppe
  • Administrative Coordinators, Special Events: Zoe Holland and Sahar Azimi 
  • Coordinator, Events: Sabrina Burns

Kat Demes Pavilion

  • Coordinators: Jennifer Bocanegra, Jennifer Dussault, and May Sayegh

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