Our Team

Women in Communications and Technology (WCT) is made possible by the incredible work of a group of loyal and dedicated volunteers located across Canada, the time invested by the Board of Directors and the support of all their companies along with a small national staff, headquartered in Ottawa.

WCT Team

Joanne Stanley, Executive Director
jstanley [at] wct-fct.com

Lynda Leonard, Director of Research and Advocacy
lleonard [at] wct-fct.com

Shannon Sears, Director of Programs and Public Affairs
ssears [at] wct-fct.com

Alia Hammoud, Finance and Administration Manager
ahammoud [at] wct-fct.com

Hana Sabah, Digital Marketing and Communications Officer 
hsabah [at] wct-fct.com

Jerina Forestall, Programs Officer
jforestall [at] wct-fct.com

WCT National Board of Directors

Executive Committee

• Chair: Cheryl Fullerton, Executive Vice President, People and Communications, Corus
• Past Chair: Michelle Magwood, President, Magwood Consulting
• Corporate Secretary: Leslie Milton, Partner, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
• Treasurer: Pardeep Singh Gill, Partner, Audit Technology, Media and Telecommunications, KPMG

Board Directors

• Candice McLeod, Senior Vice President, Enterprise Business Solutions, Shaw Communications Inc
• Cheryl Fullerton, Executive Vice President, People and Communications, Corus Entertainment
• Christin Wiedemann, Director Quality Engineering, Slalom Build
• Dorothy Johnson, Services Practice Leader, Microsoft
• Emma Parkinson, Account Services Country Leader, Hewlett Packard Enterprises (HPE)
• Irena Zhivov, Delivery Director, Likewize
• Jennifer Roynon, Corporate Social Responsibility Lead, IBM Canada
• Julie Branscombe, Director, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, Cogeco
• Leslie Milton, Partner, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
• Pardeep Singh Gill, Partner, Audit Technology, Media and Telecommunications, KPMG
• Rekha Rao-Mayya, Country Leader, ISVs and Digital Native Businesses, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• Saba Shariff, Head, New Product Development and Corporate Strategy, Symcor
• Safdar Mahmood, Managing Vice President, Pariveda Solutions
• Sonia Brar, Vice President, Customer Operations Strategy, Design & Delivery, Bell Canada
• Stephanie Byard, Director, Media Sales and Head of Agency, Rogers Sports and Media
• Wayne Mckenzie, Director of Operations, Aboriginal Peoples Television Network

Board Observers

• Chantal Davis, Director, Spectrum Regulatory Best Practices, Innovation Science and Economic Development
• Denise Shortt, Senior Vice President, Industry Development, Technation
• Fawn Annan, CEI, ITWorld
• Michelle Magwood, President, Magwood Consulting
• Renee Doiron, Chief of Staff and Special Advisor to the Chairperson, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)

Director Emeritus

• Robin Hildebrand, Vice President, Human Resouces & Regulatory Affairs, Golden West Broadcasting Ltd.