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@wct-fct.com
Ariel Vered, Director, Programs and Engagement
avered@wct-fct.com
Emily Proulx, Manager, Operations and Member Services
eproulx@wct-fct.com
Emma Morris, Manager, Marketing and Communications
emorris@wct-fct.com
Lynda Leonard, Director of Research and Advocacy
lleonard@wct-fct.com
WCT National Board of Directors
Executive Committee
- Chair: Cheryl Fullerton, Executive Vice President, People and Communications, Corus
- Vice-Chair: Fawn Annan, CEO, IT World Canada (Observer)
- 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
- Lynda Partner, Vice President, Marketing, Pythian
- Dan Stark, Commercial Sales Lead, AWS Canada, Amazon Web Services
- Liette Vigneault, Vice-President, Human Resources and Communications, Cogeco Cable
- Denise Shortt, Vice President, Industry Development, Information Technology Association of Canada (ITAC)
- Dorothy Johnson, Services Practice Leader, Microsoft
- Irena Zhivov, Director, Program Management
- Christin Weidemann, Director Quality Engineering, Slalom Build
- Saba Shariff, Head, New Product Development and Corporate Strategy, Symcor
- Stephanie Byard, Director, Media Sales and Head of Agency, Rogers Sports and Media
- Candice McLeod, Senior Vice President, Enterprise Business Solutions, Shaw Communications Inc
- Annie Akpan, Leader, STEM for Girls, IBM Canada
- Sonia Brar, Vice President, Customer Operations Strategy, Design & Delivery, Bell Canada
- Safdar Mahmoud, Managing Vice President, Pariveda Solutions
- Robin Hildebrand, Vice President, Human Resources & Regulatory Affairs, Golden West Broadcasting Ltd. (Observer)
- Chantal Davis, Director, Spectrum Regulatory Best Practices, Innovation Science and Economic Development (Observer)
- Krista Shibata, Leader, Women in Technology Initiative, IBM Canada (Observer)
- Robyn Heaton, Dean, Faculty of Arts, Media and Design, Algonquin College (Observer)
