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FEBRUARY 17: SGW and LOY campuses are open. All teaching and research activities, as well as all services are maintained on Monday, February 17, 2025.

FEBRUARY 17: SGW and LOY campuses are open. All teaching and research activities, as well as all services are maintained on Monday, February 17, 2025.

Campaign Leadership

‘To prepare for what’s next, we’re leading the Campaign for Concordia: Next-Gen. Now.’

Honorary chairs

CONCORDIA CHANCELLOR

Jonathan Wener 
BComm 71
Chairman and chief executive · ‎Canderel

André R. Desmarais
BComm 78, LLD 07
President & Co-Chief Executive Officer · ‎Power Corporation of Canada

Darren Entwistle
BA 86, LLD 12
Chief Executive Officer · ‎Telus

Gerald T. McCaughey
BComm 81
President and CEO · ‎Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (retired)

Marie-José Nadeau
Honcilorary Chair · ‎World Energy Council

Richard J. Renaud
BComm 69, LLD 09
Chairman and CEO · ‎TNG Corporation

Mutsumi Takahashi
BA 79, MBA 95, LLD 13
Chief news anchor · ‎CTV Montreal News

Regional Volunteers

Montreal

VICE-CHAIR

Norman E. Hébert Jr.
BComm 77
President and CEO · Groupe Park Avenue

VICE-CHAIR

Françoise Bertrand
LLD 13
Chair · Board of directors, VIA Rail Canada Inc.

VICE-CHAIR

Helene F. Fortin
BComm 79, FCPA, FCA, IAS.A, ICD.D
Partner · LFB cpa, s.e.n.c.r.l./LLP

Monique Jérôme-Forget
Special Advisor · Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Peter Kruyt
BComm 78
Vice-President · Power Corporation of Canada

Lillian Vineberg
BFA 83
Artist, administrator and political activist

Toronto and Ontario

HONORARY VICE-CHAIR

Dominic D’Alessandro
BSc 67, LLD 98
President/CEO · Manulife Financial Corp. (retired)

HONORARY VICE-CHAIR

Frederick H. Lowy
LLD 98
Former President and Vice-Chancellor of Concordia University

HONORARY VICE-CHAIR

Brian I. Neysmith
BSc 66
Head of Canadian Bond Rating Service (retired)

VICE-CHAIR

Roy Firth
BComm 75
President · TruVest Capital Limited

VICE-CHAIR

Jacques Goulet Jr.
BSc 88
Executive Chair · Sun Life Canada

Antoinette Bozac
BA 78
Senior External Counsel · Metrolinx

Louis Gagnon
BSc 88
Chief Operating Officer · Foresters Financial

David Gibbins
BComm 80
Corporate Advisory Board · InventionShare

Pina Starnino
BA 85
Vice-President, Operations · FedEx Express Canada

East Coast

VICE-CHAIR

Patricia Lenkov
MBA 86
Founder and President · Agility Executive Search LLC

VICE-CHAIR

Julie Richard
BA 96
Chief Compliance Officer Private Banking · Brown Brothers Harriman

J. Roy Pottle
BComm 81, MBA 85
Chairman ND CEO · American Messaging Services, LLC

Roma Tretiak
BA 92
Senior Director, Medical Quality Assurance · Pfizer

West coast

HONORARY VICE-CHAIR

Peter W. Webster
Chair · Board of Trustees, R. Howard Webster Foundation

VICE-CHAIR

Candice A. Alderson
BA 93
Senior Vice-President, Infrastructure Investments · Ledcor Group of Companies

VICE-CHAIR

John Paul Harrison
BA 92

VICE-CHAIR

Rudy Kerklaan
BSc 75, MBA 77
Vice-Chairman · Connor, Clark & Lunn Private Capital Ltd.

VICE-CHAIR

Robert D. Philip
BA 70, MA 86

VICE-CHAIR

Rebecca Reeve Henderson
MA 07
Founder · Rsquared Communication

Asia

HONORARY VICE-CHAIR

William Yip
BA 67, LLD 98

VICE-CHAIR – HONG KONG

Dennis Y.M. Chan
BComm 77

VICE-CHAIR – SHANGHAI

Dominic Desmarais
BComm 00

VICE-CHAIR – SHANGHAI

Wayne Wu
BEng 88, MEng 96

VICE-CHAIR – BEIJING

Warren (Gang) Tian
MBA 04

VICE-CHAIR – BEIJING

Winston Kan
BAdmin 81

VICE-CHAIR – BEIJING

Chen Zhang
BComm 98, MBA 03

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