Theodora Samiotis

Theodora is a communications and public affairs practitioner with over 30 years of experience in both the private and public sectors.  She is currently Principal and Co-Founder of Voria Management, a boutique consultancy that serves businesses & organizations on their strategic and tactical communications challenges. 

Theodora served two terms as Councilor for the City of Westmount.  During her first term, as Commissioner of Environment and Sustainability, she launched the City’s first Sustainability Action Plan.  In her second term, as Commissioner for Urban Planning, she created Westmount’s First Heritage Committee and introduced a new process to include citizens in the evaluation of non-conforming projects. 

Before her time as an elected official, she worked in the corporate sector as Director of Communications & Public Affairs (Canada) for Wyeth Pharmaceuticals (now Pfizer).  In that role she was a member of the executive committee for Canada, oversaw all public affairs, communications and federal government relations as well as working with the marketing teams to launch four new products in Canada.  

Earlier in her career, Theodora spent six years on Parliament Hill working first as Legislative Assistant to a Montreal area MP, and then as Special Assistant managing Quebec issues in the Office of the Minister of National Defence.

Theodora holds a BA in Communications from Concordia University with a diploma from the School of Community & Public Affairs where she was also awarded the Book Prize for most outstanding student.  She is currently a Part-time Faculty member at the SCPA, teaching a course on Public Affairs Strategies.