Staff Directory
Ottawa | Montreal | Toronto | Calgary
Executive Office
Candace Laing
President & Chief Executive Officer
Gayla Brock-Woodland
Chief Operating Officer
Marion Fekete
Senior Manager, Executive Office
T: 613.238.4000 (2302) | mfekete@chamber.ca
Policy & Advocacy
Matthew Holmes
Executive Vice President, International & Chief of Public Policy
Kathy Megyery
Senior Vice President, General Manager, Quebec
T: 514.866.4334 (4220) | kmegyery@chamber.ca
Catherine Fortin Lefaivre
Senior Vice President, International Policy & Global Partnerships
T: 613.238.4000 (2171) | cfortin@chamber.ca
David Pierce
Vice President, Government Relations
T: 613.238.4000 (2344) | dpierce@chamber.ca
Ulrike Bahr-Gedalia
Senior Director, Digital Economy, Technology & Innovation
T: 613.238.4000 (2251) | ubahr-gedalia@chamber.ca
Pascal Chan
Vice President, Strategic Policy & Supply Chains
T: 613.238.4000 (2202) | pchan@chamber.ca
Madison Coulas
Coordinator, Government Relations
T: 613.462.8031 (2162) | mcoulas@chamber.ca
Bryan Detchou
Senior Director, Natural Resources, Environment & Sustainability
T: 613.238.4000 (2132) | bdetchou@chamber.ca
Alex Greco
Senior Director, Manufacturing & Value Chains
T: 613.238.4000 (2198) | agreco@chamber.ca
Gaphel Kongtsa
Director, International Policy
T: 613.238.4000 (2297) | gkongtsa@chamber.ca
Liam MacDonald
Director, Policy & Government Relations
T: 514.866.4334 (2267) | lmacdonald@chamber.ca
Diana Palmerin-Velasco
Senior Director, Future of Work
T: 343.961.1865 (2291) | dpalmerin-velasco@chamber.ca
Maggie Patterson
Senior Director, Global Programs & Partnerships
T: 613.238.4000 (2342) | mpatterson@chamber.ca
Olha Sotska
Policy Advisor
T: 613.238.4000 (2138) | osotska@chamber.ca
Business Data Lab
Patrick Gill
Vice President, Operations & Partnerships
T: 613.238.4000 (2243) | pgill@chamber.ca
Andrew DiCapua
Principal Economist
T: 613.238.4000 (2157) | adicapua@chamber.ca
Marwa Abdou
Senior Research Director
T: 613.238.4000 (2259) | mabdou@chamber.ca
Kaviraj Singh
Senior Data Scientist
T: 613.238.4000 (2201) | ksingh@chamber.ca
Shamanth Chedde
Data Scientist
T: 613.238.4000 (2301) | schedde@chamber.ca
Chamber Network
Daniel Caramori
Vice President, Chamber Network Engagement
T: 514.866.4334 (4229) | dcaramori@chamber.ca
Member Relations
Xavier Roy
Senior Vice President, Membership Engagement and Advancement
T: 613.238.4000 (2288) | xroy@chamber.ca
Kimberly Gale
Vice President, Member Relations
T: 403.271.0595 | kgale@chamber.ca
Lianne Cheng
Director, Member Relations
T: 416.868.6415 (3239) | lcheng@chamber.ca
Anick de Sousa, CITP®, FIBP®
Senior Director, Member Relations
T: 613.238.4000 (2239) | adesousa@chamber.ca
Alexandra Miceli
Director, Member Relations
T: 416.868.6415 (3232) | amiceli@chamber.ca
Clare Urquhart
Coordinator, Member Engagement
T: 613.238.4000 (2354) | curquhart@chamber.ca
Export Services
Ottawa
Ariola Jakupi
Senior Director, Export Services
T: 613.238.4000 (2240) | ajakupi@chamber.ca
Alda Maksuti
Representative, Export Services
T: 613.238.4000 (2205) | amaksuti@chamber.ca
Kevin Tam
Representative, Export Services
T: 613.238.4000 (2232) | ktam@chamber.ca
Montreal
Daniella Labonne
Programs Manager, Export Services
T: 514.866.4334 (4227) | dlabonne@chamber.ca
Toronto
Claryce Yamane
Representative, Export Services
T: 416.868.6415 (3263) | cyamane@chamber.ca
Events
Stacey Roy
Senior Vice President, Events & Special Projects
T: 613.238.4000 (2237) | sroy@chamber.ca
Kristy Murray
Events & Experiences Director
T: 613.238.4000 (2283) | kmurray@chamber.ca
Khadijah White
Events & Experiences Manager
T: 416.868.6415 (3257) | kwhite@chamber.ca
Engagement and Communications
Amy Orfanakos
Vice President, Marketing & Strategic Communications
aorfanakos@chamber.ca
Shane Mackenzie
Vice President, Media and Stakeholder Communications
T: 613.238.4000 (2343) | smackenzie@chamber.ca
Michelle Croteau
Senior Designer, Digital & Print
T: 613.238.4000 (2247) | mcroteau@chamber.ca
Emily Gates
Marketing Communications Specialist
T: 343.961.2234 (2258) | egates@chamber.ca
Joy Knowles
Senior Writer
T: 613.238.4000 (2210) | jknowles@chamber.ca
Uchechukwu Mbagwu
Creative Manager
T: 613.238.4000 (2279) | umbagwu@chamber.ca
Rewa Mourad
Public Relations Specialist
T: 613.238.4000 (2211) | rmourad@chamber.ca
Tiwi Ojomo
Digital Marketing Associate
T: 613.238.4000 (2313) | tojomo@chamber.ca
Jacob Ritchie
Senior Designer, Digital & Print
T: 613.238.4000 (2228) | jritchie@chamber.ca
Goeun Choi
Junior Web & Graphic Designer
T: 613.238.4000 (2397) | gchoi@chamber.ca
Chris Roberts
IT Support and Systems Administrator
T: 613.238.4000 (2274) | croberts@chamber.ca
Human Resources
Sergio Knircha
Senior Director, Human Resources
T: 613.238.4000 (2280) | sknircha@chamber.ca
Amaka Amiesimaka
Human Resources Generalist
T: 613.238.4000 (2216) | aamiesimaka@chamber.ca
Finance & Operations
Manuela Lacroix, BBA
Chief Financial Officer
T: 613.238.4000 (2242) | mlacroix@chamber.ca
Evans Aihoon
Director, Finance
T: 613.238.4000 (2252) | eaihoon@chamber.ca
Marilyn Aitken
Accounts Payable Analyst
T: 613.238.4000 (2257) | maitken@chamber.ca
Jesse Banyai
Senior Finance Officer
T: 613.238.4000 (2218) | jbanyai@chamber.ca
Rachana Dave
Accounting Clerk
T: 613.238.4000 (2208) | rdave@chamber.ca
Natalie Ouellette
Manager, Administration & Operations
T: 613.238.4000 (2221) | nouellette@chamber.ca
