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Concordia University Concordia celebrates 50 years!

Alumni & friends

Alumni & friends

Great Concordians

Fifty standout alumni are being distinguished as part of our university’s 50th anniversary. Each has made a significant impact on their field and on society. One Great Concordian will be revealed weekly, until June 2025.

This week’s Great Concordian

Mandy Gull-Masty
BA 06, BA 08

Grand Chief of Cree Nation of Eeyou Istchee

‘I believe that compassion is essential for effective leadership’

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Myrna Lashley

BA 84

Distinguished academic and advocate

Bogdan Lytvynenko

BA 23

Driven Rhodes Scholarship recipient

Sue Molloy

BEng 98

Pioneering entrepreneur and ocean engineer

Cuckoo Kochar

MASc 78

Socially conscious property developer

Christine Jones

BFA 90

Tony Award-winning scenographer

Duncan Cree

BEng 99, MEng 03, PhD 09

Trailblazing engineer

Christine Lengvari

BSc 72

Dedicated alumna, volunteer and donor

Inder Bedi

BComm 96

Sustainable fashion and design innovator

Lillian Vineberg-Goodman

BFA 83

Artist, community organizer and pre-eminent builder of Concordia

Hardy Grewal

BComm 83

Philanthropist and restaurant-management mogul

Zoe Salzman

BA 03

Experienced trial attorney

René Paredes

BA 12

All-star placekicker

Jacqueline Beckles

BA 93

General counsel with the Department of Justice Canada

Ajay Gupta

BComm 95

Wealth management veteran

Rana Ghorayeb

BA 97, MEng 01

Engineer and institutional executive

Tony Loffreda

BComm 85

Canadian Senator

Karen Hogan

BComm 93, GrDip 95

Auditor General of Canada

Jennison Asuncion

BA 97, MA 01

Digital accessibility guru

Stacey Jackson

BA 91

Multifaceted entertainer

Jacques Goulet

BSc 87

Executive chair of Sun Life Canada

Mohan Munasinghe

MA 75

Nobel Peace Prize co-laureate

Robert Bradley

BSc 79

Concordia’s first Rhodes Scholar

Michael Meaney

BA 75, MA 77, PhD 82

Groundbreaking neuroscientist 

Naveed Irshad

BSc 93

President and CEO of Manulife Canada

Jean-François Bélisle

BFA 04, MA 07

Director and CEO of the National Gallery of Canada

Our new cohort of honourees builds on our original 40 Great Concordians.

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