Alumni updates
Alumni with more than one degree from Concordia, Sir George Williams University and/or Loyola College are listed under their earliest graduation year.
71 Jonathan Wener, BComm, was named honorary co-chair of the Jewish General Hospital Foundation’s Tomorrows Are Made Here campaign.
A new installation of artwork by Alyson Champ, BA 93, is on display at Salle Culturelle Alfred-Langevin in Huntingdon, Que., until December 8. The 12 charcoal drawings featured in the Étalement exhibition represent Champ’s visual exploration of urban sprawl and its impact on the agricultural land of the Montérégie-Ouest region.
“Cornfield subdivision,” liquid charcoal and charcoal on paper, 2024.
80 Pierre Colas, BComm, was named trustee at Margaux Real Estate Investment Trust.
81 Joyce Napier, BA, was named Canada’s Ambassador to the Holy See.
82 Brenda Gewurz, MBA, was named honorary co-chair of the Jewish General Hospital Foundation’s Tomorrows Are Made Here campaign.
83 Lillian Vineberg-Goodman, BFA, was named honorary co-chair of the Jewish General Hospital Foundation’s Tomorrows Are Made Here campaign.
84 Nick Leontidis, BEng, MEng 90, was appointed chief operating officer at CAE Inc.
86 Steven Leonard, BComm, GrDip 89, was named president and CEO at Aimia.
Marianna Simeone, BA, was appointed head of the Quebec Government Office in Toronto.
87 Jacques Goulet, BSc, was named executive chair of Sun Life Canada.
88 James Clark, BComm, was named CEO of Martello Technologies Group.
Brenda Shanahan, MBA, was appointed by the Prime Minister of Canada to the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians.
89 Deborah Di Gregorio, BComm, was named interim chief financial officer at Alithya Group.
Lino A. Saputo, BA, transitioned into the role of executive chairman at Saputo Inc.
Twenty-five paintings by Shelley Freeman, BFA 99, were on display at Espace Mur-mur des arts at the Georgette-Lepage Library in Brossard, Que., from May 3 to June 30.
The solo exhibition featured artwork that explored an underwater or underground perspective of depth.
“Deep-rooted Series #9,” oils on panel, 2023.
90 Patrick Leroux, BComm, was named managing partner at BFL Canada.
91 James Christoff, BA, was named High Commissioner in the Republic of South Africa by Global Affairs Canada.
94 Andie Andreou, BComm, GrDip 96, was appointed CEO of Altis Recruitment and Technology Inc.
95 Leslie Antoun, BEng, was reappointed as director of the Jacques Cartier and Champlain Bridges Incorporated.
Sonia Gélinas, BSc, was named partner at Normandin Beaudry.
97 Rana Ghorayeb, BA, MEng 01, was appointed executive vice-president and head of Real Estate at Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec.
98 Stéphan Morency, BComm, was named executive vice-president of Strategic Initiatives at Fondaction.
Ari Grief, BFA, was named director of Marketing and Advertising for the NHL’s Detroit Red Wings.
Constantino Malatesta, BComm, GrDip 00, was appointed interim chief financial officer at CAE Inc.
Myriam Montrat, MA, was named High Commissioner in the Republic of Ghana by Global Affairs Canada.
99 Isabelle Dessureault, MBA, was named Quebec delegate to Miami by Quebec’s Ministry of International Relations and La Francophonie.
Apostolos Kouroumalis (Toly A.K.), BFA 99, took part in the Réflexions sur le changement group exhibition at Georges Laoun Opticien on St. Denis Street from October 1 to 26. His painting was inspired by an archival photo of Montreal.
“Montreal in the 1960s,” acrylics.
03 Vivek Venkatesh, MA, PhD 08, was appointed dean of McGill University’s Faculty of Education.
04 Usman Raja, PhD, was named associate dean of Research and Graduate Programs at Brock University.
Henri-Paul Rousseau, LLD, was appointed delegate general of Quebec in Paris by Quebec’s Ministry of International Relations and La Francophonie.
05 Paul Furfaro, BComm, was named president of Global Medical Cannabis at Village Farms International.
Ufuk Ali Gueray, BFA, was appointed assistant professor of Fine Arts (painting) at NSCAD University.
06 Caroline Baker, BComm, was appointed country managing director for North America at Vistra.
07 Julien Brisebois, EMBA, was named assistant general manager for Team Canada at the 4 Nations Face-Off taking place in February 2025, and to the management group for Canada’s men’s Olympic hockey team.
09 Alvaro Gonzalez Ribadeneira, MBA, was named broker at Middlegate Global Credit.
Julia Qiwen Zhu, BComm, was appointed chief financial officer and director general of Finance and Administration at the National Film Board of Canada.
Labyrinth, a solo exhibition by Chrissy Cheung, BFA 00, runs until November 30 at Luppolo Brewing Company in Vancouver, B.C. The show features 25 original artworks, highlighting the progression of Cheung’s abstract style over the past decade.
“Lightstorm,” ink on 100 per cent rag.
11 Raymond Taza, BEng, joined Eaton Global Energy Infrastructure Solutions as technical sales representative for the province of Quebec.
13 Émile Bouchard, BComm, was named vice-president of Private Wealth Solutions at Hamilton Lane.
Camille Ingarao, BA, joined Miller Thomson as a lawyer.
15 Stephen Atkinson, MBA, was named managing partner at BFL Canada.
23 Kathy Baig, DSc 23, was named director general of École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS).
Kylie Sandford, BFA 93, is taking part in the Biennale des artistes des Cantons-de-l’Est group exhibition at Musée des beaux-arts de Sherbrooke. L’écologie du paysage, the group exhibition that runs from September 26, 2024, to January 5, 2025, features Sandford’s sevenpart painting.
“Territoire/Territory,” oil on canvas, 2024.