PROFILE
A senior leader with specific expertise in Diversity Management, Strategic Planning, Marketing and Communications, Community Outreach, Learning and Development, and Web Application Development. This experience spans Public, Private, Not-for-Profit, Education, and Professional Services sectors
EDUCATION
- M.B.A. (International Marketing), York University, Toronto, Canada
- Bachelor of Commerce (Entrepreneurship), McGill University, Montréal, Canada
EXPERIENCE
11/11 to present WALMART CANADA, TORONTO
> Senior Manager, Diversity & Inclusion
06/11 to 10/11 RHP STRATEGIES, TORONTO
> Consultant, Diversity & Inclusion
08/10 to 05/11 YORK UNIVERSITY, TORONTO
> Director, Division of Continuing Education, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies
01/09 to 08/10 PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP, TORONTO
> Senior Manager, Diversity & Inclusion
11/03 to 01/09 INROADS INC., TORONTO
> Executive Director
07/01 to 10/03 ONLINE TECHNOLOGY CANADA, TORONTO
> Vice-President, Development
06/98 to 06/01 CLIENTLOGIC an ONEX COMPANY, NASHVILLE & TORONTO
> Director, Marketing, 06/99 – 06/01 (transferred Toronto to Nashville/Head Office 03/00)
> Director, Key Accounts, US Division, 01/99 - 06/99 (based in Toronto)
> Director, Marketing, Canada Division, 06/98 - 01/99 (based in Toronto)
03/95 to 06/98 ROYAL CANADIAN MINT, OTTAWA, CANADA
> Director, Marketing and Sales Promotion, 01/97 - 06/98
> Director of Sales, Canada Region, 03/95 - 01/97
PUBLISHED ARTICLES & INTERVIEWS
- “Mastering Soft Skills: The Key to Job Advancement in Canada”, Opportunity Magazine –Winter, 2008
- “Corporate Canada’s Best Kept Secret”, Campus Life Magazine – No. 002, Winter, 2006
- “Demographic Shifts: New Challenges and Opportunities for Canada's Visible Minority Youth”, Career Options Magazine - Vol. 19, Issue 2, 2006
- “A Relationship is a Terrible Thing to Waste”, The Association for the Advancement of Relationship Marketing CRM REPORT - Volume 6, Issue 4, 2003
- "Walmart Canada Finds Innovative Approaches to Raising Up Women Managers", Diversity MBA Magazine - January 13, 2015
AFFILIATIONS AND INTERESTS
- Former Director, Postsecondary Education Quality Assessment Board (P.E.Q.A.B.)
- Advisory Member, Toronto Board of Trade - Diversity Forum
- Soft Skills Trainer for "Youth in Policing Program" (YIPI) – Toronto Police Services
- Bilingual English/French (spoken)
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