Alumni Updates: Winter 2023

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Craig Abotossaway (MSW '10) was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine.

Jawad Addoum (BBA ’07) was named one of Poets and Quants top 50 undergraduate professors.

Oluwatobi Feyisara Ajibolade (TOBi) (BA '15) won the Juno award for Rap Album of the Year.

Sadhisha Ambagahawita (BBA '07) was appointed to the board of directors for the Canadian Opera Company.

Dr. Daniel Andreae (MSW '80) was selected as Top Brain Health Advocate of the Decade for 2023 by the International Association of Top Professionals (IAOTP).

Ted Arnott (DIPLBU ’86, BA ’85) was re-elected as Speaker of the Ontario Legislature.

Jeremiah Ashukian (BA '02 Mathematics) was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Krispy Kreme, Inc.

Laura Blythe (BA '94, MA '95) was appointed to the board of the Kitchener Public Library.

Eugene Fenton (BA ’22) was named a deputy chief in the Waterloo Region Police Service.

Bonita Hansra (BBA '99) was appointed to the board of the Kitchener Public Library.

Josh Huff (BBA '11) was appointed Chief Financial Officer of D2L Inc.

Bangishimo (Shawn) Johnston (MSW '14) was named the City of Kitchener's first Indigenous artist-in-residence.

Soheil Jamshidi (BA '15) was named Sr. Manager of Content for the Brooklyn Nets basketball team.

Margaret Johnston (BA '88) was appointed to the board of the Kitchener Public Library

Brett Mooney (BBA '01) was appointed as President and CEO of Amex Bank of Canada and Amex Canada Inc.

Brad Morris (BA '93) was appointed to the board of the Hockey Canada Foundation.

Lynn Oldfield (BBA '84) was appointed to the national board of the Arthritis Society of Canada.

Karen Redman (MA '12) was elected chair of the Waterloo Region Police Service.

Jacinda Reitsma (BBA '99) was named Vice-President, Administration and Finance at the University of Waterloo.

Ashley Stephenson (BA '05) was hired as a coach for the Vancouver Canadians, a Toronto Blue Jays minor league affiliate.

Richard Togman (BA '06) was named CEO of the Thunder Bay Public Library.

Megan Vandekerckhove (BA '09) was named one of the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy's Top 40 Under 40.

Brandon Van Dam (BBA '14, MBA '20) was appointed to the board of the Kitchener Public Library.