Staff Directory
President's Office
Advancement
Leslie McCarley
Vice President, Advancement
Sara Ly
Associate Director, Development
Mariko Manhas
Manager, Individual Giving (on leave)
Jennifer Marczak
Manager, Stewardship
Avril Robinson
Executive Assistant to the VP, Advancement & Project Coordinator
Susan Schafron
Senior Director, Advancement
Samuel Sutherland
Manager, Advancement Operations
JP Udo
Senior Writing Specialist, Advancement
Leigh Valliere
Manager, Annual Giving
Knowledge Mobilization
Rebecca Finlay
Vice-President, Engagement & Public Policy
Brent Barron
Director, Strategic Projects, Knowledge Mobilization
Gaga Boskovic
Advisor, Government & Public Policy
Hillary Connolly
Senior Officer, Knowledge Mobilization and Lead, Health and Society
Amy Cook
Senior Director, Knowledge Mobilization
Fiona Cunningham
Director, Innovation
Efia Ector
Executive Assistant & Project Coordinator, Knowledge Mobilization
Gagan Gill
Program Officer, Knowledge Mobilization
Johnny Kung
Publication Officer, Knowledge Mobilization
Pan-Canadian Artificial Intelligence Strategy
Research & Partnerships
Mark Daley
Vice-President, Research
Daniel Bacinello
Director, Research
Debbie Buehler
Monitoring, Evaluations & Learning Specialist
Paula Driedger
Research Officer, Next Generation Initiatives
Kate Geddie
Senior Director, Research
Lauren Goldstein
Manager, Strategic Research Initiatives
Cathy Luc
Executive Assistant to the the VP, Research & Project Coordinator
Rachel Parker
Senior Director, Research
Andrea Sharkey
Research Partnerships Officer
Shared Services
Pauline Yick
Chief Operating Officer
Maureen Blackler
Receptionist
Amanda Harvey
Manager, Operations
Rohith Emmanuel
Salesforce Systems Analyst
Nav Gill
HR Advisor
Mike Haas
Director, IT
Sharon Hainey
Event & Meeting Coordinator
Wendy Hallé
Event & Meeting Coordinator
Rajesh Kumar
IT System Analyst
Tafa Mohammed
Salesforce Developer
Shawndra O’Neil
Director, Human Resources
Jacqui Sullivan
Director, Meetings, and Events
Michelle Thom
Human Resources Generalist
Michelle Thompson
Director, Finance
Grace Wong
Event & Meeting Coordinator
Strategic Communications
Catherine Riddell
Vice-President, Strategic Communications
Raymond Cheah
Creative Director
Krista Davidson
AI Communications Lead
Jon Farrow
Communications Officer
Marta Huebsch
Director, Communications
Assia Merazi
Graphic Designer
Robert Queton
Graphic Designer
Emma Tarswell
Senior Designer (on leave)
Kathleen Sandusky
Media Relations Officer
Support Us
CIFAR is a registered charitable organization supported by the governments of Canada, Alberta, Ontario, and Quebec as well as foundations, individuals, corporations, and international partner organizations.