General Inquiries

Carol McBride

President

cmcbride@nwac.ca

Please call EA

Yvonne Haddad

Executive Assistant

yhaddad@nwac.ca

613-410-1678

Lisa Smith

Interim Advisor, Office of the President

Lsmith@nwac.ca

613-404-4241

Media Relations

spark*advocacy

Roselie LeBlanc

roselie@sparkadvocacy.ca

604-928-3233

Monk & Associates

Speech Writer

Joanweinman@rogers.com

Lynne Groulx

Chief Executive Officer

Alma Cruz

Executive Assistant

acruz@nwac.ca

613-291-1237

Rocio Mesina

Executive Coordinator and Liaison (Projects, program and business)

rmesina@nwac.ca

343-961-1331

Judy Hughes ^{She, Her, noje, elle}

Special Advisor to the CEO

jhughes@nwac.ca

343-961-6136

Emilie Cecire

Corporate Advisor

ececire@nwac.ca

343-996-3677

Media Relations

spark*advocacy

Roselie LeBlanc

roselie@sparkadvocacy.ca

604-928-3233

Joan Weinman

Chief Communications Strategist

joanweinman@rogers.com

613-294-5679

Nada Al Rifai

Director of Communications

narifai@nwac.ca

343-996-4565

Aimee N’simire Manimani

Communications Manager

amanimani@nwac.ca

343-996-3556

Jay Andrews

Manager, Marketing

jandrews@nwac.ca

613-286-8794

Michaela Lewis

Social Media Coordinator

mlewis@nwac.ca

613-614-4664

Dana Al Sader

Social Media Coordinator

dalsader@nwac.ca

613-608-7584

Ashley Foley ^She/Her

Editor

afoley@nwac.ca

343-961-5401

Neha Yadav

Web Support Specialist

nyadav@nwac.ca

613-618-9316

Kyla Elisabeth Weinman

Director, Art & Design

kelisabeth@nwac.ca

917-902-1245

Brigitte Legault

Graphic Design, Marketing

blegault@nwac.ca

613-302-8470

Kendra Lehoux

Assistant Graphic Manager

klehoux@nwac.ca

343-961-9694

Anastasiia Sniegur

Assistant Graphic Designer

asniegur@nwac.ca

343-997-5823

Olha Holovina

Assistant Graphic Designer

oholovina@nwac.ca

613-716-7529

Adam Bond

Director of Legal Services

abond@nwac.ca

343-997-1352

Sarah Niman

Assistant Manager, Legal

sniman@nwac.ca

613-720-2529

Sonia Lavoie

Executive Assistant

slavoie@nwac.ca

343-996-2385

Laura Ezeuka

Legal Counsel

lezeuka@nwac.ca

613-366-4752

Myriam Moorcroft-Gobeille

Legal Counsel

mmoorcroft-gobeille@nwac.ca

613-608-4730

Kira Poirier

Legal Counsel

kpoirier@nwac.ca

343-997-3928

Natasha Saunders

Communications Officer

nsaunders@nwac.ca

343-961-9384

Desiree Carmichael

Administrative Assistant

dcarmichael@nwac.ca

343-998-4369

Allison MacIntosh

Legal Counsel

amacintosh@nwac.ca

613-617-7791

Leena Halees

Traditional Indigenous Laws Researcher

lhalees@nwac.ca

437-232-3638

Ellora Jones

Legal Researcher

ejones@nwac.ca

613-614-5239

Ashlee Larose

Client Services Representative-Legal

alarose@nwac.ca

343-998-7694

Judy Whiteduck

VP, Policy, Advocacy, Engagement, Government Relations and Capacity Building

jwhiteduck@nwac.ca

613-614-0548

Laura Alfaro

Project Officer (Policy, Advocacy, Govt Relation, Capacity projects & Dementia)

lalfaro@nwac.ca

343-961-9039

Duane Ironstand

Manager, Governance and Capacity Building

duane.ironstand@nwac.ca

613-291-9349

Adrienne Thomas

Community Liaison (North, West)

athomas@nwac.ca

343-961-3209

Michelle Eagle Tail Feathers

Community Liaison (South, East)

meagletailfeathers@nwac.ca

613-302-6511

Chloe Carley ^She/Her

Manager, Executive Policy

ccarley@nwac.ca

343-961-2260

Tiffany Walsh ^She/Her

Sr. Policy Advisor - Social Development (CRGBA)

twalsh@nwac.ca

613-777-2834

Rae Vanille ^They/Them

CRGBA Policy Advisor

rvanille@nwac.ca

519-281-8664

Jared Leedham

Policy Advisor

jleedham@nwac.ca

613-366-4755

Nishanthini Mahendran

Policy Advisor

nmahendran@nwac.ca

613-404-5095

Khan Alamyar

Policy Advisor

kalamyar@nwac.ca

343-961-3281

Isabella Sellar Voll

Proposal Writer

sellarvoll@balsillieschool.ca

780-728-4332

Lee Allison Clark ^She/Her

Director of Health

lclark@nwac.ca

343-996-4852

Marisa Blake

Sr. Project Officer, Cannabis and Mental Health, Cannabis Education

mblake@nwac.ca

343-961-2534

Hollie Sabourin ^She/Her

Sr. Project Officer

hsabourin@nwac.ca

343-997-1490

Jessica Webb

Project Advisor

jwebb@nwac.ca

613-716-7519

Holly Patterson ^They/She

Team Lead, RED Path

hpatterson@nwac.ca

613-608-9022

Tamara McCallum-Nadon ^She/Her

Sr. Project Coordinator

tmccallum-nadon@nwac.ca

613-618-1871

Elgin Pecjak ^He/Him

Researcher

epecjak@nwac.ca

613-617-3384

Laura Alfaro ^She/Her

Project Officer (Dementia - Health Project)

lalfaro@nwac.ca

343-961-9039

Carrie Lynch

Executive Assistant, Manager of MMIWG and International

clynch@nwac.ca

613-219-9306

Chanel Blouin ^She/Her

Policy Advisor

cblouin@nwac.ca

343-961-4874

Crystal Semaganis

MMIWG Support

csemaganis@nwac.ca

613-712-4009

Alvin Thompson

Sr. Director, Environment

athompson@nwac.ca

613-617-4349

Vilbert Vabi

Sr. Policy Advisor - Environment

vvabi@nwac.ca

613-355-9254

Hannah Patrie

Project Coordinator-Mentorship

hpatrie@nwac.ca

613-716-7483

Melinda Cummings

Policy Officer

mcummings@nwac.ca

343-998-8483

Samiz Sunasera

Policy Officer (Water Project)

ssunesara@nwac.ca

343-998-7931

Sarah Rain

Project Officer, Canadian Red Cross

srain@nwac.ca

613-302-9130

Laura McGowan (ext consultant )

Greenhouse Project Coordinator

Kaleena Halmai

Manager, Business Incubator (Be The Drum Program)

khalmai@nwac.ca

613-618-1697

Loretta De Sousa

Navigator / Mentor, Be the Drum Program

lodesousa@nwac.ca

343-997-5973

Lori Lamour

Navigator / Mentor, Be the Drum Program

llamour@nwac.ca

343-996-4580

Rosa Amelia Flores Fernandez

Policy Analyst

rfernandez@nwac.ca

613-617-3782

Geraldine Trimble

Sr. Director

gtrimble@nwac.ca

343-998-2565

Kecia Monague

Youth Language Project Coordinator

kmonague@nwac.ca

343-996-3677

Andrea Aiabens

Director, ISET

aaiabens@nwac.ca

613-614-2714

Denise MacCormack

RISE Coordinator

dmaccormack@nwac.ca

613-716-7533

Ren Saunders

ISET Administrative Assistant

rsaunders@nwac.ca

343-961-8454

Rose-Desiree Ze Meka

RISE Coordinator – Quebec

rdzemeka@nwac.ca

343-961-6788

Madison Coppola

RISE Coordinator – Saskatchewan

mcoppola@nwac.ca

343 961-7909

Adam Bond

Sr. Director, National Apprenticeship Program

abond@nwac.ca

343-997-1352

Public Relations

Karen Ergus

Sr. Director, Public Relations, Apprenticeship Program

kergus@nwac.ca

343-996-7682

Sonia Lavoie ^She/Her/Elle

Senior Support Specialist

slavoie@nwac.ca

343-996-2385

Research, Analysis and Drafting

Ines Alonso

Team Lead, Apprenticeship Program

ialonso@nwac.ca

613-462-7670

Serhiy Kryvitskyy

Research and Communications Officer, Apprenticeship Program

skryvitskyy@nwac.ca

343-961-9321

Kanykei Akmatova

Administrative Assistant, Apprenticeship Program

kakmatova@nwac.ca

343-961-9203

Engagement

Lauralea Eldridge

Industry Liaison-NAP Project

leldridge@nwac.ca

613-302-7560

Cody Lystiuk

Industry Liaison -NAP Project

clystiuk@nwac.ca

Chesline Pierre-Paul ^they/she

Communications Liaison - Apprenticeship Program

cpierre-paul@nwac.ca

613-608-5351

Finance

Sharon Pinnock

Sr. Project Accountant - Apprenticeship Program

spinnock@nwac.ca

613-614-6361

Amy Contreras

Project Support & Administrative Assistant

acontreras@nwac.ca

613-716-7537

Caroline Drolet

Legal Analyst

cdrolet@nwac.ca

343-961-3262

Riisa Walden ^She/Her

Educator & Writer

rwalden@nwac.ca

613-286-6949

Tania Molina

Special Advisor, International and Government Relations

tmolina@nwac.ca

343-998-8823

Heidi Bungay ^She/Her

Director, Policy & Programs

hbungay@nwac.ca

613-286-0985

Jennifer Quaile ^She/Elle/Her

Director, Policy & Programs

jquaile@nwac.ca

343-961-9150

Anna Gopenko

Archivist/Information Manager

agopenko@nwac.ca

Viktorija Arsic

Policy Researcher

varsic@nwac.ca

343-961-1729

Fateme Abdi

Policy Researcher

fabdi@nwac.ca

343-961-2317

Maddy Fleischhacker

Policy Researcher

mfleischhacker@nwac.ca

613-716-7491

David Ironstand

Manager, Language Project

dironstand@nwac.ca

613-462-5968

Brandy Stanovich

Project Coordinator, Indigenous Language Project

bstanovich@nwac.ca

613-614-2653

Jim Khayata

Policy Analyst

jkhayata@nwac.ca

6136184067

Nahed Mourad

Policy Analyst

nmourad@nwac.ca

6136143384

Anika Sehgal

Policy Researcher

asehgal@nwac.ca

3439619276

Alan McRae

Chief Financial Officer

amcrae@nwac.ca

343-961-6242

Alyssa Matheson ^they/them

Director of Revenue Generation

amatheson@nwac.ca

613-854-4658

Erica Kapadia

Manager of Corporate Accounting

ekapadia@nwac.ca

613-614-1872

Menatallah Othman

Sr. Payroll & Accounting Analyst

mothman@nwac.ca

613-618-4925

Kanisha Patel

Accounts Payable Team Leader

kpatel@nwac.ca

343 961-9283

Afsaneh Berjisian

Accounts Payable Analyst

afberjisian@nwac.ca

343-961-9247

Tess Petrick

Sr. Accounts Payable Analyst

tpetrick@nwac.ca

343-961-9279

Ankita Shah

Accounts Payable and Payroll Analyst

ashah@nwac.ca

343-961-2434

Richard Li

Sr. Project Accountant

rli@nwac.ca

613-240-0852

Wasim Ahmad

Sr. Project Accountant

wahmad@nwac.ca

613-286-7887

Waqar Ali Khan

Sr. Project Accountant, Enhanced Canada/NWAC Accord

wakhan@nwac.ca

613-286-7887

Myriam Pare

Project Controller

mpare@nwac.ca

343-961-3715

Aneeq ur Rehman Khan

Project Control Officer

akhan@nwac.ca

343-996-3980

Sujal Sankhe

Project Controller

ssankhe@nwac.ca

343-961-3782

Sonja Adcock

Project Controller

sonja@nwac.ca

613-618-9815

Terry Bortolin

Project Controller

tbortolin@nwac.ca

343-961-3675

Sandra Girard

Project Controller

sgirard@nwac.ca

613-462-9145

Nan Wehbe

Director of Philanthropy

nwehbe@nwac.ca

613-806-9455

Rosie Digout

Manager and Corporate Liaison

rdigout@nwac.ca

613-716-7495

Marie-Claire Morin (ext. consultant)

Fundraiser and Strategist

mcm@marieclairemorin.ca

Angela Glor

Sr. Policy & Corporate Programs Officer

aglor@nwac.ca

613 219-1652

Elaine Kicknosway

Knowledge Keeper

tmonague@resiliencylodge.ca

343-961-6168

Elder Therese Villeneuve

Elder

tmonague@resiliencylodge.ca

343-961-6168

Amanda Yazdanpanah

Cultural & Health Support Worker

ayazdanpanah@nwac.ca

613-712-4407

Natasha LeBlanc

Cleaner

1natashaleblanc@gmail.com

Ramona Bird

Manager, Wabanaki Lodge

rbird@nwac.ca

343-961-3431

Erin Andrews ^{They/Them/Iel}

Project Manager

eandrews@nwac.ca

613-617-0892

Alma Brooks

Elder

abrooks@resiliencylodge.ca

506-478-1256

Esther Ward

Elder

eward@resiliencylodge.ca

506-251-6449

Bill Milliea

Elder

bmilliea@nwac.ca

343-961-3507

Karen Thurlow-Labillios

Knowledge Keeper

sealevels@gmail.com

506-685-0176

Melinda Brooks

Administrative Assistant/Assistant Event Planner

mbrooks@nwac.ca

343-961-9275

Spencer Brooks

Summer Helper

Contact Alma

Michelle Paul

Elder Helper

mpaul@nwac.ca

343-961-8734

Raju Thomas ^He/Him

Chief Human Resources Officer

rthomas@nwac.ca

613-716-7521

Ashi Krishnan ^She/Her

Manager, Human Resources

akrishnan@nwac.ca

Coordinator, Human Resources

kcuthill@nwac.ca

613-404-7604

Crystal Semaganis

Elder On-Call

csemaganis@nwac.ca

613-712-4009

Tricia Monague

Resiliency Lodge, Manager of Programs

tmonague@resiliencylodge.ca

343-961-6168

Nava Ironstand

Event Assistant

nironstand@nwac.ca

613-286-2761

Candice Anderson

Cultural & Health Worker

canderson@nwac.ca

343-999-9157

Lizette Ordonez

Store, Food & Beverages Manager

lordonez@nwac.ca

613-614-5833

Juliette Deneault

Manager, Warehouse and Resiliency Lodge Inspector

jdeneault@nwac.ca

343-961-6139

Chantal Kingsberry

Warehouse Support

ckingsberry@nwac.ca

613-606-2490

Lydia Hurley

Warehouse Support

lhurley@nwac.ca

Contact Juliette

James Scott

Director, Food Services & Events

jscott@nwac.ca

613-286-8669

Bahaa Alashi

Sous Chef

balashi@nwac.ca

343-999-3550

Ning Tang

Dish Washer

tn35692000@yahoo.ca

819-708-3099

James Blundell

Executive Sous Chef

jblundell@nwac.ca

613-617-5571

Stephanie Brassard

Barista

sbrassard@nwac.ca

Ashanty Trepanier

Food and Beverage Server

atrepanier@nwac.ca

Jeannine Mendoza

Food and Beverage Server

jmendoza@nwac.ca

Diana Prada

Administrative Assistant (Operations and Board)

dprada@nwac.ca

343-961-9852

Kenia Briseno Rivas

Receptionist

kbriseno@nwac.ca

613-286-2398

Akshay Joshi

IT/AV Support

ajoshi@nwac.ca

613-716-7492

Matrix IT

IT Support

oncall@matrixit.net

613-232-0648 or 1-866-648-8342

Equipment and Office supply

equipment@nwac.ca

Bob Filiou

Facilities, Maintenance & Security

bfiliou@nwac.ca

819-593-1186

Justin Michaud

Custodial Supervisor

jmichaud@nwac.ca

343-961-6591