The Business Advisory Council was established in 1980 with a mandate to strengthen business and management education at the University of Alberta. The council has been an extraordinarily valuable resource for this school.
BUSINESS
advisory council
Eric Axford Suncor Energy Inc. Calgary, AB
Joseph Doucet Alberta School of Business Edmonton, AB
Robert Borrelli KPMG Edmonton, AB
Terry Freeman Corrosion & Abrasion Solutions Ltd. Edmonton, AB
Jeff Boyd RBC Royal Bank Calgary, AB J. Lorne Braithwaite Park Avenue Holdings Ltd. Thornhill, ON Court Carruthers Grainger Lake Forest, IL
BUSINESS
Cynthia Hansen Enbridge Inc. Calgary, AB Gail Harding Canadian Western Bank Calgary, AB Brian Heidecker Board of Governors Edmonton, AB
Paul Ingram Silverberg Group Edmonton, AB Richard Jenkins Black Creek Investment Management Inc. Toronto, ON Ruth Kelly Venture Publishing Inc. Edmonton, AB Jennifer Koury BHP Billiton Petroleum Houston, TX Michael Lang StoneBridge Merchant Capital Corp. Calgary, AB
alumni association
Jessa Aco, ’14 BCom BAA Vice-President PwC Edmonton
Chris Carr, ’04 BCom SAO | Strategy, Analytics and Operations Consulting
Tobi Adelakun Alberta School of Business
Adam Cook, ’05 BCom BAA Past President
Bianca Barry Alberta School of Business
Landmark Group of Builders
Ross Bradford, ’79 LLB, ’85 MBA Alberta School of Business Shraddha Brahmbhatt, ’11 MBA Department of Energy Government of Alberta Charlene Butler, ’09 MBA Alumni Council Rep Butler Business Solutions Ltd.
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The council serves as a vital communications link among the school, the university and the business community. Through the council’s efforts, we gain a better understanding of business in Alberta, Canada and the world.
Brett Marchand Cossette Communication Inc. Toronto, ON
Donald Oborowsky Waiward Capital Ltd. / Obcorp Holdings Inc. Edmonton, AB
Fred Singer Henry Singer Fashion Group Ltd. Edmonton, AB
Linda McCurdy K-Bro Linen Systems Inc. Edmonton, AB
Brian Pohl Orthus Partners LLP London, U.K.
David Tims RBC Capital Markets Vancouver, BC
Amit Monga Alberta School of Business Toronto, ON
John C. Poon Broad Venture International Ltd. Hong Kong
Brian Vaasjo Capital Power Corp. Edmonton, AB
Dave Mowat ATB Financial Edmonton, AB
Barry Scholnick Alberta School of Business Edmonton, AB
Kim Ward Interward Asset Management Ltd. Toronto, ON
Leland Oberst Deloitte Edmonton, AB
Formed in 1988, the University of Alberta Business Alumni Association represents more than 26,000 BCom, MBA, MFin (Mgmt) and PhD graduates of the Alberta School of Business with branches across Canada and around the world.
Queenie Lung, ’03 BCom GEC Architecture Deepa Maisuria, ’07 BCom BAA President Independent Consultant
BRANCH REPRESENTATIVES Holly Tomte, ’03 BCom – Calgary Enbridge Trevor Mak, ’84 MBA, ’82 BCom – Hong Kong The Standard Chartered Private Bank
Andrei Dmitriev, ’09 MBA McCoy Global Inc.
Lindsay Marshall, ’05 BCom Metro Continuing Education Edmonton Public Schools
Jami Drake Alberta School of Business
Loren Miller, ’12 MBA ATB Financial
Lee Close, ’85 BCom – Ottawa Ernst & Young LLP
Breanne Fisher, ’12 BCom Optimum Mortgage Canadian Western Bank
Ashton Paulitsch, ’12 BCom Paulitsch Smith Group
Melynnie Rizvi, ’95 BCom – San Francisco Symantec
Kierstin Smyth, ’09 BCom BAA Secretary Kierstin Smyth Design
Ryan Payne, ’08 BCom – Toronto Ryan Payne Design
Kelly Gibbon, ’06 MBA Royal Park Realty Ivor Lee, ’02 BCom BAA Treasurer Regimen Partners
Marissa Warshawski, ’12 MBA Western Management Consultants
Rochelle Estoque, ’14 BCom – New York Avison Young
Alvin Chow, ’91 BCom – Vancouver Postmedia/Integrated Advertising Brenda Yanchuk, ’89 MBA – Victoria Bank of Montreal Harris Private Banking