OUR PEOPLE
Volunteers
board of directors
Neena Gupta
Board Chair, United Way Waterloo Region Communities
Partner, Gowling WLG
Neena Gupta is a partner in Gowling WLG's Waterloo Region and Toronto offices. Her practice focuses on a broad range of employment and human rights matters...
Karen Wilkinson
President, Karen Wilkinson Professional Corporation
Ken Seiling
Retired - Regional Chair
REBECCA TASCONA
Head, North American Treasury & Payments Solutions (TPS) Product Management, BMO Financial Group
Jason Daly
Senior Financial Services Executive
Donald Paddock
Finance Director, DuPont Canada
Jeff Pelich
President, Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario (Waterloo Region)
Lara Swift
Director, Nomadix Cloud Development
Kim Welch
Retired - Director Resource Management, PwC Canada
SARDOOL BHOGAL
Broker of Record, Homewood Real Estate
ALEXANDREA SHEEHAN
Technical Accounting Manager, Intersect Power
Laura Galbraith
Director of Community Impact, Vidyard
Volunteers
Campaign Cabinet
Sandi Young
Campaign Cabinet Chair, United Way Waterloo Region Communities
VP Human Resources, Clarion Medical Technologies
Shawky J.G. Fahel
President, J.G. Group
David Farhood
Manager, Cash Management, TD Commercial Banking
Bob Kalbfleisch
President, R.S. (Bob) Kalbfleisch Consulting Services Inc.
Tonya Bickford
Director and Assistant Market Leader, BMO Private Wealth
Rob Connell
Partner, KPMG
TONY LA MANTIA
President and CEO, Waterloo Region Economic Development Corporation
Derek Kidnie
Vice President Administration, Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada
KIM BELLISIMO
Commissioner, Human Resources and Citizen Service, Region of Waterloo
JENNETTE VAN DER LAAN
Branch Manager & Recruiter, RBC
Chris Hewitt
Chief Marketing Officer, Sun Life
Yogesh Shah
Deputy City Manager, City of Cambridge
Sara Cook
Investment Advisor at BMO Nesbitt Burns
Jennifer Ward
District Vice President at TD
Amparo Findlay
Designer, Amparo Findlay Interiors
Farishta Wahab
Bill Garibaldi
Senior Project Manager at MTE Consultants Inc.
Staff
Our Team
Joan Fisk
Chief Executive Officer, United Way Waterloo Region Communities
jfisk@uwaywrc.ca | 519-888-6100 EXT. 202
Since joining the organization in 2017, Joan has guided the amalgamation of United Way Kitchener Waterloo & Area and United Way Cambridge & North Dumfries.
Under Joan’s leadership, UWWRC has focused on equity and efficiency. Enhancing existing community collaborations and developing effective new partnerships.
SHARLENE ERASMUS
Executive Assistant to the CEO
serasmus@uwaywrc.ca
519-888-6100 EXT. 267
ELEANOR DRAPER
Senior Director, Finance
edraper@uwaywrc.ca
519-888-6100 EXT. 231
Amanda Melnick
Senior Director, Impact and Stewardship
amelnick@uwaywrc.ca
519-888-6100 EXT. 210
Frank Curnew
Campaign Relationship Specialist, Labour
fcurnew@uwaywrc.ca
519-888-6100 EXT. 245
Jennifer Annett
Manager, Database & Digital/Online Giving
jannett@uwaywrc.ca
519-888-6100 EXT. 253 | C. 519-240-8674
Kim Conway
Finance Assistant
kconwway@uwaywrc.ca
519-888-6100 EXT. 214
Marie Dennison
Manager, Corporate Partners
mdennison@uwaywrc.ca
519-888-6100 EXT. 234 |
C. 519-577-1826
Anjie Dietrich
Manager, Individual Giving & Major Donors
adietrich@uwaywrc.ca
519-888-6100 EXT. 243 |
C. 416-985-5267
Brian Kamm
Manager, Community Investment
bkamm@uwaywrc.ca
519-888-6100 EXT. 209 | C. 519-616-0637
Sara Pitts
Receptionist / Office Coordinator
spetch@uwaywrc.ca
519-888-6100 EXT. 221 | C. 519-222-2879
Jillian Lawrie
Manager, Marketing
jlawrie@uwaywrc.ca
519-888-6100 EXT. 218
Michaela jenkins-Moss
Digital Marketing Specialist
mjenkinsmoss@uwaywrc.ca
519-888-6100 EXT. 222
Alex Simion
Data Coordinator
alexs@uwaywrc.ca
519-888-6100 EXT. 261
Dea Nair
Donor Relations Specialist
dnair@uwaywrc.ca
519-888-6100 EXT. 215
Krista Porter
Donor Relations Specialist
kporter@uwaywrc.ca
519-888-6100 EXT. 235
BROOKE FERRARA
Community Investment Specialist
bferrara@uwaywrc.ca
519-888-6100 EXT. 208
Sloan Stark
Project Coordinator
sloans@uwaywrc.ca
519-888-6100 EXT. 217
Kyla Musgrave
Philanthropy Coordinator
kylam@uwaywrc.ca
519-888-6100 EXT. 213
Daisy Martin
Community Investment Coordinator
daisym@uwaywrc.ca
519-888-6100 EXT. 216
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