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...

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Karen Wilkinson

President, Karen Wilkinson Professional Corporation

Ken Seiling

Retired - Regional Chair

REBECCA TASCONA

Head, B2C Platforms Strategy & Operations North American Personal, Business Banking & Wealth, 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)

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Lara Swift

Senior Director, Partnerships and Technology, Blackline Safety

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Kim Welch

Retired - Director Resource Management, PwC Canada

SARDOOL BHOGAL

Broker of Record, Homewood Real Estate

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ALEXANDREA SHEEHAN

Technical Accounting Manager, Intersect Power

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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

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.