WXN’s 2016 Canada's Most Powerful Women:
Top 100 Award Winners by category:
BMO ARTS & COMMUNICATIONS
Wendy Freeman, President, CTV News, Bell Media – ON
Tasha Kheiriddin, Host, Host, AM640, Corus Entertainment – ON
Lainey Lui, Co-host, The Social; Reporter, Etalk, Bell Media – ON
Natalie Osborne, Chief Strategy Officer, 9 Story Media Group – ON
Shahrzad Rafati, Founder & CEO, BroadbandTV – BC
RBC CHAMPIONS
Ulrike Bahr-Gedalia, President & CEO, Digital Nova Scotia – NS
Karina Briño, President & CEO, Mining Association of British Columbia – BC
Dr. Beatrix Dart, Professor of Strategic Management & Executive Director, Initiative for Women in Business,
University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management – ON
Julie Delahanty, Executive Director, Oxfam Canada – ON
Patricia Karen Gagic, Artist, Author & CFO, Hamilton Vein Clinic– ON
Anne Giardini, Chancellor, Simon Fraser University – BC
Shannon MacDonald, Vice Chair & Chief Inclusion Officer, Deloitte LLP – ON
Kerri-Ann Santaguida, VP & General Manager of Merchant Services, American Express Canada – ON
ACCENTURE CORPORATE DIRECTORS
Judith Athaide, President & CEO, The Cogent Group Inc. – AB
Penny Lipsett, Vice-Chair, Liquor Control Board of Ontario – ON
Isabelle Marcoux, Chair of the Board, Transcontinental Inc. – QC
Sian Matthews, Chair, Canada Post; Corporate Director, Tricon Capital Group; Cidel Bank Canada; The
Calgary Foundation – AB
Kathleen O'Neill, Corporate Director, ARC Resources Ltd.; Cadillac Fairview Ltd.; Finning International Inc.;
Invesco Canada Funds; Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan – ON
Sherry Peister, Board Chair, Green Shield Canada – ON
Kathleen Taylor, Chair of the Board, RBC – ON
SCOTIABANK CORPORATE EXECUTIVES
Desiree Bombenon, President & CEO, SureCall Contact Centers Ltd. – AB
Manon Brouillette, President & CEO, Vidéotron – QC
Susan Brown, SVP, Alberta/NWT Division and Women’s Market, BMO Bank of Montreal – AB
Gail Edwards, CFO, The Minto Group – ON
Andrea Fiederer, EVP & CMO, goeasy Ltd. – AB
Laura Gainey, SVP, Service & Operations, Insurance, RBC – ON
Joy Grahek, General Counsel, GFL Environmental Inc. – ON
Lori Grant, President, Klick Inc. – ON
Cynthia Hansen, President, Gas Distribution & Power, Enbridge – ON
Karen Hardie, VP, Global Sales, Rocky Mountaineer – BC
Marian Lawson, EVP, Global Financial Institutions & Transaction Banking, Scotiabank – ON
Viki Lazaris, COO, Canadian Personal & Commercial Banking, BMO Financial Group – ON
Shelley Martin, President & CEO, Nestlé Canada – ON
Kathy McGarrigle, COO, Coast Capital Savings Credit Union – BC
Sandy McIntosh, EVP, People & Culture and Chief Human Resources Officer, TELUS Communications Inc. –
ON
SCOTIABANK CORPORATE EXECUTIVES (Cont’d)
Cathy McLay, CFO and EVP, Finance and Corporate Services, TransLink – BC
Ellen Moore, President & CEO, Chubb Insurance Company of Canada – ON
Gillian Riley, EVP, Canadian Commercial Banking, Scotiabank – ON
Charlene Ripley, EVP, General Counsel, Goldcorp Inc. – BC
Laurie Schultz, President & CEO, ACL – BC
Sandy Sharman, EVP & Chief Human Resources Officer, CIBC – ON
Louise St-Pierre, President & CEO, Cogeco Connexion – QC
Evelyn Sutherland, CFO, Enercare Inc. – ON
Jennifer Tory, Group Head, Personal and Commercial Banking, RBC – ON
Leagh Turner, Global COO, Strategic Customer Program, SAP AG – ON
Catherine Wood, SVP, Head of Online Brokerage, Insurance Products & Marketing,
Qtrade Financial Group – BC
CIBC ENTREPRENEURS
Christiane Germain, Co-Founder & Co-President, Group Germain Hotels – QC
Mandy Rennehan, Founder & CEO, Freshco – ON
Shannon Rogers, President & General Counsel, Global Relay Communications – BC
Geeta Sankappanavar, Co-Founder, President & COO, Grafton Asset Management – AB
Elen Steinberg, President & CEO, SPP Marketing Services Inc. & Real Style Network Inc. – ON
Joyce Usher-Mesiano, President & Partner, National Brokers Insurance Services Inc. – ON
Anne Whelan, President & CEO, Seafair Capital Inc. – NL
TELUS FUTURE LEADERS
Shereen Anis, CEO, Kid Koder’z City Inc. – ON
Amélie T. Gouin, Associate, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP – QC
Sarah Jacobs Barrs, Director, Events, Klick Inc. – ON
Véronique Jacques, Combat Engineer Officer, Canadian Armed Forces – QC
Amanda Khan, Medical Student, The University of Toronto, MD/PhD Program – ON
Bailey Parnell, Founder & CEO, SkillsCamp – ON
KPMG PROFESSIONALS
Sara L. Austin, Founder & President/CEO, Children First Canada – AB
Georgina Black, Partner & National Industry Leader, Health & Life Sciences, KPMG LLP – ON
Samantha Horn, Partner, Stikeman Elliott LLP – ON
Melissa Kennedy, EVP & Chief Legal Officer and Public Affairs, Sun Life Financial – ON
Petra Kuret, Office Managing Director, Accenture – BC
Valerie Mann, Partner, Lawson Lundell LLP – BC
Carol Pennycook, Partner, Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP, – ON
Sarah Qadeer, General Counsel, Home Depot of Canada Inc. – ON
Cheryl Reicin, Partner, Torys LLP – ON
Tracey Riley, Managing Partner, Assurance, Canada, Asia-Pacific & Americas, PwC Canada – ON
Sylvie Rodrigue, Partner & Head of Torys’ Montreal Office, Torys LLP – ON
Claudia Thompson, Managing Director, Accenture – ON
Karen Werger, Partner, Toronto Marketplace Leader, Financial Advisory & National Leader, Professional &
Business Services Sector, Deloitte LLP – ON
PWC PUBLIC SECTOR LEADERS
Yaprak Baltacioğlu, Secretary of the Treasury Board, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat – ON
Marilynn Booth, Dean, University of Toronto, School of Continuing Studies – ON
Ann Buller, President & CEO, Centennial College – ON
Lise Croteau, EVP & CFO, Hydro-Québec – QC
Barbara Grantham, President & CEO, VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation – BC
Dr. Erin Kelly, Assistant Deputy Minister, Corporate & Strategic Planning, Department of Environment and
Natural Resources, Government of the Northwest Territories – NT
Kathy Kinloch, President, British Columbia Institute of Technology – BC
Tracy Kitch, President & CEO, IWK Health Centre – NS
Dr. Dru Marshall, Provost and VP (Academic), University of Calgary – AB
Wendy Montgomery, VP, Lottery Marketing & Sales, OLG – ON
Mary Traversy, COO, Canada Post Corporation – ON
Carolyn Wilkins, Senior Deputy Governor, Bank of Canada – ON
Penny Wyger, SVP, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, Liquor Control Board of Ontario – ON
SUN LIFE FINANCIAL TRAILBLAZERS & TRENDSETTERS
Dr. Sue Abu-Hakima, Co-Founder & CEO, Amika Mobile Corporation – ON
Dianne Carmichael, Managing Director, Health Innovation & Ventures, MaRS Discovery District; CEO,
Carmichael Worldwide Inc. – ON
Dr. Imogen Coe, Dean, Faculty of Science, Ryerson University – ON
Andrea Cohen Barrack, CEO, Ontario Trillium Foundation – ON
Natalie Dakers, President & CEO, Accel-Rx Health Sciences Accelerator – BC
Dr. Ann Dale, Professor, Trudeau Fellow Alumna, Canada Research Chair (2004-2014), Royal Roads
University – BC
Mary Deacon, Chair, Bell Mental Health Initiative, Bell – ON
Dr. Annemieke Farenhorst, Professor, Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agricultural and Food
Sciences; Prairie NSERC Chair, Women in Science and Engineering, The University of Manitoba – MB
Inez Jabalpurwala, President & CEO, Brain Canada Foundation – QC
Dr. Ruth Ann Marrie, Professor, Medicine & Community Health Sciences; Director Multiple Sclerosis Clinic,
The University of Manitoba – MB
Dr. Linda Maxwell, Founder and Managing Director, Biomedical Zone, Ryerson University – ON
Sandra Oldfield, President & CEO, Tinhorn Creek Vineyards – BC
Nathalie Tessier, Canadian Managing Partner, Audit, Deloitte LLP – QC
Natasha Walji, Head of Industry, Branded Apparel, Google – ON
Lt.-Gen. Christine Whitecross, Lieutenant-General, Canadian Forces – ON
WXN HALL OF FAME
Lisa Borsook, Executive Partner, WeirFoulds LLP – ON
Shauneen Bruder, EVP, Operations, Personal and Commercial Banking, RBC – ON
Debby Carreau, CEO & Founder, Inspired HR Ltd. – AB
Karen Flavelle, CEO, Purdys Chocolatier – BC
Allison Grafton, President & Partner, Rockwood Custom Homes – AB
Dana Hayden, President, Hayden Consulting Services – BC
Roberta Jamieson, President & CEO, Indspire – ON
Catherine Karakatsanis, COO, Morrison Hershfield Group Inc. – ON
Wendy Lisogar-Cocchia, CEO, Absolute Spa Group / Crew Management Ltd. – BC
Janice McDonald, President, The Beacon Agency – ON
Benita Warmbold, Senior Managing Director & CFO, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board – ON