Graduating Class of 2015/2016 & Capstone Projects

Joan Burdeniuk
Manager, Corporate Social Responsibility
Integris Credit Union (BC)

Angela Baker
Analyst, Corporate Social Responsibility & Sustainability
Enbridge Pipelines Inc. (Alberta)

Capstone Project: Materiality in Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability Reporting

Lisa Caldwell
Manager, Training and Development.
Farrow Limited (Ontario)

Capstone Project: Career Development through Volunteering

Aviva Orenstein Kalin
CEO Sante Kildare Rejuvenex (Quebec)

Capstone Project: MakeMyWorldaBetterPlace.com matching business and not-for-profits to promote volunteerism, community investment and resource sharing.

Donna Farrow
Co-Facilitator/Owner
Farrow Limited (Ontario)

Capstone Project: Career Development through Volunteering

Alba Medel
Sustainable Fiber Sourcing Manager
Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget (Mexico)

Capstone Project: CSR in the Supply Chain

Jennifer Niece
Director, Sustainability and Client Services, 360 Energy Inc (Ontario)
(will graduate in 2016/2017)

Wendy Mitchell
Director, CSR & Sustainability, Conference Board of Canada (Ontario)

Capstone Project: Pathways to the Future – adopting sustainable practice in business planning at the Conference Board of Canada

Laura Parsons
Cultural Development Officer,
Varley-McKay Art Foundation of Markham (Ontario)

Capstone Project: Sustainable Governance

Jessica Pelchat
Executive Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer, Business Strategy
Office Coffee Solutions (Ontario)

Capstone Project: OCS – Strategic Social Responsibility Plan 2016-2020

Hassan Sukhon
CSR Emirates (Ontario)


Capstone Project: Exploring the Establishment of a Sustainability Education Course in Dubai

Serguei Tchertok
Manager – Sustainability, Grand & Toy (Ontario)

Capstone Project: Examination of Grand & Toy’s Community Investment Strategy

Julia Toth
Sustainability & Citizenship Advisor
The Co-operators Limited (Ontario)

Capstone: Employee Engagement in the Co-operators Mental Health Initiative

Jeannie White
Manager, Employee Engagement, Policies, Programs
Symcor (Ontario)

Capstone Project: Corporate Social Responsibility 3 Year Plan – Symcor – Moving from Awareness to Behaviours

Sheryl Yip
Sponsorship & Cause Marketing
SickKids Foundation (Ontario)

Capstone Project: Measuring Employee Engagement through a Workplace Giving Campaign


Paul Jenkins
Executive Director, St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital Foundation (Ontario)

Capstone Project: Unsustainable Expectations &/or Sustainable Philanthropy

Nicole Ciciretto
Coordinator, Corporate Social Responsibility
Rogers Communications (Ontario)

Capstone Project: Aligning Personal Integrity to Increase Employee Engagement

Loujain Kurdi
Account Manager, Ogilvy & Mather (Saudi Arabia)

Capstone Project: Sustainability Reporting: purpose vs politics

Sabina Di Risio
Technology Scouting Manager, EcoSynthetix Corp (Ontario)

Capstone Project: Living up to Sustainability Values in SMEs

Aya Karar
International Labour Organization Consultant, Federation of Egyptian Industries (Egypt)

Capstone Project: Toward Creating Shared Value – CSR in 15 Industrial Leaders in Egypt

Luis Castillo
DEEZER, Country Manager Colombia – Andean Region (Colombia)

Capstone Project: Recommending improvements to Crem Helado’s ice cream distribution energy consumption and carbon footprint

Janet Piper
Manager, Promotion and Philanthropy, McKenzie Investments (Ontario)

Capstone Project: Volunteerism at Penguin Random House – building the case for an employer-supported volunteer program.

Our graduating classes