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Meet the team

We're with you every step of the way.

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Staff team

Staff members

We’re made up of experienced leaders that are full of entrepreneurial spirit and share your passion to change the world. Our team is a major part of what makes the AC world-class.

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Ruth Casselman

CEO

Tabatha Laverty

Vice President, Marketing and External Relations

Mickey Campeau

Director, Programs and Founder Experience

Catalina Ochoa

Director, Finance

Ben Richmond

Manager, Coworking and Facilities

Olivia Rogalla

Olivia Rogalla

Manager, People and Operations (on parental leave)

Meghan Gervais

Manager, Founder Experience

Danielle Joworski

Program Manager

Shelly Xie

Program Manager

Tessa Uez

Marketing Manager

Madison Moore

Specialist, Human Resources

Adam Dougall

Program Manager

Garrett Jacobs

Founder Experience Specialist

Stephanie Jenner

Facilities Coordinator and Executive Assistant

Parisa Fataei

Founder Experience Specialist

Shriaa Sheth

Events and Community Engagement Specialist

Board of directors

Maija Michell

Senior Vice President, Human Resources at Descartes Systems Group

Rod Regier

Commissioner of Planning - Development and Legislative Services, Region of Waterloo

Bruce Brown

Chief Commercial Officer, Kenota Health

Charmaine Dean

Vice-President of Research, University of Waterloo

Claudia Krywiak

President & CEO at Ontario Centre of Innovation

Karim S. Karim

Associate Vice President, Commercialization and Entrepreneurship

Patricia Nielsen

Sales Leader, Startups at Amazon Web Services

Benton Leong

Archangel Funds; Investor, Golden Triangle Angel Network

Angela Larraguibel

Senior Vice President of Founder Services, Communitech

Michelle Chretien

Associate Vice President, Research & Innovation at Conestoga College

Cody Hines

CFO at Alert Labs

Radhika Vaidyanathan

Partner at Gowlings WLG LLP

Brenda Halloran

District Governor at Rotary International

Shann McGrail

CEO and Co-Founder of Devreve, former CEO at Haltech Regional Innovation Centre

Careers

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