Our Team

Women in Communications and Technology (WCT) is made possible by the incredible work of a group of loyal and dedicated volunteers located across Canada, the time invested by the Board of Directors and the support of all their companies along with a small national staff, headquartered in Ottawa.

WCT Team

Rebecca Bailey, Chief Executive Officer 

Shannon Sears, Director of Programs and Public Affairs

Alia Hammoud, Finance and Administration Manager
 

WCT National Board of Directors

Executive Committee

• Board Chair: Cheryl Fullerton, Executive Vice President, People and Communications, Corus
• Past Board Chair: Michelle Magwood, President, Magwood Consulting
• Corporate Secretary: Leslie Milton, Partner, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
• Treasurer: Pardeep Singh Gill, Partner, Audit Technology, Media and Telecommunications, KPMG

Board Directors

• Carolyn Levy, Group President and Chief Diversity Officer, Randstad Technologies
• Candice McLeod, Senior Vice President, Enterprise Business Solutions, Shaw Communications Inc
• Cheryl Fullerton, Executive Vice President, People and Communications, Corus Entertainment
• Dorothy Johnson, Services Practice Leader, Microsoft
• Irena Zhivov, Delivery Director, Likewize
• Jennifer Roynon, Director, Community Engagement, IGM Financial
• Julie Branscombe, Director, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, Cogeco
• Kendall Milne-Bancroft, Senior Vice President of Sales – Home Division, Rogers
• Leslie Milton, Partner, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
• Pardeep Singh Gill, Partner, Audit Technology, Media and Telecommunications, KPMG
• Saba Shariff, Head, New Product Development and Corporate Strategy, Symcor
• Safdar Mahmood, Managing Vice President, Pariveda Solutions
• Sonia Brar, Independent
• Tammy Kelly, HR Lead, IBM Canada
• Wayne Mckenzie, Director of Operations, Aboriginal Peoples Television Network
• Zoya Zayler, DEI Lead, Amazon Canada

Board Observers

• Chantal Davis, Director, Spectrum Regulatory Best Practices, Innovation Science and Economic Development
• Denise Shortt, Senior Vice President, Industry Development, Technation
• Fawn Annan, CEI, ITWorld

Special Advisor 

• Joanne Stanley, Past WCT Executive Director