Council Membership

Members of the Alumni Council can be reached care of the Office of Alumni Relations: (780) 492-3224 (toll-free in Canada and the US at 1-800-661-2593), or alumni@ualberta.ca

Alumni Council 2024-25

Executive Committee

Alumni Association President:  Ashton Rudanec, ’12 BCom, ’16 MBA

Alumni Association President-Elect: Cathy Allen, ‘76 BSc, ‘77 BEd, ‘99 MEd

Board of Governors Representatives:

Chris Ashdown, ’78 BSc, ’82 MHSA
Kate Young, ’07 BScN, ’15 MBA

Senate Representatives

Ali Damani, '02 BSc(Pharm)
Christine Westerlund, '95 BScN(Hons), '01 MSc

Alumni Awards Committee Chair:  Navin Sidhu, ‘09 BSc (CivE)

Alumni Career Services Committee Chair:  Christiana Dizon, ‘06 BSc (Nutrition and Food Science)

Strategies Committee Chair:  Jeff Whissell, ’98 BSc(Pharm)

Priority Programs Committee Co-Chairs:

Pegah Salari, ’08 MBA
Jason Wong, ‘02 BCom

 

Faculty Representatives

ALES: Kareema Batal, ‘14 BSc Nutr/Fd Sci, ‘21 MSc

Arts:  Nakita Valerio, ‘09 BA, ‘17 MA

Augustana:  Stephanie Booth, ‘14 BSc, ’17 MPH

Business:  Jason Wong, ‘02 BCom

Campus Saint-Jean:  Stefane Kreiner, ’15 BEd

Dentistry:  Tom Stevenson, ‘73 BSc, ‘73 DDS

Education:  Robert Gardner ’86 BEd, ’00 MEd

Engineering:  Navin Sidhu, ‘09 BSc (CivE)

Graduate Studies: Sanjay Beesoon, ‘14 PhD

Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation:  Sarah Dunnet, ‘17 BKin, BEd

Law: The Honourable Donna Shelley, KC, ’76 BA, ’79 LLB

Medicine:  Jonas Szelewicki, ‘19 BSc, ‘23 MD

Native Studies: Jaret Cardinal, ‘97 BA NS

Nursing:  Lan He, ‘21 BScN, ‘19 BSc

Pharmacy:  Jeff Whissell, ’98 BSc(Pharm)

Rehabilitation Medicine:  Joanne Richer-Fodchuk, ’01 BEd, ’04 MSLP

Public HealthStaci Silverman, ’14 BA, ‘19 MPH

Science:  Charles Wong, ‘10 BSc

 

Members at Large: 

Paramita Chaudhuri Basu, ‘21 MBA

Tricia Bell, ‘94 BCom, ‘00 BA

Aziz Bootwala, ‘12 MBA

Helen Cheung, ‘13 MA

Susan Craig Bieganek, ’89 BA (Specialzn)

Christiana Dizon, ‘06 BSc (Nutrition and Food Science)

Alex Kwan, ‘20 PharmD

Reginald (Reggie) Nicolas, ’01 BSc (MechEng)

Orenda Kihcâyis-Stonechild, ‘19 BSc(Human Ecol)

Pegah Salari, ’08 MBA

Neil Salsbury, ‘02 BEd

Carmelle Sly, ‘92 BA

Chris Vilcsak, ‘85 BSc MechE, ‘97 MBA

Alicia Yang, '15 MSc

 

Ex Officio

Honorary President: Bill Flanagan

Vice-President (External Relations):  Elan MacDonald

Interim Executive Director, Alumni Relations and Associate Vice-President (Development) Kelly Spencer, '97 BA, '19 MA

Dean of Students:  Dr. Ravina Sanghera, '07 BSc Pharm

Dean of Students Designate:  Mandy Quon, '06 BA

Graduate Students' Association:  Mariam Mughees

Students' Union: Abdul Abbasi