UTFA - Key Persons


A.W. Peet

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Equity Committee
  • Dept of Physics
  • Member of Committee

Alexandra MacKay

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Pension Committee
  • Member of Committee

Alexia Loumankis

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Librarians Committee
  • Member of Committee

Aneta Kwak

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Librarians Committee
  • Member of Committee

Antje Budde

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Council
  • Member of the Equity Committee
  • Member of Committee

Ariel Katz - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Member of the Chair, Librarians Committee
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Member of the Pension Committee
  • Member of the UTFA Executive Committee
  • Member of Committee
  • Vice - President, Salary, Benefits, Pensions and Workload
  • Vice President, Salary, Benefits, Pensions and Workload, Law, UTSG

Arjumand Siddiqi

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Council
  • Member of the UTFA Executive Committee
  • Member - at - Large

Atiqa Hachimi

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Equity Committee
  • Member of Committee

Azita Taleghani

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Council
  • Member of the Equity Committee
  • Member of the Grievance Committee
  • Member of the Salary, Benefits, Pensions and Workload Committee
  • Member of Committee

Beverley Mullings

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Equity Committee
  • Dept of Geography
  • Member of Committee

Beyhan Farhadi

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Council

Bora Laskin Law

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Librarians Committee
  • Library
  • Member of Committee

Caroline Hossein

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Council

Chandni Desai

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Council
  • Member of the Equity Committee
  • Member of Committee

Claire Reyes

Job Titles:
  • Interim Operations Manager

Crystal Doyle

Job Titles:
  • Legal Assistant

Cynthia Messenger

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Chair, Librarians Committee

Darren Dias

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Equity Committee
  • Member of Committee

Deb Cowan

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Membership Committee
  • Dept of Geography

Deborah Cowen

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Equity Committee
  • Chairman of the Executive Committee
  • Member of the Council
  • Member of the UTFA Executive Committee
  • Chairman of Equity Committee

Deborah Tihanyi

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Council
  • Mechanical & Industrial Engineering Institute for Studies in Transdisciplinary Engineering Education & Practice ( ISTEP ) 2027

Denise Gastaldo

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Council

Dr. Harriet Sonne de Torrens

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Council
  • Member of the Librarians Committee
  • Member of the Salary, Benefits, Pensions and Workload Committee
  • Librarians Committee Chair, Wins OCUFA 2014 - 15 Academic Librarianship Award
  • Member of Committee
  • Visual Resource and Liaison Librarian

Edward S. Rogers Sr.

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Council
  • Department of Electrical

Elena Comelli

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Council

Ellen Berrey

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Council
  • Member of the Equity Committee
  • Member of Committee

Erica Allen-Kim

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Council
  • Member of the Pension Committee
  • Architecture, Landscape & Design Forestry / 2026
  • Member of Committee

Esmat Elhalaby

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Equity Committee
  • Member of Committee

Fabian Parsch

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Appointments Committee
  • Member of the Council
  • Dept of Mathematics
  • Mathematics Statistical Science / 2026
  • Member of Committee

Fabiano Rocha

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Librarians Committee
  • Member of Committee

Geoff Dunlop - Chief Legal Officer

Job Titles:
  • Legal Counsel

George Luste

Job Titles:
  • Staff

Gerald Penn

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Council
  • Computer Science / 2026

Geraldine (Jody) MacDonald

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Council
  • Member of the Grievance Committee
  • Member of the Salary, Benefits, Pensions and Workload Committee
  • Retired Member

Girish Daswani

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Council
  • Member of the UTFA Executive Committee
  • Member - at - Large
  • UTSC: Social Science ( 2 ) - Social Sciences GDS Anthropology Department of Health & Society Human Geography Political Sciences Sociology Teaching and Learning Services / 2026

Graeme Slaght

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Librarians Committee
  • Copyright Librarian, Robarts Library
  • Member of Committee

Helen Rodd

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Council

Hujma Chowdhury

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Librarians Committee
  • Member of Committee

Hülya Arik

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Membership Committee

James Mason

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Executive Committee
  • Chairman of the Librarians Committee
  • Member of the Chair, Librarians Committee
  • Member of the Pension Committee
  • Member of the UTFA Executive Committee
  • Chairman of Librarians Committee
  • Member of Committee
  • Music Library

Jan Mahrt-Smith

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Pension Committee
  • Member of Committee

Jaris Swidrovich

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Equity Committee
  • Faculty of Pharmacy
  • Member of Committee

Jeffrey Bale

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Council
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Member of the UTFA Executive Committee
  • Vice - President, University and External Affairs

Jeffrey Siegel

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Council
  • Civil & Mineral Engineering Institute of Aerospace Studies / 2027

Jennifer Brant

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Equity Committee
  • Dept of Curriculum, Teaching & Learning
  • Member of Committee

Jessica Martin

Job Titles:
  • Executive Assistant

Jiaying Gu

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Council
  • UTM: Economics Institute for Management and Innovation Management / 2026

John Paul Ricco

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Council
  • Member of the Equity Committee
  • Member of Committee
  • UTM - Department of Visual Studies

Joseph Berkovitz

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Equity Committee
  • Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology
  • Member of Committee

Joseph Carens

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Council
  • Member of the Pension Committee
  • Member of Committee
  • Retired, Department of Political Science, UTSG

Joseph Steinberg

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Council
  • the Centre for Industrial Relations Economics / 2025

Joseph Thywissen

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Pension Committee
  • Member of Committee
  • Tenure Stream, Department of Physics, UTSG

Judith Taylor

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Council

Jun Nogami

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Council

Kass Banning

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Equity Committee
  • Member of Committee

Katherine Blouin

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Council
  • UTSC: Humanities ( 2 ) - Arts, Culture & Media Language Studies English Historical & Cultural Studies Philosophy / 2025

Kathleen Scheaffer

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Council
  • Member of the Equity Committee
  • Member of the Librarians Committee
  • Member of the Membership Committee
  • Librarian, Learning and Research Coordinator, ICCIT
  • Member of Committee

Kathryn Barrett

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Librarians Committee
  • Member of Committee

Kevin Bryan

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Council

Kevin Coleman

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Council

Kimberley MacKinnon

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Council
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Member of the Grievance Committee
  • Member of the UTFA Executive Committee
  • Executive Member - at - Large
  • Member of Committee

Kuldeep Meel

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Equity Committee
  • Dept of Computer Science
  • Member of Committee

Leslie Stewart Rose

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Appointments Committee
  • Dept of Curriculum, Teaching & Learning
  • Member of Committee

Liang Chen

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Council
  • UTSC: Management & Economics / 2025

Lisa Kramer

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Pension Committee
  • Chairman of Committee

Manda Vrkljan

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Librarians Committee
  • Member of Committee

Mariana Valverde

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Executive Committee
  • Member of the Chair, Librarians Committee
  • Member of the UTFA Executive Committee
  • Chairman of Retired Members Committee

Marisa Mikroulis

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant

Mary Alice Guttman

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Council

Matthew Stoddard

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Council
  • Member of the Grievance Committee
  • Member of Committee

Maureen Stapleton

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Council

Max Mishler

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Appointments Committee
  • Chairman of the Executive Committee
  • Member of the Council
  • Member of the UTFA Executive Committee
  • Chairman of Appointments Committee

Meaghan Valant

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Librarians Committee
  • Member of Committee
  • Scholarly Publishing Librarian

Melissa Levin

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Equity Committee
  • Member of Committee

Melissa Williams

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Council
  • Centre for European, Russian & Eurasian Studies Cities Centre Political Science Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy / 2027

Michael Attridge

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Council

Michael Thompson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Council

Nellie De Lorenzi

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director

Nicole Laliberte

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Council
  • Member of the Equity Committee
  • Member of Committee
  • UTM: Social Sciences ( 2 ) - Anthropology Geography Political Science Psychology Sociology / 2025

Nisrin Elamin

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Equity Committee
  • Dept of Anthropology
  • Member of Committee

Patrick Keilty

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Council

Paul Downes

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Membership Committee
  • Member of the Pension Committee
  • Dept of English
  • Member of Committee
  • Tenure Stream, Department of English, UTSG

Paul Hamel

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Council

Raymond Kwong

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Council
  • Member of the Equity Committee
  • Member of the Salary, Benefits, Pensions and Workload Committee
  • Retired Member

Rena Helms-Park

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Equity Committee
  • Member of Committee

Richard Carter

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Chair, Librarians Committee
  • Unit Chair, St. Michael 's Unit

Rob Gillezeau

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Member of the Pension Committee
  • Treasurer of the Chair, Librarians Committee
  • Treasurer of the UTFA Executive Committee
  • Member of Committee
  • Treasurer, Tenure Stream, Management, UTSC

Robyn Maynard

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Equity Committee
  • Member of Committee

Ruth Marshall

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Council
  • Member of the Membership Committee
  • Department for the Study of Religion

Sanda Munjic

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Council

Saša Stefanović

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Council

Shelby Thaysen

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Librarians Committee
  • Copyright Librarian, Robarts Library
  • Member of Committee

Sheliza Ibrahim

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Council
  • Member of the Equity Committee
  • Member of Committee

Sherri Helwig

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Grievance Committee
  • Member of the Appointments Committee
  • Member of the Chair, Librarians Committee
  • Member of the Equity Committee
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Member of the Salary, Benefits, Pensions and Workload Committee
  • Member of the UTFA Executive Committee
  • Member of Committee
  • UTSC - Arts, Culture & Media
  • Vice - President, Grievances

Simon Darnell

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Council
  • ( 2 ) Kinesiology & Physical Education Nursing Social Work / 2025

Simon Rogers

Job Titles:
  • Archivist
  • Member of the Librarians Committee
  • Member of Committee

Sophie McGibbon-Gardner

Job Titles:
  • Staff Representative / Membership Services Officer

Steven Vande

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Council

Susan Bondy

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Appointments Committee
  • Member of Committee

Susan Wagner

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Executive Committee
  • Member of the Appointments Committee
  • Member of the Council
  • Member of the UTFA Executive Committee
  • Chairman of Teaching Stream Committee
  • Dept of Speech - Language Pathology
  • Member of Committee
  • Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Speech - Language Pathology and Rehabilitation Sciences / 2026

Suzanne Meyers Sawa

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Librarians Committee
  • Retired Member

Terezia Zorić

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Member of the Pension Committee
  • President of the Chair, Librarians Committee
  • President of the UTFA Executive Committee
  • Member of Committee
  • President, Teaching Stream, Social Justice Education, OISE, UTSG

Thom Dancer

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Executive Committee
  • Chairman of the Membership Committee
  • Member of the Council
  • Member of the UTFA Executive Committee

Vinita Arora

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Council

Wagih Ghobriel

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Council
  • UTM: Sciences ( 2 ) - Biology Chemical & Physical Sciences Mathematics & Computer Science / 2026

Whitney Kemble

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Council
  • Member of the Equity Committee
  • Member of the Librarians Committee
  • Member of Committee
  • UTSC:Library User Services & Collections

Yoonhee Lee

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Librarians Committee
  • Member of Committee