GLOBAL COLLEGE - Key Persons


Amrita Ray Chaudhuri

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Research Committee

Andrew McGillivray

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Faculty

Bea Spearing

Job Titles:
  • Executive Assistant to the Vice - President and Associate Vice - President
Bea Spearing joined the Research Office in 2000. Prior to that, she was in the Dean of Arts and Science office for 13 years. She completed her studies at Red River Community College in Business Administrative. Bea has extensive years of knowledge with an administrative background and experience working with the university community and senior administration. Contact Bea about: Appointments and/or messages to the Vice-President and Associate Vice-President Supports the Vice-President and Associate Vice-President with the administrative and day-to-day operations of the Research Office General Inquires Supports and coordinates with the hiring of Postdoctoral Fellows, hosting Visiting Scholars and Research Scholars

Brandon Logan

Job Titles:
  • Communications Support
  • Interim Communications Lead

Bunny Gutnik

Job Titles:
  • Planned Giving Officer

Caleb Zimmerman

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director, Marketing and Communications
  • Media Inquiries

Cathy Domke

Job Titles:
  • Alumni Affairs Assistant

Charlie Barber

Job Titles:
  • Executive Assistant

Cheryl McKenzie

Job Titles:
  • Gemini Award Nominated Journalist, Host and Producer of APTN National News
Donald John Roberts, Professor of Economics, Strategic Management, and International Business in the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University and award-winning author

Cindy Doyle

Job Titles:
  • Manager, Individual Giving

Cindy Gislason

Job Titles:
  • Budget and Finance Coordinator

Colin Morrison - Chief Legal Officer

Job Titles:
  • General Counsel

Dallas Goulden - CFO

Job Titles:
  • Director of Finance

Dan Elves

Job Titles:
  • Information and Privacy Officer / the University of Winnipeg

Daniel Mulder

Job Titles:
  • Student

Derek Stovin

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Faculty
  • Education

Devin Latimer

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Faculty
  • Science )

Diana Desjardins

Job Titles:
  • Junior Accountant

Diane McGifford

Job Titles:
  • Provincial Minister of Advanced Education and Literacy

Donald John Roberts

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Economics, Strategic Management

Doug Goltz

Job Titles:
  • Dean
  • Member of the Research Committee
  • Member of the Senate Research Policy Committee
  • Science

Dr. Annette Trimbee - President

Job Titles:
  • President
  • Vice Chancellor

Dr. H. Sanford Riley

Job Titles:
  • OM - Chair

Dr. Robert Kozminski

Job Titles:
  • Vice Chair

Dr. Robert Pryce

Job Titles:
  • Chairman, Human Research Ethics Board

Dr. Todd Mondor - President

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Finance Committee
  • Member of the Research Committee
  • President
  • Vice - Chancellor
  • Ex Officio
  • President and Vice Chancellor - ( Ex - Officio, Non Voting )

Dylan Jones

Job Titles:
  • Program Officer, Canada Research Chair Advisor and Special Initiatives
Dylan Jones joined the Research Office in 2021, but has been a staff member at the UWinnipeg since 2019. Previously, he worked in the Faculty of Graduate Studies as the Awards and Communications Officer. Dylan completed both his BA and MA at the UWinnipeg and recently completed a certification in Project Management at Red River College. Contact Dylan about: Canada Research Chairs Program Undergraduate Student Research and Travel Awards (NSERC USRA / UW-USRA-HS / USTG) Mitacs Research Mentorship Program

Eleanor Coopsammy

Job Titles:
  • Journalist

Elena Anciro

Job Titles:
  • Collegiate Engagement Officer

Evan Robinson

Job Titles:
  • Student

Gabrielle Prefontaine

Job Titles:
  • Library

Gerren McDonald

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Faculty

Grant Christensen

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of Audit and Risk Committee
  • Vice - Chair - External Regent )

Harinder Aujla

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Faculty
  • Social Science

Helen Cholakis

Job Titles:
  • Alumni Affairs Manager

Hilary Druxman

Job Titles:
  • Jewelry Designer

Jaime Cidro

Job Titles:
  • Associate Vice - President, Research and Innovation

Jan Stewart

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Research Committee
  • Interim Provost & Vice - President, Academic - ( Ex - Officio, Non Voting )

Jared Clinton

Job Titles:
  • Web Content Specialist

Javier Schwersensky - CEO, President

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • President

Jean-Pierre Desforges

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Senate Research Policy Committee
  • Department of Biology

Jennifer Jeffrey

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Faculty
  • Science )

Jessica Bowman

Job Titles:
  • Individual Giving Officer

Jino Distasio - VP

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Research Committee
  • Member of the Senate Research Policy Committee
  • Vice - President
  • Vice - President, Research and Innovation - ( Ex - Officio, Non Voting, Chair )

Jolene Deere

Job Titles:
  • Donor Stewardship Assistant

Joseph Wasylycia-Leis


Joshua Hollett

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Research Committee
  • Department of Chemistry

Julia Peemoeller

Job Titles:
  • Interim Vice - President, Finance and Administration

Kamel Fantazy

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Faculty

Karen Magro

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Research Committee

Kate Stuart

Job Titles:
  • Graphic Designer

Kim Benoit - CIO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Information Officer

Larissa Wodtke

Job Titles:
  • Program Officer, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Anti - Racism, Decolonization ( EDI / AR / D ) and Research
Larissa Wodtke joined the Research Office in 2022, but has worked at UWinnipeg since 2009 in various roles. She has an MA from University of Waterloo and her career has taken her into many disciplines, including publishing her own research on popular music. Contact Larissa about: EDI/AR/D strategies in your research program Support to include EDI/AR/D strategies into grant applications in all disciplines EDI/AR/D professional development Dimensions and institutional EDI/AR/D research initiatives

Lauren Bosc

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Research Committee
  • Member of the Senate Research Policy Committee
  • Lead Program Officer, Research Partnerships
  • Lead Program Officer, Research Partnerships - ( Ex - Officio, Non Voting )
Lauren Bosc joined the Research Office in 2021, but has been staff at UWinnipeg since completing an MA in Cultural Studies - Texts and Cultures at UWinnipeg in 2014. Her academic background is interdisciplinary, touching upon studies of media and literature and their intersections with Women's and Gender Studies and Cultural Studies. Contact Lauren about: SSHRC Research Partnerships Research Committee - Internal Awards Senate Research Policy Committee

Laurie-Ann Hellsten

Job Titles:
  • Education

Lilith Bauer

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Finance Committee
  • Staff

Linda Holeman

Job Titles:
  • Author

Logan Tanner

Job Titles:
  • Graphic Designer

Lucas Riberio

Job Titles:
  • Information Systems Analyst

Malcolm Bird

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Faculty
  • Social Science

Manish Pandey

Job Titles:
  • Interim Associate Vice - President, International

Maria Stevenson

Job Titles:
  • Information Systems Analyst

Mark Bezanson

Job Titles:
  • Manager of Information Systems

Marni Yasumatsu

Job Titles:
  • Associate Vice - President, Human Resources

Marnie Loewen

Job Titles:
  • Website Administrator

Mary Adedayo

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Faculty
  • Science )

Matthew Samyn

Job Titles:
  • Communications Assistant

Monica Ruiz

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Faculty

Mr. Charles Loewen

Job Titles:
  • Chairman, Audit

Mr. Daniel A. Bubis

Job Titles:
  • Chairman, Investment

Ms Barb Gamey

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Finance Committee
  • Ex Officio

Naniece Ibrahim

Job Titles:
  • Communications Officer

Natalie Richer

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Faculty

Pam Trupish

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director

Paul Samyn

Job Titles:
  • Editor, Winnipeg Free Press
Susan Thompson, O.M., former Mayor of Winnipeg, former Consul General to the US, based in Minneapolis, and former President and CEO of The University of Winnipeg Foundation (Collegiate)

Peter Moreira

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Faculty
  • Business & Economics

Rachel Almero

Job Titles:
  • Executive Assistant ( Including Scheduling Requests )

Rachel Keijzer

Job Titles:
  • Program Officer, Natural Sciences Research
Rachel Keijzer joined the Research Office in 2022. She has a BEd, BA, and MA from the University of Winnipeg. Previously, Rachel managed a research support unit focused on pediatric clinical research as well as a federally funded health program for a tribal council in Manitoba. Contact Rachel about: NSERC and CIHR Natural science related grants CFI and infrastructure related grants Research Manitoba

Rachelle Kabuha


Rayna Rieger

Job Titles:
  • Manager, Leadership Giving - on Maternity Leave

Richard Jones

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Finance Committee
  • Chairman - External Regent )

Samantha Cook

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Faculty

Sara Campbell

Job Titles:
  • Outreach and Education Assistant

Sara Good

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Research Committee
  • Member of the Senate Research Policy Committee
  • Department of Biology

Serena Keshavjee

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Research Committee
  • Department of History

Shanna Sterling

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of Audit and Risk Committee
  • Chairman of the Finance Committee
  • Chairman - External Regent )
  • Vice - Chair - External Regent )

Shannon Vickers

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Research Committee
  • Member of the Senate Research Policy Committee
  • Department of Theatre

Simone Dowhanik

Job Titles:
  • Communications Officer

Stefan Jonasson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Finance Committee
  • Ex Officio

Steven Kohm

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Research Committee
  • Member of the Senate Research Policy Committee
  • Department of Criminal

Tabitha Wood - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Associate Dean of Science

Teresa Murray - COO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Operating Officer

Terri Einarson

Job Titles:
  • University Secretary

Tracy Whalen

Job Titles:
  • Chairman, the University of Winnipeg Lecture Series

Trevor Thomas

Job Titles:
  • Interim Creative Lead

Troy Lulashnyk

Job Titles:
  • Diplomat and Director General for Global Affairs Canada

Vanessa Bayaraa

Job Titles:
  • Program Officer, Research and Ethics

Victoria King

Job Titles:
  • Leadership Giving Officer

Yannick Molgat-Seon

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Senate Research Policy Committee