Meet the team
We're with you every step of the way.
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.
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
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
Founder Experience Specialist
Garrett Jacobs
Founder Experience Specialist
Stephanie Jenner
Facilities Coordinator and Executive Assistant
Parisa Fataei
Founder Experience Specialist
Board of directors
Julie Barker-Merz
Regional President - Greater Toronto Region, BMO Financial Group
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
Jonathan Newman
Vice President: Research, Wilfrid Laurier University
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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We help dreamers actualize their businesses every day. Come be a part of the AC team.