Leadership & Staff

The McConnell Foundation is governed by a Board of Directors comprising family members who set policy and assure the Foundation’s good governance. Their leadership and judgement defines the Foundation’s work in Canada’s philanthropic sector. The Board and Foundation are served by a small staff headquartered in Montreal. If you want to apply for funding, please read the Funding section first. For any other comments or inquiries, please write to us here.

Staff Directory (alphabetical order)

Lorraine Balleine

Director of Finance
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Sarah Barsalou

Program Officer, Innoweave
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Steve Bernstein

Manager, Information Technology
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Annie Bérubé

Program Director
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Alexia Bhereur-Lagounaris

Program Officer, Innoweave
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Lynda Bolduc

Accounting & Payroll Specialist

Doug Brodhead

Program Manager, Innoweave
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Alexandra Chamberlin

Impact Investment Manager

Natalie Chapdelaine

Program Manager, Innoweave
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Naolo Charles

Program Director, Communities
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Véronique Claude

Program Officer, Innoweave
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Dominique Collin

Indigenous Housing Fellow
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Ryan Conway

Program Director, Innoweave
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Katia El Haddad

Funding and Database Associate
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Nicolina Farella

Program Director
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Sonia Greco

Funding Administrator
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Adrienne Hiles

Communications Manager
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Kelly Hodgins

Program Manager
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Rosemarie Iapalucci

Funding Manager
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Brian Jackson

Program Director, Reconciliation
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Marie-Caroline Juneau

Senior Program Officer
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Jamiey Kelly

People & Culture Manager
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Gilles Hervé Koffi

Investment Analyst
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Emma Kroeker

Program Manager, Reconciliation
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Wren Laing

Investment Director
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Chad Lubelsky

Program Director
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Maggie MacDonald

Director, Communications and Governmental Relations
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Rohini Mohanlal

Program Associate
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Helena Nash

Program Support, Innoweave
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Heidy O'Donova

Investment Analyst
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Lili-Anna Pereša

Chief Executive Officer
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Edmund Piro

Chief Investment Officer
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Jane Rabinowicz

Chief Program Officer
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Ximena Ramírez Villanueva

Program Officer

Dominique Régis-Louis

Administrative Assistant, President's Office
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Marie-Lyne Rizkallah

Operations Associate
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Sabrina Saint-Louis

Executive Secretary, President's Office
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Frances Scott

Program Officer
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Emilie White

Communications Officer
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