Ivey congratulates alumni winners of Canada's Most Powerful Women: Top 100™
 

LONDON, ON, November 30, 2009 - The Richard Ivey School of Business congratulates its alumni whose groundbreaking roles on behalf of women earned them spots on the 2009 Canada's Most Powerful Women: Top 100™ list.

These alumni - lauded for achievements as trailblazers, corporate executives and arts & communications leaders - are being honoured today by the Women's Executive Network (WXN) at a gala awards dinner at the Fairmont Royal York in Toronto.

These alumni join an impressive repertoire of award-winners from Ivey. The School has had many winners of the award in past years from all programs - Honours Business Administration (undergraduate), MBA, EMBA and our Executive Development programs including Quantum Shift, custom programs and the Ivey Executive Program.

Below is the list of winners from Ivey.

2009 Winners

Corporate
Kerry Peacock EMBA '99, TD Bank Financial Group - Executive Vice President, Branch Banking

Trailblazers & Trendsetters
Kelly Murumets MBA '88, President & CEO, ParticipACTION

2009 Hall of Fame
Teri Currie EMBA '98, TD Bank Financial Group - Executive Vice President, Human Resources & Corporate & Public Affairs

 

**Addendum February 2010** Ivey's initial list of 2009 winners omitted a few names. Here are the additional Ivey winners.

Entrepreneurs
Connie Clerici Quantum Shift '08, Closing the Gap Healthcare Group - President & CEO

 

Professionals
Sheila Fraser Exec Dev '93, Office of the Auditor General ? Auditor General of Canada

Audrey Ho Exec Dev '04, Telus - SVP, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

 

Public Sector Leaders
Beverly Van Ruyven Exec Dev '96, BC Hydro - EVP, Customer Care and Conservation
 

2008 Winners

Corporate
Teri Currie EMBA '98, TD Bank Financial Group - Executive Vice President, Human Resources

Entrepreneurs
Eveline Charles Quantum Shift '07, EvelineCharles Salons & Spas - President & CEO
Connie Clerici Quantum Shift '08, Closing the Gap Healthcare Group - President & CEO

Professionals
Cynthia Devine HBA '87, Tim Hortons - Chief Financial Officer, EVP of Finance
Lisa Pankratz HBA '85, Mackenzie Cundill Investment Management Ltd - President
Beth Wilson Quantum Shift '08, KPMG - Canadian Managing Partner

Trailblazers & Trendsetters
Eva Lee Kwok Exec Dev '86, Amara International Investment Corporation - Chair & CEO

 

2007 Winners

Public Sector
Shelly Jamieson Ivey Executive Program '98: Ontario Ministry of Transportation - Deputy Minister (now Head and Clerk of the Executive Council, Ontario Public Service of the Government of Ontario)

Corporate
Teri Currie EMBA '98: TD Bank Financial Group - EVP of Human Resources
Monique Leroux Ernst & Young '94: Desjardins - President and CEO of the Subsidiaries
P. Kim Sturgess MBA '84: Alberta WaterSMART- CEO

Entrepreneurs
Shannon Bowen-Smed Quantum Shift '04: Bowen - President & CEO
Eveline Charles Quantum Shift '07: Eveline Charles Salons - President & CEO
Connie Clerici Quantum Shift '08: Closing the Gap Healthcare Group - CEO
Gloria Dona Quantum Shift '05: Underlines Inc - President
Professionals

Janet De Silva EMBA '94: Retail China - CEO
Audrey Ho TELUS '04 & Fin. Analysis for Non Fin Execs '01: TELUS - SVP General Counsel & Secretary
Christine Magee HBA '82: Sleep Country - President & Co-Founder
Trailblazers

Johanne Brossard EMBA '06: ING Canada - President and CEO (now COO of ING Japan)

Arts and Communications
Heather Shaw MBA '87: Corus - Executive Chair

 

2006 Winners

Corporate
Sylvia Chrominska HBA '75: TD Bank Financial Group - EVP of Human Resources and Public, Corporate & Government Affairs
Teri Currie EMBA '98: TD Bank Financial Group - EVP of Human Resources
Karin McCaskill HBA '75: Sobeys - SVP and General Counsel and Secretary
Karen Radford TELUS '04: Telus - EVP and President, Telus Partner Solutions
Kathleen Sendall Ivey Executive Program '90: Petro Canada - SVP of North American Gas
Barbara Stymiest HBA '78: RBC - COO

Entrepreneurs
Shannon Bowen-Smed Quantum Shift '04: Bowen - President & CEO
Madeleine Paquin HBA '84: Logistec - President & CEO

Trailblazers
Stacey Allaster EMBA '00: Sony Ericsson WTA Tour - President

 

2005 Winners

Corporate Executives
Sylvia Chrominska HBA '75: TD Bank Financial Group - EVP of Human Resources and Public, Corporate & Government Affairs
Lisa Colnett HBA '81: Celestica - SVP Human Resources (now SVP of HR and Corporate Services at Kinross)
Elizabeth DelBianco EMBA '97: Celestica - SVP Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary
Marianne Harrison Ivey Executive Program '02: Manulife - EVP and Controller
Karen Radford TELUS '04: Telus - EVP and President, Telus Partner Solutions
Kathleen Sendall Ivey Executive Program '90: Petro Canada - SVP of North American Gas
Barbara Stymiest HBA '78: RBC - COO

Entrepreneurs
Madeleine Paquin HBA '84: Logistec - President & CEO
Jessica Hill Ivey Executive Program '99: Ontario Ministry of Children and Youth Services - Deputy Minister (now Assistant Deputy Minister of Postsecondary Education Division in the Ministry of Training College and Universities)

 

2004 Winners

Corporate Executives
Sylvia Chrominska HBA '75: TD Bank Financial Group - EVP of Human Resources and Public, Corporate & Government Affairs
Lisa Colnett HBA '81: Celestica - SVP Human Resources (now SVP of HR and Corporate Services at Kinross)
Jill Denham HBA ?83: CIBC - Vice Chair, Retail Markets (no longer at this position)
Monique Leroux Ernst & Young '94: Desjardins - President and CEO of the Subsidiaries
Karen Radford TELUS '04: Telus - EVP and President, Telus Partner Solutions
Kathleen Sendall Ivey Executive Program '90: Petro Canada - SVP of North American Gas
Barbara Stymiest HBA '78: TSX Group - CEO (now COO of RBC)
Janet Yale TELUS '04: Telus - EVP Legal Government and Regulatory Affairs

Entrepreneurs
Madeleine Paquin HBA '84: Logistec - President & CEO

Public Sector - Ministries
Jessica Hill Ivey Executive Program '99: Ontario Ministry of Children and Youth Services - Deputy Minister (now Assistant Deputy Minister of Postsecondary Education Division in the Ministry of Training College and Universities)

 

2003 Winners

Corporations
Sylvia Chrominska HBA '75: TD Bank Financial Group - EVP of Human Resources (now also EVP of Public, Corporate & Government Affairs)
Jill Denham HBA '83: CIBC - Vice Chair, Retail Markets (no longer at this position)
Monique Leroux Ernst & Young '94: Desjardins - President and CEO of the Subsidiaries
Kathleen Sendall Ivey Executive Program '90: Petro Canada- SVP of North American Gas
Kathryn Vyse MBA '86: Brascan - SVP Investor Relations (now at Brookfield)

Entrepreneurs
Shannon Bowen-Smed Quantum Shift '04: Bowen - President & CEO
Madeleine Paquin HBA '84: Logistec - President & CEO

Trailblazers
Barbara Stymiest HBA '78: TSX Group - CEO (now COO of RBC)

 

For a full list of 2009 winners visit www.wxnetwork.com

Canada's Most Powerful Women: Top 100™ awards are given by The Women's Executive Network (WXN)™. Since 1997, WXN has expanded rapidly to meet the needs of the growing number of female managers and executives across Canada.
 

About the Richard Ivey School of Business

The Richard Ivey School of Business at The University of Western Ontario (www.ivey.ca) offers undergraduate (HBA) and graduate degree programs (MBA, Executive MBA and PhD) in addition to non-degree Executive Development programs. Ivey has campuses in London (Ontario), Toronto, and Hong Kong. Ivey recently redesigned its curriculum to focus on Cross-Enterprise Leadership - a holistic issues-based approach to management education that meets the demands of today's complex global business world.

 

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For more information, please contact:
Dawn Milne, Richard Ivey School of Business, 519-850-2536, dmilne@ivey.ca