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Juggy Sihota
EMBA'05Senior Vice President, TELUS Health
When Juggy Sihota, EMBA'05, enrolled in the Executive MBA program at Smith, she had just been promoted to director role. Juggling both was a significant challenge, but certainly not the only one she’s had to overcome. Here, the now Senior Vice President at TELUS Health shares her story.
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Roxane Ducasse
MBA'16Senior Consultant, Digital & Efficiency Transformation Office, Walmart Canada
Roxane Ducasse, MBA'16, went from working in government to Walmart’s leadership program. Here, the now senior consultant in Walmart's Digital and Efficiency Transformation Office, shares how she used an MBA to pull off her pivot.
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Carolyn Rogers
EMBA'02Senior Deputy Governor, Bank of Canada
Carolyn Rogers, EMBA'02, was appointed senior deputy governor of the Bank of Canada in 2021, joining another high-profile Queen’s alumnus, the bank’s governor, Tiff Macklem, Artsci’83. Here, she answers some of our alternative resumé questions— from her first job, to what she’s reading, to the best advice she ever got.
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Kristi Soomer
AMBA'09Founder & CEO, Encircled
Kristi Soomer, AMBA'09, showed a keen interest in sustainability and fashion from an early age, but it wasn’t until she was well into her career, working as a management consultant, that a broken suitcase led her to launch Encircled, a versatile clothing brand that’s good for the planet, and society, too.
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Michele Romanow
MBA’08, BSc(Eng’07)Chairman & CEO, Clearco
Dragon on Dragons' Den
One of CBC-TV’s Dragons in the Den, Michele Romanow, MBA’08, BSc(Eng’07), cut her entrepreneurial teeth at Smith and Queen’s. Michele is often recognized and asked for advice about new venture ideas from people in the street and in the seat beside her on airplanes. Her most frequent advice is to get started.
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Gayathri Shukla
EMBA’19Founder, Campfire Kinship
Almost one in four people in Canada are immigrants. What's it like being a newcomer in a foreign land? How do immigrants reconcile their new home from their old one? Gayathri Shukla, EMBA’19, reflects on what it means to be a newcomer through her story and that of others
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Lesley-Anne Scorgie
AMBA’12Founder & Wealth Coach, MeVest
Senior Strategist, TELUS
As a bestselling author of books like Rich By Thirty, newspaper columnist, professional speaker and business owner based in Toronto, Lesley-Anne Scorgie, AMBA’12, is determined to demystify the road to riches for the masses—provided they’re willing to put in the work.
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Diana Matheson
EMBA’23Founder, Northern Super League
CEO, Project 8 Sports Inc.
Soccer superstar Diana Matheson, EMBA’23, and her classmate Thomas Gilbert, EMBA’23, Artsci’15, are igniting a new era of professional women’s sport in Canada with their startup Project 8 and the launch of Canada's Northern Super League.
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Chloe O’Brien
MBA'20Manager, Deloitte
The career path of Chloe O’Brien, MBA'20, has been anything but ordinary. But her varied experiences prepared her well for her current role at Deloitte, where she is fusing business acumen with her art and design background to deliver human-centric solutions for complex problems.
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