Dragon Lessons

Ron Stenzl, BCom, sold his interest in
Leeds Transit and retired in 2014, after nearly 30 years helping to build one of

Craig Rosario, BCom, married Robert Peterson on March 12 in Rancho Mirage, CA. Craig and Robert live in Victoria, B.C., with their dogs Brandy and Lily.
Pictured from Left: Steve Farragher, Dave Jones, Janice Farrell Jones, Charles Conroy (all BCom'97); Katy Church (ArtSci '97); Craig Rosario, Kamini McLellan, Lloyd McLellan, Jeff Norton and Chris McClement (all BCom'97), with Jennifer and Emily Church.

Lisa Orr, BCom, recently completed her Queen’s AMBA and is living in Toronto with her husband and three children. In 2013, she launched Orr Etiquette, which provides consulting and training services in etiquette and protocol for businesses, universities, schools and private clients. She is also a blogger for the Huffington Post Canada and the etiquette expert for CTV’s The Social, shown on set, centre, with the show’s hosts. orretiquette.com

Robert T. Arnoth, EMBA, and Karen Sargent, MBA’98, took a week this past winter to ride a Harley down to Key West, travelling one of the top ten motorcycle routes in the U.S. Aside from some record-breaking, torrential downpours, it was a wonderful ride. A highlight was cruising down the Overseas Highway riding alongside dolphins in the waters below.

David Forsayeth, Michael Wallace and Ruston Martin, all BCom and friends through both high school and university, have remained close since their Queen’s graduation. Now married and living and working in the Toronto area, the three recently got together to celebrate the arrival of the first child — a son — of David and his wife, Erin, BNSc’08

Pictured from Left: Michael Wallace (with Emmett), Ruston Martin (with Isaiah) and David Forsayeth (with Luke).

Simon Pek, BCom, MIB’11, and two of his fellow Queen’s alumni, Adam Cronkright, ArtSci’09, and Jeffrey Kennedy, ArtSci’10, recently launched an internationally collaborative non-profit organization called Democracy In Practice, which is dedicated to democratic innovation, experimentation and capacity-building. The organization seeks to develop and experiment with progressive approaches to governance that are more representative and inclusive, and that lead to more effective decision-making.

Makarand Deshpande, CQEMBA, passed the Financial Planning Standards Council’s (FPSC) Level 1 exam and is in the process of completing his Certified Financial Planner (CFP) designation. In addition, Makarand earned his Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU) credential, one of the most prestigious designations in the financial planning industry.

Heather Hawks, BCom, GDA’10, has joined RE/MAX Hallmark Realty as a residential real estate agent specializing in the fast-paced Toronto market. With her background in finance, she brings a unique combination of economic insight and professionalism to this new venture.

Chander Sharma, CQEMBA, in 2013 launched BizXL Solutions Inc., a company specializing in strategy-design, enterprise risk management and the improvement of business performance. This year the company expanded, bringing its end-to-end advisory services to U.S. markets.

Kevin Dong, MFIN, accepted a finance manager role at VersaCold Corporation on April 8, his 8th wedding anniversary, after working at Kimberly-Clark for 18 months.

Johnny Chen and Wenting Gao, both MIB, were married in an intimate ceremony at Goodes Hall on April 30, followed by a second ceremony in Xi’an, China, in May. The pair, who met during their time at Smith, currently lives in the Napanee area.

Amarachi Miller, MMA, recently joined Xaxis, the programmatic arm of WPP, a British multinational advertising and public relations company. He is the Manager of Data Strategy and Product Marketing for the Americas, responsible for “evangelizing the world's largest data-management platform, Turbine.”