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Andrew Hungerford (BCom) married Stephanie Biela on July 17, 2010, in Vancouver, where they have lived since returning to Canada. Among the many Commerce alumni who came from far and wide to celebrate the wedding were Chris Farkas, Kenny Grewal, Vineet Mitera, Akash Kapoor, Bobby Karabatsos, Allison Knudsen, Heather Lielmanis, Jim Dennis and Jason Gould. There were many Queen’s alumni among the extended family that day, as well, notably Andrew’s siblings—Geordie (Sc’94), Michael (Artsci’94) and Janie—and great-aunt Dr. Monica Murdoch (Arts’47, MA’52). Andrew has a real estate company called Hungerford Properties with his brother Michael and father George. They recently launched a real estate private equity fund that focuses on refurbishing and redeveloping properties in Western Canada.
Published in: Summer 2011
Julie (Anderson) Jones (BCom) and husband Mike (BA'94), are proud to announce the birth of their son Benjamin on May 16. Julie, Mike and Ben are currently residing in Ottawa.
Published in: Summer 2009
Bobby Karabatsos (BCom) passed away at his home in Toronto surrounded by family on April 12. He is survived by his wife Nia, son Nikolas, parents Nikolaos and Georgia Karabatsos, sister Maria (Dimitrios) Saratsiotis, and was predeceased by his daughter Angelica .
Published in: Summer 2012
John Knoch (EMBA) has been appointed CFO of the City of Red Deer, AB. He previously served 22 years in executive healthcare roles in Saskatchewan, BC, and Alberta. John also served as an instructor with Red Deer College’s Nursing degree program.
Published in: Summer 2012
Keagan and Caite Law
Angie Law (MBA) and Jim Valentine welcomed Caite to their family on May 18 in Toronto. Although she spent a few months in hospital due to respiratory issues, Caite is now healthy, happy and completely enamoured of her big brother Keagan ... and the feeling is mutual! Angie can be found on Facebook.
Published in: Spring 2009

Dong Lee, BCom’96, became the CEO of the business automation, process engineering and software solutions organization Axiom Innovations in February.

Published in: Spring 2024
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Ted Graham, MBA, has joined General Motors as the Head of Open Innovation, responsible for finding partners to help solve important issues related to personal mobility, with solutions that include sharing models and autonomous vehicles. His book, The Uber of Everything, co-authored with Paul Barter, was due out at the end of 2016.  
Published in: Winter 2017
Joshua Orzech (BCom) and wife Andrea celebrated the birth of Spencer David Maxwell on March 10. While it's a bit early for preadmission, Spencer enjoyed his first tour of Queen's during this year's MiniU and Spring Reunion. Josh continues to serve as Public Relations Director at Direct Energy in Toronto.
Published in: Summer 2009
Lynda Pedley
Lynda Pedley (EMBA) has departed the Federal Public Service after 34 years of dedication in order to pursue her passion for leadership coaching, personal fitness training and lifestyle consulting. She had been an executive since 1999, specializing in three domains in several different government departments: Internal Audit, Information Technology and, most recently, in Leadership Development, where she built the coaching program for the Federal Public Service. Lynda is looking forward to exploring new terrain after a well-deserved retreat in sunny Mexico.
Published in: Spring 2009
Eric Wong (BCom) relocated to Singapore from Hong Kong in September 2009. He’s now working as Managing Director of Asia Pacific for Agilysys Hospitality Solutions and looking forward, he writes, to connecting with Commies in Asia.
Published in: Winter 2011