Patti Perras Shugart, BCom, has been named in the Corporate Executive category of WXN's list of the 100 Most Powerful Women in Canada for 2015. Patti is Managing Director and Head, Corporate Banking and Global Credit, at RBC Capital Markets.
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Patti Perras Shugart (BCom) has left a managing directorship at CIBC World Markets to join RBC Dominion Securities. Patti has become known for her work with Women in Capital Markets, an organization dedicated to the professional development and advancement of women at all levels within Canada’s broad investment industry.
Published in: Winter 2009
Timothy Taylor, MBA, has published his eighth book, a novel called The Rule of Stephens (Doubleday). For more information, or to purchase a copy, visit timothytaylor.ca.
Published in: Summer 2018
David M. Tulett, PhD, Sc’75, has written an e-book on decision modeling. The book, Decision Modeling, can be downloaded for free from linney.mun.ca.
Published in: Summer 2018
Gordon Whittaker, BCom’86, joined Screen Nova Scotia in June 2022, where he is leading the organization’s film and television studio project—a more than $30-million initiative to build the first-ever purpose-built sound stage for the province’s growing screen-based industry.
Published in: Spring 2023
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Mike Brown (MBA) is currently attending Leicester University in the UK, reading law as a Senior Status Student. He plans to graduate in 2014.
Published in: Winter 2013
Tamara Vandersluis (BCom) has been appointed Vice President, Business Development, at PathQC Ltd., a private histology, cytology and molecular-pathology diagnostic laboratory located in Montreal.
Published in: Winter 2014
David Anderson, BCom’85, let us know that he has retired from Synnex Corporation as AVP of finance after a more than 25-year career. He and his wife plan to spend more time at their cottage in Muskoka, Ont., and intend to travel to some of their favourite spots in the world.
Published in: Spring 2024
Ronald W.J. Baird, BCom, died suddenly of pancreatic cancer on March 22. He is survived by his wife Alexandra (Hale); children Ronald and Nicholas; and siblings Fraser and Catherine.
Published in: Summer 2016
Ian Ball, BCom, has recently moved from Austin, TX, to Chicago, IL, where he is Head of Industry Sales at Google. His wife Carolyn is pursuing her Master’s in Counseling at Northwestern University, and kids Weston (14) and Tiana (10) are looking forward to their first real winter. Ian would enjoy hearing from old friends at itball62@gmail.com.
Published in: Winter 2016