Karen Flavelle (BCom), President and CEO of Purdy’s Chocolates, is delighted that the company continues to thrive and move into new markets in Canada: 55 stores now in BC, Alberta and Ontario, with more expansion expected shortly in the Greater Toronto Area. Purdy’s was given the honour of being an official licensee for the Vancouver/Whistler 2010 Winter Olympics. With more than 100 years of chocolate-making history, and being a local, family-owned Canadian business, it was a good fit for the Olympic Committee. (Roger’s Chocolates in Victoria is sharing the boxed chocolate category.) Purdy’s eye-catching Olympic boxes are available now. It also pleased Karen that Purdy’s financial aid through Winrock International is really paying off for the cocoa farmers of Africa’s Côte D’Ivoire and their families. She plans a trip in the coming months to see, first-hand, the villages her company is supporting and the good work being done there.
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Douglas Flood (MBA) was appointed President of Poolmaster Inc. in July 2011 and moved to Sacramento, CA, in January. He and his wife Marg are enjoying Northern California and say “Hi” to all their friends. Email: dougflood1@aol.com
Published in: Summer 2012
Douglas Flood (MBA) was recently given a lifetime achievement award by the Board of Directors of the Canadian Sporting Goods Association. During his career, he served with the CSGA for 11 years – 1993-98 as vendor representative Board Director, 2001-02 as Chairman of the Board, and 2003-05 as Past Chairman. During his tenure, he was instrumental in directing many difficult but necessary changes and also charting the future direction of the organization. Douglas was recently the company’s unanimous choice for a Lifetime Achievement award, making him only the ninth winner of this honour.
Published in: Summer 2009
Linda (Lewis) Cochrane, MBA, ArtSci’77, and six other MBA’79 grads gathered for a September 2017 weekend at Redlands Ranch in Alberta, owned by Harold Roozen, to celebrate 40 years since they met on the first day of MBA class.
Published in: Winter 2018
Stephen Graham, BCom, was inducted into the Marketing Hall of Legends by the American Marketing Association. Stephen was cited as “one of Canada’s most awarded marketing and transformational business leaders, recognized for bringing passion, inspiration, game-changing innovation and a trademark sense of humanity to everything he does.”
Published in: Winter 2016
Sam Gudewill (MBA’79) did the classic “Great Queen’s Dad” thing and treated his son Spencer and some Comm’14 classmates to dinner while in Kingston for a visit that included speaking to a Commerce ethics class. Pictured (standing) are Luca Trisi (ON), Alex Dudelzak (AB), Sam Gudewill (BC), Gordie Matheson (ON), Ben Goharian (ON) and Graham Watt (ON); (kneeling) Roy Farrer (SK) and Spencer Gudewill (BC).
Published in: Summer 2012
Jim Keohane (MBA) is now President and CEO of the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP), for which he has worked since 1999, most recently as Senior Vice President, Investment Management, and Chief Investment Officer.
Published in: Winter 2012
Jim Kanaley (BCom) recently moved his family to Salt Lake City, where he is semi-retired but still working as a consultant and part-time ski instructor at Snowbird. This picture was taken in early December at his new “office.” Jim’s daughter Jamie is a sophomore at Brigham Young University and his son is a high school senior. Jim worked for 25 years in telecom and internet infrastructure, previously based in the NY/NJ area.
Published in: Spring 2009
Jim Keohane, MBA, has joined the board of directors at the Alberta Investment Management Corporation for a three-year term. Jim was president and CEO of the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan from 2011 until he retired in March 2020.
Published in: Fall 2021
Bob Murison (BCom) has family news. His daughter Lisa, a Queen’s Bandsie, graduated this spring with an Hon. BA, with distinction, and is now at Western doing a Master’s degree in Speech Pathology. Younger daughter Leanne finished her second PHE year at Queen’s, majoring in Developmental Studies, and is now in Scotland for her third-year studies on an international exchange. “Like their dad, they both love Queen’s,” Bob says.
Published in: Winter 2009