Alumni Notes

Ed Martin, EMBA’14, has been named director of the Memorial Centre for Entrepreneurship at Memorial University in Newfoundland. Ed has a professional background in educational technology, television production and international development. Previously he was CEO of an education technology startup that was bought by Carnegie Learning.

On Top of the World Megan McDonald, MBA’14, goes mountain climbing to help soldiers and veterans. Sixty-five years ago, Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first to reach the top of Mount Everest. This past April, Megan McDonald headed to Everest, where she met Sir Edmund’s son, Peter Hillary — a two-time Everest conqueror himself. Megan works for True Patriot Love (TPL), a charity that supports Canadian military and veterans’ families. Her trip to Everest was part of a TPL expedition. The team included ill and injured soldiers and veterans, as well as business executives from across the country. Everest was a once-in-a-lifetime experience, Megan says. Led by Peter Hillary, the TPL team trekked to base camp on Mount Everest, then summited the 20,000-foot peak of Lobuche East, which sits near Mount Everest in Nepal. “It was beautiful and challenging, and I consider myself incredibly lucky to be the member of the team at True Patriot Love that leads the recruitment, fundraising and development of the expeditions,” Megan told us. Of course, it was all for a good cause. The Everest expedition raised $1 million, with funds going to help military families — everything from dealing with mental health and physical rehabilitation to transitioning back to civilian life.

Bhairav Mehta, EMBAA, joined Microsoft as the director of data science in the Azure operating system and security organization. He also continues to work at Erudition Inc., a company he founded in 2018, which offers training and consulting in cloud computing, big data, data science, machine learning and artificial intelligence.

Caroline Mierins, BCom’14 married Matthew Parrott, BCom’14, at the Boston Public Library on Oct. 15. Classmates Roslyn McLarty, BCom’14; Jacquline Paré, BCom’14; Andrew Dolinski, BCom’14; Chadwick Mitchell, BCom’14; Jonathan Valeriati, BCom'14, GDA’14; and Daniel Sampieri, BCom'14, GDA’14, were in the bridal party.

Bettina Pierre-Gilles, EMBA, member of the boards of Calgary Co-op and Exaltexx, has completed the Directors Education Program of the Institute of Corporate Directors. She is also in the process of launching the first utility-scale solar project in Alberta.