Jason Flowerday (EMBA), his wife Angela, and children Victoria (7), Thomas (4), and Julia (2), enjoyed a busy summer highlighted by a trip to the Finger Lakes region in New York State, where Jason completed a “Half-Ironman” distance triathlon in preparation for his big race – Ironman Wisconsin, featuring a 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bike ride and 26.2-mile run – which he completed in September. Victoria has yet to remove her wrist band from Great Wolf Lodge some eight months later and vows to keep it on until it is replaced with a new one on her 8th birthday in April. Anticipation is growing for the family’s first trip to Florida in March, where days will be split between triathlon training with several Kingston triathletes and family visits to Walt Disney World. The jury is out on which takes more preparation, but it promises to be a wonderful adventure for everyone, Jason reports.
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Ryan Garrah (MBAst) is pleased to announce his engagement to Kendra Newell (Artsci'00). Wedding plans are underway for June 2009.
Published in: Summer 2008
Sarah Grant, BCom’04, has relocated her family and home organization business, Be.neat Studio (beneatstudio.com) to Kelowna, B.C. “We are making the most of our new setting by exploring B.C., learning to golf and ski, meeting new neighbours (including local alumni), and hosting friends from out of town,” she says.
Published in: Fall 2022
Sarah Grant, BCom, let us know that she now owns and operates Be.neat Studio, a Greater Toronto Area home organization business. Sarah says that the entrepreneur chefs and designers she promoted while working in marketing for HGTV and the Food Network, and her own need to declutter and organize, inspired her to launch the business. She’s helping busy professionals navigate life transitions—babies, renos, moves and more—and maintain calm and order in their homes. Sarah lives in Toronto’s Beach neighbourhood with her husband and two sons, ages 6 and 8. beneatstudio.com
Published in: Fall 2021
Shane Holland (EMBA) in December was appointed CFO of SunSelect Produce Limited Partnership, one of North America’s largest producers of greenhouse vegetables, based in Aldergrove, B.C. Previously, he was CFO of Fortius Sport & Health, an athlete development centre in Burnaby, after having served as the Director of Value-in-Kind and Sponsorship Revenue for the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games.
Published in: Summer 2014
Simona Ioffe (BCom) married Jonah Ackerman (BCom’04, Carleton) on May 24, 2009, at the Har Zion Hotel in Jerusalem, Israel, surrounded by the walls of the old city, their families and wonderful friends. Classmate Allison Moore flew in from Calgary, where she is currently the Marketing Specialist at the Glenbow Museum, while fellow BCom’04 Leilei Li came from Paris, where she was completing her MBA in Luxury Brand Management at ESSEC Business School before moving to Beijing to accept a position with Louis Vuitton. Post-wedding, Allison joined the couple and their families for a tour of the ‘land of milk and honey.’ Simona is currently Manager, Web Content, with Public Works and Government Services Canada, managing the Information Technology Services Branch web team and presence and “leveraging 2.0 tools for the greater government good.”
Published in: Spring 2010
Mike Leonard, BCom, is now Plant Leader, Large Motors, at General Electric. The facility produces massive electric motors (up to 120,000 hp), synchronous condensers, generators and other rotating machines that serve clients in the oil and gas, mining and industrial sectors. Mike currently lives near Peterborough with his wife and two children.
Published in: Winter 2016
Leilei Li ( BCom) is currently enrolled at ESSEC School of Business in France, completing a one-year MBA in International Luxury Brand Management.
Published in: Spring 2009
Peter Linkletter (EMBA) is honoured to be included on RealComm’s “Top 35 People to Watch in 2008” list. Peter is a cancer survivor and devotes time and energy to the cause as a Board member of the Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation. This includes leadership roles in a street party in Ottawa and the planning and development of the Richard and Anita Bloch Cancer Survivors Park in Ottawa, which will open later this year. Peter also serves on the Board of the Real Property Institute of Canada and was recently elected to the Board of the Open Standards Consortium for Real Estate Americas. Currently a Senior Project Director at Public Works and Government Services Canada, he is also a retired rock and roll musician. He combines his passions for music and giving back to the community as a member of the Twentieth Century Boys, a band that plays exclusively to support a variety of charities.
Published in: Summer 2008
Malissa (Lundgren) Petch, BCom, has had an exciting, and busy, couple of years. In spring 2018, she took on a new executive role as senior vice-president, risk and audit at Ontario Lottery and Gaming. She and Christopher Perch welcomed their son, Bryan, several months later, and in June 2019 Malissa and Christopher were married.
Published in: Winter 2020