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.
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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
Karen Macartney (BCom) and Alex Oettl (BCom’02, MSc'04) celebrated their wedding on May 30 in Karen's picturesque hometown of Shelburne, Vermont, with friends from far and wide, and especially from Queen’s! The bridal party was full of Queen's alumni. Jennifer Krentz, Gillian Owens, Claire Woodruff (all BCom'04) and Kristi (Tupholme) Ellenzweig (BCom'03) were bridesmaids. Robert Mellema (BCom'02), Jonathan Ellenzweig (BCom’02) and Nital Jethalal (BCom'03) were groomsmen. Karen and Alex were also lucky enough to have Amelia Agrawal (daughter of former QSB professor Ajay Agrawal) as their flower girl. They currently reside in Toronto, but will be moving to Atlanta, GA, in September after Alex completes his PhD at Rotman School of Business. He will be starting as an Assistant Professor of Strategic Management at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Karen, currently Brand Manager at Kraft Canada, is looking forward to exploring new job opportunities in Atlanta.
Published in: Summer 2009
Kam Moud, MSc, was promoted to Head of Enterprise-Wide Risk Architecture and Reporting at AIG early this year. In this position, Kam works closely with the firm’s CROs and senior risk officers, as well as the information-technology team, to devise risk analytics and reporting infrastructure covering financial and insurance risk analytics across AIG’s Investments, Commercial Insurance and Consumer Insurance business units globally.
Published in: Summer 2016