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Our People
Behind the Institute for Research on Public Policy is a staff of 20+ individuals based at the IRPP headquarters in Montreal and beyond, and a Board of Directors from coast to coast to coast.

Leadership

Jennifer Ditchburn
President and Chief Executive Officer
Suzanne Ostiguy McIntyre
Vice-President, Operations
Rachel Samson
Vice-President, Research
Les Perreaux
Editor-in-chief, Policy Options
Charles Breton
Executive Director, Centre of Excellence on the Canadian Federation
Cléa Desjardins
Director of Communications

Our Staff

Guadalupe Bermejo
Comptroller
Ricardo Bonjean Montrose
Communications Officer
Ricardo Chejfec
Lead Data Analyst
Cathy Ciavaglia
Executive Assistant to the President
Patrick Déry
Deputy Editor (French), Policy Options
Frances Doria
Strategic Partnerships Lead
Ji Yoon Han
Research Associate, Centre of Excellence on the Canadian Federation
Abigail Jackson
Research Associate
Julian Karaguesian
Research Director
Silas Krabbe
Emerging Policy Scholar
Chantal Létourneau
Production and Layout Coordinator
Judy Manny
Lead Events Planner
Kathryn May
Accenture Fellow on the Future of the Public Service
Natalia Mishagina
Research Director
Luc Barter Moulaison
Digital Engagement Officer
Zakaria Nadir
Research Associate
Evangeline Sadler
Deputy Editor, Policy Options
Rosanna Tamburri
Senior Writer & Editor (English)
Étienne Tremblay
Editorial Coordinator (French)
Shaimaa Yassin
Research Director

Board of Directors

A. Anne McLellan
Chair, Edmonton, Alberta
Ian Brodie
Calgary, Alberta
Jean Charest
Montreal, Quebec
Jennifer Ditchburn
President and Chief Executive Officer
Cassie Doyle
Vancouver, British Columbia
Haley Flaro
Fredericton, New Brunswick
Alex Marland
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Virginia Mearns
Iqaluit, Nunavut
Gary Merasty
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Nancy Olewiler
Vancouver, British Columbia
Elizabeth Roscoe
Ottawa, Ontario
Christopher Sands
Washington, D.C.
Tamara A. Small
Guelph, Ontario
James (Jason) Stewart
Toronto, Ontario
Martine St-Victor
Montreal, Quebec
Ali Suleman
Toronto, Ontario
Ray Williams
Oakville, Ontario

RESEARCH FELLOWS

Don Drummond
Louise Levonian
Debra Thompson
Jennifer Robson