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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

Dena Abtahi
Research associate
Nathália Bendezú
Strategic Partnership Lead
Guadalupe Bermejo
Comptroller
Ricardo Bonjean Montrose
Communications Officer
Ricardo Chejfec
Research Director
Cathy Ciavaglia
Executive Assistant to the President
Blair Elliott
Event coordinator
Jiaxin Gu
Intern
Abigail Jackson
Research Associate
Elyssa Khoury
Digital editor and outreach lead
Steve Lafleur
Research Director
Valérie Lapointe
Associate Director, Centre of Excellence on the Canadian Federation
Chantal Létourneau
Production and Layout Coordinator
Kathryn May
Accenture Fellow on the Future of the Public Service
Kathy Noël
Deputy Editor, Policy Options
Valentin Pautonnier
Intern
Evangeline Sadler
Deputy Editor, Policy Options
Étienne Tremblay
Editorial Coordinator (French)
Shaimaa Yassin
Senior Research Director

Board of Directors

Elizabeth Roscoe
Chair, Ottawa, Ontario
Ian Brodie
Calgary, Alberta
Jean Charest
Montreal, Quebec
Janice Charette
On leave
Jennifer Ditchburn
President and Chief Executive Officer
Cassie Doyle
Vancouver, British Columbia
Ed Fast
Abbotsford, British Columbia
Haley Flaro
Fredericton, New Brunswick
Jed Johns
Edmonton, Alberta
David Lametti
Montreal, Quebec
Alex Marland
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Virginia Mearns
Iqaluit, Nunavut
Christopher Sands
Washington, D.C.
Tamara A. Small
On leave
James (Jason) Stewart
Toronto, Ontario
Martine St-Victor
Montreal, Quebec
Ali Suleman
Toronto, Ontario
Ray Williams
Oakville, Ontario

RESEARCH ADVISORS AND FELLOWS

Kurtis Boyer
Alphonsine Lafond – Tom Molloy Fellow; Assistant professor of public policy, University of Saskatchewan
Louise Levonian
Research Advisor; Chair of the Better Evidence Council, Blueprint
Debra Thompson
Research Advisor; Associate professor of political science, McGill University

VISITING SCHOLAR

Jennifer Robson
Visiting Scholar; Associate professor of political management, Carleton University