IAA’s New Executive Team

admin — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 18:08:33 +0000

The new executive team for the IAA had its first meeting recently. Here is a breakdown of the new team:

President – Alex Nguyen
Alex started with INROADS in 2004 and has completed internships with
the Aerospace Finance team at CIT financial and the Investment Banking group at RBC Capital Markets. He is a currently a manager on the Strategy & Corporate Development team at FirstService Corporation. Prior to joining FirstService, Alex
worked as an analyst at Teachers’ Private Capital. Alex holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from the Schulich
School of Business, and is also a CFA charterholder.

Director of Alumni Development – Richard Chang
Richard D. Chang graduated from Queen’s in 2007 with a degree in Cognitive Science. He interned in 2005 with CIT Financial, and then in 2006 with TD Bank Financial Group. Since graduation, he has been working as a Consultant with IBM Global Business Services. He believes that the Inroads Alumni Association can provide for its alumni what Inroads provided for us as interns: opportunities for career advancement, networking, volunteer work, and relevant skills training and experience. This will be his main focus for the year.

Director of Community Relations – Chivon John (Returning)
Chivon John graduated from York University with an Honours Degree in Information Technology in 2004. From 2002-2003 she interned with INROADS at the Bank of Nova Scotia in project management roles. She presently works at TELUS as a Program Manager since 2005. Chivon was motivated to join the executive committee of the IAA because of the positive impact that INROADS has in her career and in the community. She is excited to be a returning executive member and looks forward to reconnecting with the talented alumni network and sharing her passion for community engagement.

Director of Marketing and Public Relations – Anton Katipunan (Returning)
Anton returns to the Board after having spent his first year helping the IAA establish itself and building its website. Anton graduated from the Schulich School of Business with a concentration in Finance and currently works as a Senior Analyst in the Investments group at RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust. Anton was an INROADS intern from 2004-2006, completing internships with Liberty Insurance.

Director of Networking and Communications – Colin Lynch (Returning)
Colin Lynch is currently an M.B.A. student at Harvard Business School. He previously spent two years as an Analyst at Morgan Stanley’s investment bank in Toronto. Prior to that, he was an intern at Monitor Group, a management consulting firm. Colin was an INROADS intern from 2004-2005 holding an internship at Procter & Gamble’s Iams pet food division in 2004 and in Logistics Management in 2005. Colin was awarded a B.Com. in Finance and Economics and a B.A. in History from Queen’s University in 2007.

Director of External Relations – Jasmi Shah
Jasmi holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the Schulich School of Business, York University. Her work experience includes working for Credit Suisse as an Investment Banker and with InCode Wireless and Deloitte as a Management Consultant. Her internships with INROADS include Procter and Gamble and RBC Capital Markets. In her spare time, Jasmi enjoys traveling, playing sports and working with the charitable sector.

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Executive Profile – Shane Heywood

admin — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 01:05:47 +0000

Every few weeks inroadsalumni.org will present a brief questionnaire with a member of the Executive Team. You will have an opportunity to gain some insight on how each member became involved, and we hope you will find the inspiration to share in our passion for the betterment of the visible minority community.

I started on the INROADS/Toronto Alumni Association (IAA) after being elected in the summer of 2008. The reason why I joined the IAA was because I wanted to have a high-impact role that would allow me to give back to an organization that has had such a fundamental impact on my career and personal progress.

My current role on the IAA is President, where I am responsible for leading a team of committed individuals in supporting INROADS/Toronto, its alumni, interns and corporate sponsors.

Thus far, we have been able to have a community outreach event at the Yonge Street Mission, and have an upcoming networking/website launch event for alumni. In addition, we have identified a vision, mission and objectives for the IAA, instituted different roles on the executive committee and put into place different tools for reaching out to the alumni and the greater community.

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IAA’s New Executive Team

Executive Profile – Shane Heywood