Project Owner

Tony Frost, Chief Communications Officer and Associate Vice-President (Communications and Public Affairs)

Role:

  • Provide project leadership; ensure project aligns with president’s mandate and university’s strategic goals; act as bridge between executives, unit teams and project team; champion recommendations for institutional decisions; lead implementation

Project Partner

Duane McNair, Vice-President (People, Finance and Operations)

Role:

  • Overall leadership of the university’s shared services restructuring process
  • Provide expertise, support action and help align people and processes to the project’s goals; work with project teams to execute change management plans and activities; act as change champion; lead post-implementation review

Working Team

  • Alysha A. Cunningham, Director, Communications
  • Christina Flavell, Director, Marketing and Brand
  • Scott Gonsalves, Director, External Affairs & Commercialization (Sprott)
  • Josh Greenberg, Associate Dean, Research and Graduate (FPGA)
  • Alastair Mullin, Chief of Staff & Director of Government Relations
  • Jamie Rodger, Assistant Director, Digital Strategy
  • Hillary Rose, Director, Advancement Communications and Alumni Engagement
  • Jamie Sutherland, Manager, Marketing and Brand Development Recreation and Athletics
  • Nick Ward, Manager, Strategic Communications (FASS)

Role:

  • Support data collection, analysis and interpretation
  • Identify insights
  • Validate findings
  • Co-develop recommendations

Project Facilitation and Transformation Team

  • Nancy Arnold, Director, Office of Quality Initiatives
  • Laura Kelly, Senior Quality Advisor, Office of Quality Initiatives
  • Debbie Orme-Rego, Director, Staffing & Labour Relations, Professional Services

Role:

  • Manage discovery process, including planning and facilitating engagement sessions, timelines
  • Identify risks, barriers, opportunities and solutions related to people, processes and organizational culture
  • Provide guidance on the integration of HR initiatives and continuous improvement
  • Support the design and implement of change manage plans
  • Act as champions and liaisons