{"id":2857,"date":"2018-10-15T16:24:01","date_gmt":"2018-10-15T20:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/?post_type=cu_people&#038;p=2857"},"modified":"2026-04-13T16:08:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T20:08:26","slug":"2857","status":"publish","type":"cu_people","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/people\/2857\/","title":{"rendered":"Anne-Marie DeSouza"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 pb-5 after:w-10 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n                    \n             \n                \n            <\/h1>\n\n    \n    <\/header>\n\n\n\n<p>Anne-Marie DeSouza is the new head of corporate communications for Vecima Networks, a mid-cap Canadian telecommunications company trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange. In this position, Anne-Marie manages all external communications from Vecima\u2019s corporate office, including those dealing with investor relations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anne-Marie came to the political management program after more than 20 years in sales, marketing, and communications, and with 10 years of experience on political campaigns. She credits the MPM program for sharpening her skills in critical analysis and strategic communications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe MPM program at Carleton was a politics enthusiast\u2019s dream come true,\u201d said Anne-Marie. \u201cNot only did I have plenty of opportunities to immerse myself in the workings of federal politics, the academic grounding helped me develop a political acumen that has served me well in the corporate world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last Revision: Oct. 15, 2018<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2858,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"cu_people_first_name":"Anne Marie","cu_people_last_name":"DeSouza","cu_people_initials":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_people_type":[34,51],"cu_people_expertise":[],"class_list":["post-2857","cu_people","type-cu_people","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","cu_people_type-alumni","cu_people_type-alumni-graduated-2014-2018"],"acf":{"cu_people_job_title":"Head of Corporate Communications, Vecima Networks","cu_people_degree":"MPM\/16","cu_building":false,"cu_people_office_num":"","cu_people_pronoun":"none","cu_people_designation":"","cu_people_email":"","cu_people_phone":"","cu_people_phone_ext":"","cu_people_linkedin":"","cu_people_bluesky":"","cu_people_twitter":"","cu_people_instagram":"","cu_people_facebook":"","cu_people_website":"","cu_people_orcid":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/2857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cu_people"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/2857\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2882,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/2857\/revisions\/2882"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_people_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people_type?post=2857"},{"taxonomy":"cu_people_expertise","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicalmanagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people_expertise?post=2857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}