UTAA Council of Presidents
About the Council of Presidents
The Council of Presidents (COP) comprises the presidents of constituent alumni associations, the UTAA board of directors and the alumni governors of the Governing Council. The Council is chaired by the President of the UTAA and meets two times per year at meetings convened by the Alumni Relations Office and the UTAA.
These gatherings provide an orientation to the workings of the University of Toronto through professional development, dissemination of information and the communication of best practices. These meetings also offer Council members the opportunity to build peer-to-peer networks and to informally share their experiences with fellow alumni volunteer leaders.
Alumni Associations and groups represented on the 2023 - 24 Council of Presidents
African Alumni Association - Henry Ssali, President and Ismail Kibirige, CFO
Alumni Association of Trinity College - Shannon Garden-Smith, Chair and Rachel Shaw-Ng, Vice-Chair
Biomedical Communications (BMC) Alumni Association - Susan Le, Co-President and Wendy Gu, Co-President
Dentistry Alumni Association - Dr. Natoosha N. Nargaski, President
Emmanuel College Alumni Association - Deb Walker, President
Engineering Alumni Network - Liane Catalfo, President
Faculty of Information Alumni Association - Manda Vrkljan, President
Faculty of Music - Maria Topalovich, President
Forestry Alumni Association (FAA) - Ritikaa Gupta, President
Kendo Alumni Network (UTKAN) - Tomas Flecker, Contact
Kinesiology and Physical Education (KPE) Alumni Network - Tom Babits, President
Law Alumni Association - Mark Surchin, President
Masters of Economics Alumni Association - Jiyoung Park, Joint Contact
Master of Financial Economics Alumni Association - Lindsay Scott, President and Sandy Mackay, Contact
Massey College Alumni Association - Alexandra Sorin, President
Mbiotech Alumni Association - Leigh Revers, Contact
Munk School: Master of Global Affairs Alumni Association - Darcy Drury, President and Sole Fernandez, Contact
New College Alumni Council - Chan Leung, Alumni Ambassador
Nutritional Science Alumni Association - Ashleigh Wiggins, President
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) Alumni Association - Nikoletta Papadopoulos, President
Phys. Ed - T-Holders Alumni Association (FPEH) - Jennifer Button, President
Planning Alumni Committee (PAC) - Sean Lee, Chair
Sociology Alumni Association - Joan London, Joint Contact
Speech-Language Pathology Alumni Association - Talia Wolkin, President
St. Michael’s College Alumni Association - Maria Gallo, Interim President
U of T Chinese Alumni Association - Kitty Sun, President
U of T Scarborough Alumni Association (UTSCAA) - Melanie Ratnam, President
U of T Scarborough Black Alumni Network - Chevon Riley, President
U of T Scarborough Management Alumni Association - Sabrina Fanelli, President
U of T Scarborough Geography and City Studies Alumni Network - Da Chen, President
UTAA (Hong Kong) - Porcia Leung, President
U of T Black Alumni Association - Derrick Raphael, Co-Chair and Baliqis Hashiru, Co-Chair
UTM Alumni Association - Fatima Ul-Haq, President
Victoria College Alumni Association - Vito Labate, Co-President and Diana Lawrence, Co-President
Woodsworth College Alumni Association - Sofiya Datsyuk, President and Dr. Huda Henry-Riyad, Vice-President