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 2025 - 26 Council of Presidents
Alumni Association of Trinity College - Maria Vanta, President
Biomedical Communications (BMC) Alumni Association - Emily Tjan, Co-President and Xinyi Li, Co-President
Dalla Lana School of Public Health AA (PHAA) - Jennifer Mary Bell, Co-Chair and Taylor Martin, Co-Chair
Divinity Alumni Association - Rev. Dr. Mary-Cate Garden, President
Emmanuel College Alumni Association - Deb Walker, President
Engineering Alumni Network - Ines Fernandez, President
Faculty of Information Alumni Association - Al Stanton-Hagan, President
Forestry Alumni Association (FAA) - Ritikaa Gupta, President
Kinesiology and Physical Education (KPE) Alumni Association - Tom Babits, President
Law Alumni Association - Mark Surchin, President
Massey College Alumni Association - Marc Desormeaux, President and Tanya D'Anger, Vice-President
Master of Financial Economics Alumni Association - Martina Irinkov, President and Nadine St. Pierre, Chair
MD Alumni Council (Temerty) - Catherine Zahn, Chair
Munk School: Master of Global Affairs Alumni Association - Giancarlo Alexander Da-Re, President and Sole Fernandez, Contact
New College Alumni Council - Chan Leung, Alumni Ambassador
Nutritional Science Alumni Association (Temerty) - Dr. Chuck Chen, President
Occupational Therapy Alumni Council (Temerty) - Sabrina Chagani, Chair
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) Alumni Association - Jacqueline Karsemeyer, President and Ken Nakamura and Monica Gutierrez, Vice-Presidents
Phys. Ed - T-Holders Alumni Association (FPEH) - Jennifer Button, President
Physical Therapy Alumni Council (Temerty) - Sharon Gabison, Chair
Planning Alumni Committee (PAC) - Sean Lee, Chair
Public Policy Alumni Network - Christian Avendano, President
SAFE Committee (Institute of Medica Science) (Temerty) - Samantha Anthony, Chair
Sociology Alumni Association - Joan London and Ione Williams, Joint Contacts
Soldiers’ Tower Committee - Peter MacLaurin, Chair
Speech-Language Pathology Alumni Association (Temerty) - Faiza Ali, Co-President and Michelle Simmons, Co-President
St. Michael’s College Alumni Association - Matthew McGuire, President
U of T African Alumni Association - Henry Ssali, President
U of T Black Alumni Association - Derrick Raphael, Co-Chair and Baliqis Hashiru, Co-Chair
U of T Chinese Alumni Association - Kitty Sun, President
UTAA (Hong Kong) - Porcia Leung, President
U of T Kendo Alumni Network (UTKAN) - Tomas Flecker, Contact and Naim Ghany, Contact
UTM Alumni Association - Teo Salgado, President
U of T Muslim Alumni Association - Alya Mohmood, Co-Chair and Reem Draz, Co-Chair
U of T Scarborough Alumni Association (UTSCAA) - Melanie Ratnam, President
U of T Scarborough Black Alumni Network - Chevon Riley, President
U of T Scarborough Geography and City Studies Alumni Network - Da Chen, President
Victoria College Alumni Association - Diana Lawrence, President
Woodsworth College Alumni Association - Maina Rambali, President and Colleen Leung and Michael Gibson, Vice-Presidents
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