Board of Directors

As per the General and Vocational Colleges Act, Vanier College is governed by a Board of Directors. Our Board is composed of 19 volunteers stemming from different sectors within the broad higher education community. Depending on their seat, Board members are elected or named for a one, two or three year term.

Vanier's Board meetings are held Tuesday evenings, about eight times a year.  

Board members

  • Haig Basmajian, Chair, Career Program Graduate
  • Andrew Mackay, Interim Director General (Ex-Officio)
  • Sandrina Joseph, Academic Dean (Ex-Officio)
  • Regine Alende Tshombokongo, Socio Economic
  • Anne Whitelaw, University
  • Anna Sanalitro, School Board
  • Nadia Gioia, Labour Market Partners
  • Lydia Cappelli,  Socio Economic Members
  • Cindy Ho, Business Community
  • Sophia Kajla, Business Community
  • Daniel Seguin, Pre-University Graduate
  • Saïd Sadouk, Parent
  • Anne Martyn, Career Program Student
  • Mehtab Jawanda, Pre-University Student
  • Sevak Manjikian, Faculty
  • Mark Cohen, Faculty
  • Aishwarya Nair, Non-Teaching Professional
  • Reuven Brody, Support Personnel
  • Vacant, Parent

Executive Committee

  • Andrew Mackay, Chair
  • Haig Basmajian
  • Sevak Manjikian
  • Aishwarya Nair
  • Mehtab Jawanda
  • Lydia Cappelli
  • Vacant

Vanier employees looking for motion templates should visit the Corporate Affairs SharePoint site (accessible to Vanier employees only).