Our 2024-2025 Team
Board of Directors:

  • Rowan Pratt

    they/she

    President
    president@engiqueers.ca

    NS

  • Jessica Thiede

    she/her

    Vice-President
    vicepresident@engiqueers.ca

    BC

  • Trestan Elsea

    she/he/they

    National Councillor
    nationalcouncillor@engiqueers.ca

    ON

  • Ian Sheng

    he/him

    Finance Director
    finance@engiqueers.ca

    ON

  • Huda Nirmal

    she/her

    Western Regional Director
    western@engiqueers.ca

    AB

  • Ayesha Dassanayake

    they/she

    Ontario Regional Director
    ontario@enqiqueers.ca

    ON

  • Marie-Anne Dessureault

    she/they

    Quebec Regional Director
    quebec@engiqueers.ca

    QC

  • Quinn Stanley

    they/them

    Atlantic Regional Director
    atlantic@engiqueers.ca

    NS

  • Vanessa Raponi, P.Eng.

    she/her

    Founder
    vanessa@engiqueers.ca

    McMaster Engineering Alum
    ON

  • Alexander Dow

    he/him

    Co-Founder
    dow@engiqueers.ca

    McGill Engineering Alum
    ON

Officers:

  • Siena Ianni-Palarchio

    she/her

    Advocacy Officer
    advocacy@engiqueers.ca

    ON

  • Charles Koshman

    they/them

    Events Officer
    events@engiqueers.ca

    ON

  • Sarah Moran

    she/her

    Marketing Officer
    marketing@engiqueers.ca

    ON

  • Madison Hartley

    they/she

    Services Officer
    services@engiqueers.ca

    ON

Commissioners:

  • Zahira Bakr

    they/she/any

    Tech Commissioner

    ON

  • Jenny Breau

    she/they

    Ontario Regional Commissioner

    ON

  • Jacques Massicotte

    they/she

    Quebec Regional Commissioner

    QC

  • Indya Michaud

    she/her

    Atlantic Regional Commissioner

    NB

  • Kristina Wilson

    she/her

    Pride Events Commissioner

    ON

Past Executive Members

2017-2018 (Founding)

Vanessa Raponi - she/her - Founder & President

Alexander Dow - he/him - Co-Founder & Vice-President

Madeline Sialtsis - she/her - Executive Director

Broderic Clement-Thorne - he/him - Executive Director

Julia Reinstein - she/her - Executive Director

Lindsay Glofcheskie - they/them - Executive Director

Brandon Otto - he/him - Executive Director

2018-2019

Madeline Sialtsis - she/her - President

Broderic Clement-Thorne - he/him - Vice-President

Trent Chappus - he/him - Executive Director

Alexandre Wood-Seems - he/him - Atlantic Regional Director

Antoine Beiten - he/him - Québec Regional Director

Matthew Lawrence - he/him - Ontario Regional Director

Emily Abelseth - she/her - Western Regional Director

Vanessa Raponi - she/her - National Councillor

Alexander Dow - he/him - National Councillor

2019-2020

Emily Abelseth - she/her - President

Trent Chappus - he/him - Vice-President

Madeline Sialtsis - she/her - National Councillor

Broderic Clement-Thorne - he/him - National Councillor

Megan Green - she/her - Ontario Regional Director

Alexandre Wood-Seems - he/him - Atlantic Regional Director

Rhys Herzberg - he/him, they/them - Western Regional Director

Caroline Deluce - she/her - Executive Director

Trestan Elsea - she/her, he/him, they/them - Executive Director

2020-2021

Caroline Deluce - they/them - President

Trestan Elsea - she/her, he/him, they/them - Vice-President

Jayton McCracken - he/him - Ontario Regional Director

Rhys Herzberg - he/him, they/them - Western Regional Director

Nat MacLeod - they/them - Atlantic Regional Director

Jia Xin (Karen) Li - she/her - Quebec Regional Director

Dilsha Appu-Hennadi - she/her - Executive Director

Carmen Overton - she/her - Executive Director

Sophia Nguyen - she/her - Executive Director

2021-2022

Trestan Elsea - she/her, he/him, they/them - President

Dilsha Appu-Hennadi - she/her, they/them - Vice-President

Jayden - he/him, they/them - Ontario Regional Director

Mackenzie Savoy - he/him - Atlantic Regional Director

Christian Richards - Finance Officer

Emily Barnes - she/her - Services Officer

2022-2023

Trestan Elsea - she/her, he/him, they/them - President

Samarth Bardwaj - they/them - Vice-President

Simran Gill - she/her - Western Regional Director

Eeman Asif - she/her - Ontario Regional Director

Sabrina - she/her, they/them - Quebec Regional Director

Christian Richards - Finance Officer

Emily Barnes - she/her - Services Officer

2023-2024

Emily Barnes - she/her - President

Moon Bhuiyan - they/them - Vice-President

Dilsha Appu-Hennadi - she/they - National Councillor

Jessica Thiede - she/her - Western Regional Director

Zahira Bakr - they/she - Ontario Regional Director

Audrey Leblanc - she/her - Quebec Regional Director

Rowan Pratt - they/she - Atlantic Regional Director

Nat Marilley-Bodner - he/him - Finance Officer