Meet the Team
Provost and Vice-President
Gage Averill
Provost and Vice-President, Academic, UBC Vancouver
604.822.4948
provost.vpa@ubc.ca
Jackie Hallet
Executive Assistant to the Provost and Manager, Administrative Support
604.827.4072
jackie.hallet@ubc.ca
Norysca Desouza
Executive Assistant to the Provost and Manager, Office
604.822.1261
norysca.desouza@ubc.ca
Naznin Virji-Babul
Senior Advisor to the Provost, Women and Gender-Diverse Faculty
604.827.4966
naznin.virji-babul@ubc.ca
Indigenous Engagement
Joely Viveiros
Acting Director, First Nations House of Learning
joely.viveiros@ubc.ca
Tricia Logan
Interim Academic Director, Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre
tricia.logan@ubc.ca
Kristin Kozar
Interim Executive Director, Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre
604.822.0885
kristin.kozar@ubc.ca
Allison Grimwood
Interim Associate Director, Office of Indigenous Strategic Initiatives
allison.grimwood@ubc.ca
Academic Affairs
Moura Quayle
Vice-Provost and Associate Vice-President Academic Affairs
604.822.2392
moura.quayle@ubc.ca
Selina Fast
Executive Assistant to the Vice-Provost and Associate VP Academic Affairs
604.822.5611
selina.fast@ubc.ca
Paul Harrison
Principal, UBC Emeritus College
604-827-6359
office@emerituscollege.ubc.ca
Faculty Planning
Bhushan Gopaluni
Vice-Provost and Associate Vice-President, Faculty Planning
604.822.4544
avp.fp@ubc.ca
Kate Carr
Executive Assistant to the Vice-Provost and Associate Vice-President Faculty Planning
604.822.1288
kate.carr@ubc.ca
Teresa Syrnyk
Director, Facilities Planning
604.827.5682
teresa.syrnyk@ubc.ca
Teaching and Learning
Christina Hendricks
Vice-Provost and Associate Vice-President, Teaching and Learning, pro tem
604.822.9164
christina.hendricks@ubc.ca
Barbara Macedo
Executive Assistant, VPA
604.822.8834
b.macedo@ubc.ca
Elisa Baniassad
Acting Academic Director, Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology
elisa.baniassad@ubc.ca
Joanne Fox
Principal, UBC Vantage College
604.827.0339
joanne.fox@ubc.ca
Larry Bouthillier
Executive Director, UBC Extended Learning
604 992 8810
larry.bouthillier@ubc.ca
Academic Initiatives
David Shorthouse
Executive Director, Academic Initiatives
604.827.4932
david.shorthouse@ubc.ca
Aaron Posehn
Executive Coordinator
604-822-9343
aaron.posehn@ubc.ca
Lucy Li
Associate Director, Strategic Implementation
604.822.4064
lucy.li@ubc.ca
Debbie Hart
Senior Manager, Strategic Projects
604.827.3570
debbie.hart@ubc.ca
Alison Stuart-Crump
Senior Manager, Strategic Projects
604.827.3498
alison.stuart-crump@ubc.ca
Ainsley Rouse
Academic Integrity Senior Manager
ainsley.rouse@ubc.ca
Jared Taylor
Academic Integrity Program Manager
jared.taylor@ubc.ca
Finance
Jenny Lum
Director, Finance
604.822.8305
jenny.lum@ubc.ca
Billy Jong
Associate Director, Finance
604.822.2124
billy.jong@ubc.ca
Cindy Ng
Senior Finance Manager
778.938.9058
Cindy.ng@ubc.ca
Ivy Yu
Senior Financial Analyst
604.822.6411
ivy.yu@ubc.ca
Jessica Hou
Strategic Funds Project Analyst
604.827.1877
jessica.hou@ubc.ca
Communications
Julia Mitchell
Director, Communications and Marketing
604.822.3340
julia.mitchell@ubc.ca
Breeonne Baxter
Senior Manager, Communications and Marketing
604.827.0015
breeonne.baxter@ubc.ca
Human Resources
Patrizia Todaro
Director, Human Resources, President’s Office, VP Academic, VP Research & Innovation and VP Health
604.822.9889
patrizia.todaro@ubc.ca
Laura Lockyer-Cotter
Senior Manager, Human Resources, President’s Office, VP Academic, VP Research & Innovation and VP Health
604.822.1410
laura.lockyer-cotter@ubc.ca
Catalina Hunt
Human Resources Manager
604.822.8687
catalina.hunt@ubc.ca
Jessica Zanette
Human Resources Manager
604.822.0078
jessica.zanette@ubc.ca
Claudia Chan
Human Resources Coordinator
604-822-8687
claudia.st.chan@ubc.ca
Daljeet Meet
Human Resources Coordinator
daljeet.meet@ubc.ca
International
Cheryl Dumaresq
Managing Director, Office of the Vice-Provost International | Go Global
604.822.9613
cheryl.dumaresq@ubc.ca
Emily MacDougall
Director, Global Partnerships
604.827.2692
emily.macdougall@ubc.ca
Wendy Kang
Associate Director, Go Global: International Learning Programs
604.822.6110
wendy.kang@ubc.ca
Henry Yu
Principal, St. John's College
604.822.8799
henry.yu@ubc.ca
Strategy and Decision Support
Lesley Charter-Smith
Director
604.827.4786
lesley.charter-smith@ubc.ca
Sophia Redmond
Associate Director
604.827.2746
sophia.redmond@ubc.ca
Arash Abbassi
Senior Consultant
604.822.6517
arash.abbassi@ubc.ca
Jocelyn Chen
Senior Consultant, Strategic Initiatives
604.822.0420
jocelyn.chen@ubc.ca
Joseph Ferguson
Senior Consultant
604.827.0350
joseph.ferguson@ubc.ca
Chaitanya Saxena
Consultant
chaitanya.saxena@ubc.ca