Royal College Leadership Team
M. Ian Bowmer, MDCM, FRCPC, FRCP, FCAHS, FACP(hon), FRCPI(hon)
Chief Executive Officer (interim)
Office of the Chief Executive Officer
Joanne Arsenault, MPA
Governance Unit
Emily Joyce, LLB, LLM
Legal Unit
Jessica Hertzog-Grenier, MBA, BIB
Director, Communications, Marketing and Translation
Tanya Horsley, PhD, MBA
Associate Director, Research and Principal Scientist
Office of Indigenous Health
Sherry Sandy
Director, Indigenous Health
Office of Standards and Assessment
The Office of Standards and Assessment plays a leadership role in ensuring the highest quality of postgraduate specialist medical education in Canada. It focuses on promoting and maintaining Canadian standards in specialty medicine from residency through to retirement.
Glen Bandiera MD, FRCPC, BASc (Engin.) MEd
Executive Director, Specialty Education
Sarah Taber, MHA/MGSS
Managing Director, Standards and Assessment
J. Damon Dagnone, MD, FRCPC
Director, Standards and Accreditation
André St-Pierre, MBA
Director, Assessment and certification
Farhan Bhanji, MD, MSc (Ed), FRCPC
Associate Director, Assessment Strategy
Sean Gehring, MBA
Associate Director, Examinations
Tara Phillips, MHA
Associate Director, Accreditation
Office of Learning and Connecting
The Office of Learning and Connecting works with stakeholders to develop the long-term strategies, resources and innovative culture necessary to be responsive and supportive to our members’ professional development journey from certification to retirement.
Guylaine Lefebvre, MD, FRCSC, FACOG
Executive Director, Membership Engagement and Programs
Rhonda St. Croix, MBA, PCC, CMA
Managing Director, Learning and Connecting
Steven Bellemare, MD, FRCPC
Director, Member Experience and External Relations
Lyn K. Sonnenberg, MD, FRCPC
Director, Learning
Office of People Services and Organizational Development
PSOD is responsible for ensuring that we have robust and sustainable policies and practices with a commitment of developing, energizing, inspiring and valuing our employees to meet current and future organizational needs.
Melissa Beckette-Batchellor
Executive Director, People and Inclusion
Office of Corporate Services
The Office of Corporate Services supports our members, volunteers and staff by managing the work of the following units: finance, facilities management, information management and technology, corporate planning and event management planning.
Tim Julien, MBA, CPA, CA, ICD.D
Executive Director, Corporate Services, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer
Ingeborg Hatch, MA, PMP
Associate Director, Planning and Operational Excellence
Mark Humphries
Director, Information Technology Services
Office of International Collaboration
The Office of International Collaboration serves the global medical education community in system transformation, network establishment and capacity building through the promotion and dissemination of the Royal College’s knowledge, experience and core offerings.
Craig Ceppetelli, MBA
Executive Director, International Collaboration
