Leadership & Staff

SILVIA PENCAK
President
concierge@wbecanada.ca

Silvia oversees WBE Canada Team, Corporate Member Relations, Partnerships and is the public voice of the organization. Silvia is also an ex-officio member of the WBE Canada Board of Directors and all the Committees.

MICHELLE BIANCHI
VP, Operations & Finance
mbianchi@wbecanada.ca

Michelle oversees operations, finance, certification & recertification processes at WBE Canada to ensure efficient and effective management at WBE Canada. Michelle is also an ex-officio member of Supplier Advisory Committee.

MICHELLE SPEZOWKA
Sponsorships & Corporate Outreach
mspezowka@wbecanada.ca | sponsorship@wbecanada.ca

Michelle S. oversees sponsorships and corporate outreach at WBE Canada. Michelle works closely with the President and VP, Operations & Finance to ensure that WBE Canada events and programs are well supported.

JENNIFER POPOWYCZ
Certification Manager
jpopowycz@wbecanada.ca

Jennifer is responsible for certification and recertification processing and oversees WBE Canada’s database. Her role is to ensure that only eligible businesses receive WBE Canada certification stamp. Jennifer is an ex-officio member of Certification Committee.

JUDY CARSWELL
Communications Manager
jcarswell@wbecanada.ca

Judy is in charge of communications at WBE Canada. She oversees all internal and external communications to ensure consistency and engagement. She oversees preparation of all the reports, media releases, articles, newsletters and more.

NICOLE STOFFMAN
Marketing Manager
nstoffman@wbecanada.ca

Nicole oversees marketing and social media at WBE Canada ensuring that our community and public are informed about events and opportunities. Nicole also supports team with French communication.

ALEXANDRA (ALEX) ONDOVA
Executive Assistant to President
concierge@wbecanada.ca

Alex is the Executive Assistant to President, managing calendar scheduling requests, interview requests, event invitations and more. She also oversees majority of WBE Canada’s technology platforms.

Learn more about WBE Canada here

Testimonials

Lisa W. Haydon is the President of Pivotal Coaching, and a new WBE who attended the WBE Conference for the first time this year. She talks about how impressed she was with the WBE Conference and WBE certification so far.

“Being part of the community and the access to large corporate buyers has been fantastic,” Lisa said. “They’ve been accessible, open, and given great perspective that might have taken me several months to figure out. Great conversations, great connections and super helpful to growing my business.”

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