CIFAR Staff

President's Office

Dr. Chaviva Hošek
President and CEO and
Lawson Foundation Fellow
chosek@cifar.ca
Tel: (416) 971-4255

Gail Martin
Executive Assistant to the President
gmartin@cifar.ca
Tel: (416) 971-4255

Sally-Anne Hrica
Administrative Assistant
shrica@cifar.ca
Tel: (416) 971-4251

Programs & Research

Dr. Pekka Sinervo
Senior Vice-President, Research
psinervo@cifar.ca
Tel: (416) 971-4884

Dr. Melvin Silverman
Vice-President, Research
msilverman@cifar.ca
Tel: (416) 971-4181

Dr. Penelope Codding
Associate Vice-President, Research
(based in Victoria, BC)
pcodding@cifar.ca
Tel: (250) 721-7157

Dr. Sue Schenk
Director, Programs & Information Systems
sschenk@cifar.ca
Tel: (416) 971-4252

Elizabeth Gerrits
Director, Programs & Research Services
egerrits@cifar.ca
Tel: (416) 971-4253

Paula Driedger
Programs & Information Officer
pdriedger@cifar.ca
Tel: (416) 971-4156

Michael Hunter
Research Officer
mhunter@cifar.ca
Tel: (416) 971-4887

Susan Leclaire
Programs & Meetings Management Officer
sleclaire@cifar.ca
Tel: (416) 971-6937

Andrea Sipek
Programs & Research Services Officer
asipek@cifar.ca
Tel: (416) 971-4254

Lori Dunn
Event and Meeting Co-ordinator, Programs & Advancement
ldunn@cifar.ca
Tel: (416) 971-4880

Sharon Hainey
Programs Department Co-ordinator
shainey@cifar.ca
Tel: (416) 971-4881

Advancement & Communications

Kara M. Spence
Vice-President, Advancement & Communications
kspence@cifar.ca
Tel: (416) 971-4439

Patchen Barss
Director, Communications and Media Relations
pbarss@cifar.ca
Tel: (416) 971-4152

Kara Palleschi
Director, Advancement and Capital Campaign
kpalleschi@cifar.ca
Tel: (416) 971-4453

Adam Stewart
Senior Advancement Officer
astewart@cifar.ca
Tel: (416) 971-4878

Sofia Ramirez
Communications Officer
sramirez@cifar.ca
Tel: (416) 971-4145

Dana Stanescu
Public Events Officer
dstanescu@cifar.ca
Tel:  (416) 971-4888

Stefanie Crispino
Senior Advancement Officer
scrispino@cifar.ca
Tel: (416) 971-4257

Ana Paula D'Avila
Advancement Researcher
adavila@cifar.ca
Tel: (416) 971-4257

Raissa M. Espiritu
Advancement Officer
respiritu@cifar.ca
Tel:  (416) 971-4876

Tracy Ollivierre
Administrative & Events Coordinator
tollivierre@cifar.ca
Tel:  (416) 971-4450

Finance

Heather Gordon
Vice-President, Finance
hgordon@cifar.ca
Tel: (416) 971-5066

Kathy Zhang
Controller
kzhang@cifar.ca
Tel: (416) 971-4218

Sally-Anne Hrica
Administrative Assistant
shrica@cifar.ca
Tel: (416) 971-4251

Abigail de los Santos
Administrative Co-ordinator
adelossantos@cifar.ca
Tel: (416) 971-4883

Jenna Scott
Accounting Clerk
jscott@cifar.ca
Tel: (416) 971-6214