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Meet our team

Our caring staff members and leadership volunteers are dedicated to our mission and the ALS community.

General contact information

Email

info@sla-quebec.ca

Phone

514 725-2653

Toll-free in Quebec

1 877 725-7725

Claudine Cook

Executive Director

c. ccook@sla-quebec.ca
t. 514 725-2653, ext. 101

Valérie Mantes

Executive Assistant

c. vmantes@sla-quebec.ca
t. 514 725-2653, ext. 106

Karim Rabbouhi

Operations & Special Projects Lead

c. info@sla-quebec.ca
t. 514 725-2653, ext. 120

Maude Vachon

Administration Coordinator

c. mvachon@sla-quebec.ca
t. 514 725-2653, ext. 105

Philanthropic and Fund Development

Lauren Donnelly

Director of Development, Major gifts and Planned Giving

c. ldonnelly@sla-quebec.ca
t. 514 725-2653, ext. 116

Elsa Girard

Community Engagement and Volunteer Coordinator

c. egirard@sla-quebec.ca
t. 514 725-2653, ext. 107

Arianne L’Archevêque

Events Agent

c. alarcheveque@sla-quebec.ca
t. 514 725-2653, ext. 121

Joanie Gaudreault

Fundraising Events Manager

c. jgaudreault@sla-quebec.ca
t. 514 725-2653, ext. 110

Victoria Novak

Events Agent

c. vnovak@sla-quebec.ca
t. 514 725-2653, ext. 113

Communications

  • For all media inquiries, please email media@sla-quebec.ca or call 514-725-2653, extension 108.

Anaïs Le Bourdon

Marketing & Communications Director

c. alebourdon@sla-quebec.ca
t. 514 725-2653, ext. 108

Paul Jr. Naider

Digital Content and Social Media Specialist

c. pnaider@sla-quebec.ca
t. 514 725-2653, ext. 117

Simone Dupré

Communications Agent – Visual and Multimedia Content Creation

c. sdupre@sla-quebec.ca

Emilie Orlhac

Communications Lead

c. eorlhac@sla-quebec.ca
t. 514 725-2653, ext. 118

Charlotte Collette

Communications Coordinator

c. ccollette@sla-quebec.ca
t. 514 725-2653, ext. 119

Programs and Services

Véronique Pignatelli

Director of Programs and Support Services

c. vpignatelli@sla-quebec.ca
t. 514 725-2653, ext. 104

Leigh Stephens

Educational Services and Resources Manager

c. lstephens@sla-quebec.ca
t. 514 725-2653, ext. 102

Kate Busch

Programs and Services Coordinator


c. kbusch@sla-quebec.ca
t. 514 725-2653, ext. 109

Claudia Diaz

Support Counsellor

c. cdiaz@sla-quebec.ca
t. 514 725-2653, ext. 111

Laurence Tawel

Counsellor, Reception and Orientation

c. ltawel@sla-quebec.ca
t. 514 725-2653, ext. 115

Ady Proper

Support Counsellor

c. aproper@sla-quebec.ca
t. 514 725-2653, ext. 114

Geneviève Gladu

Support Counsellor

c. ggladu@sla-quebec.ca
t. 514 725-2653, ext. 112

Executive Committee

Susan Kennerknecht

Chair
Former caregiver

Tanya Luttrell

Vice-Chair
Senior Consultant, SISMIK Culture d’impact

André Besner

Vice-Chair and Secretary
Vice-Chair, Quality and Continuous improvement, Trans Canada Forest Products, former caregiver

Daniel Lussier

Treasurer
General Manager, Groupe Bellus Construction Inc., former caregiver

Administrators

Dr. Jean-Pierre Canuel

Retired Physician
Person affected with ALS, ambassador (Quebec region)

Isabel Cyr

Director of Strategic Partnerships and Public Affairs
ABB Motion Canada, former caregiver

Vincent Gagné

Senior Director, Government Relations
TELUS

Ann-Marie Léporé

Occupational therapist

Johanne Héroux

Public Relations and Communications consultant

Norman Maclsaac

Social Activist and Author
Person affected with ALS, ambassador (Montreal)

Dr. Alec Cooper

Retired physician
Person affected with ALS, ambassador

Dr. Richard Robitaille, Ph.D.

Full Professor
Department of Neuroscience, Université de Montréal

Nicolas Therrien, CFA, M.Sc.

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