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So many people, from different walks of life and different parts of New America and the World, make up the Team and support structure at BWI - Interns, Staff, Volunteers, Students, Visitors, Clients, Patrons, Residents, Award Recipients, Alumni... Here is a partial list of those involved:
WINSTON GEORGE TANNIS, LLB/JD, LLD -Founding Chair, Executive Director and Counsel - Lebanese-Phoenician-Canadian-New American and Architect of the New America Doctrine
NEWEST TEAM MEMBERS - 2023-24 ADDITIONS & Re-Instated:
SAM JOSE - General & Technical Aid to Chair
SAMUEL NIYONKURU - General & Technical Aid to Chair
SERGE YORO - General & Special Project Aid to Chair
SHAKIB MAHAMUD - General Research & Tech Aid, ADR Intern (On Leave, On Call)
HELLEN AUMA MUSA - General Administrative Aid
YVONNE WAGIO WANJIRUv- General Administrative Aid
SANDRINE SANA - General Counsel
LACHLAN MCCONNELL - Security & General Aid-Advisor
HANA AACH - General Aid, Research, Operations, Communications
RAYANNE CHEMSI - General Research & Tech Aid
KEVIN NIERENHAUSEN - Senior Patron & Executive Advisor & Intervenor
SAIF MAHAMUD - General & Tech Aid, ADR Intern (Suspended, On Call)
HAJRIT ALI - General Aid
KENOLD MESIDOR - Senior Advisor / In House Counsellor
JOE ALGER - Advisor / Aid< Property Maintenance
YUQING ZHANG - Senior Administrator & Researcher
ALELIGN DEMMELASH - General Research Aid to Chair
MARK JOWETT
BRUNO CARLONE
RANDEEP SINGH
MAKSYM SLOMINSKY
SHAN VENOGOPA
VARUN GUPTA
SCOTT CHLOPAN - Patron Supporter
RAOUF OMAR - Patron Supporter, Special Events
YUKING ZHANG - Patron / Volunteer Contributing Analyst & Senior Aid
YINGFEI XU - Patron / Volunteer Assistant
ALEX RODRIGUEZ - Patron Tech Aid & Advisor
LUCILLE BLAIS - Patron Aid & Advisor
EMMANUELLE ROY, (C.Eng.Cand) - Former Research Assistant and Intern, On Leave
SHANMUGARAJA VENUGOPA - (MSc Cand), Technical Research Assistant and Intern
MAKSYM SLONIMSKY, (MSc) - Data Recovery Specialiast, Researcher
DEJANAY ASHUZA, Junior Business & Admin Intern, Entrepreneurship (On Leave)
MARYAM CHURNLEIGH, Former General Aid & Database Management
ISMAIL ACHIR, Former General Aid & Junior Intern
ROXANNE JOLIE, Patron Supporter and Beacon Soirees Attendee- General Senior Aid
VARUN GUPTA, (MEng, RE, Insurance & Mutual Fund Agent / Broker) - Technical, Economic& Research Assistant
MARK JOWETT, (MSc) - Senior Mediation and ADR Consult and Residence Co-Director
ALEX RODRIGUEZ - Honorary Tech Advisor and Patron - Canada and Philippines
RANDEEP SINGH (MA Mathematics) - General Research Assistance Patron, Security Assistance
LUCILLE BLAIS - Cleaning and Property Maintenance Assistance - General Supporter & Patron
RAOUF OMAR, (MA) - Patron, Strategic Partner and Co-Host of The Beacon Soirees / Dinners at Jericho Restaurant & Gallery in The Glebe, Ottawa, Canada (jerichorestaurant.com)
FATHER PEDRO, Former In House Theocratic Aid, Researcher & Advisor
RUI FERNANDES, (B. Mech. Eng., MSc) Supply Chain Mgt, Former Diplomatic / Trade Senior Aid / Advisor
JAMES MCARTHUR, Biochemist - Property Management Aid & Advisor
YASSINE MRISS, (B.Com, MBA Cand.), Intern Business / Economics Analyst (on temporary leave due to delinquency and probation)
AYOUB MEGROUD - Former Junior Intern with a focus on Middle Eastern / North African Affairs
YOUSSEF MEGROUD - Senior Patron and Analytics Contributor with Focus on Canada-Middle East Affairs
MOHAMMAD ALI AHMADPOOR JADEHKENARY - Patron Analytics Contributor
BRUNO CARLONE - Senior Aid and Supervisor of Operations, Security Aid
JOSEPH GERMAIN DUVAL - Senior Renovation and Property Management Contractor / Patron
NICK DEWIT - Senior Renovation & Property Management Contractor, Beacon Residences, Galleries & Institute
SONGDA LI, (BA Mathematics Cand.), Junior International Affairs Intern / Aid
FAY XU - China-New America Analytics Contributor
BESTUN FAZIL - General Aid, Property Management & Security
SHAKIB MAHAMUD, (MEng Cand. Comp. Eng.) - General Research Aid
DERI POCOCK - Former Administrative and Research Support, & Patron - UK and Turkey
PAUL JEFFREY MARTIN - BWI Ambassador - Mentally Challenged Persons Specialist
PAUL FIFEN, (MA International Development) - Former Senior Research Advisor
STEFAN MOFFAT, (MA) - Former Senior Research Assistant
LOUISE DEMERS - Former Executive Assistant, Lifetime Honorary Executive & Patron Aid
SIERRA HARTT - Former Full Time Executive Assistant and Researcher
DHRUHI SHAH - Former Volunteer Advisor on Harassment and Social Work Matters
FOUZIA LACHI - Former Executive Assistant and Reserach Aid
ANGIE LUETH, BA Health Cand., Former Researcher
WANI MBENE, DANIELLE MOULSON - Former Executive Assistant to the Chair
JEANETTE FREELAND - Former Operations and Administrative Aid - Canada and Australia
LESLIE IBOUILLY, (LLM, MA) - Former Law & Policy Intern and Researcher
DANIEL MOULSEN - Former Executive Assistant and Researcher
ANKAJ SAINI, (MEng Cand) - Former General Assistant and Intern
SIMRAN TYAL, (Civil Eng.), Former Researcher & Watch Groups Team Member
HADI BAZIH, Property Mgt Specialist, Former Assistant Property Manager
TONY MATHEW, Masters Mech. Eng. Cand., Former Research & Watch Group Team member
MANSI SOJITRA, Former Business Student
HERLY PAMPHILE, Former Researcher
HITENDRA SUTAR, Former Contruction Management Specialist
Of the Global Affairs & General Analytics Watch Teams - FAll 2019-WINTER 2020
ROSE OGONNA OKWELUME, (MBA) - Former Deputy Secretary General & Former Executive Aid To Chair
ZUNA KAREEM, (C.A.) - Former Accounts and Research Senior Aid and Intern
SUNY JACOB, (MA) - Former Patron, Strategic Partner and Advisor
FOUZIA LACHI, (Electronics Major), Former Assistant & Research - Algeria
SILVIA VICTORIA YANEZ, (MA), Translator & Interpreter, Former Patron, Independent Contractor
PERRY SINGH (C.A. Candidate) - Economic Research Assistant and Intern - Indo-Canadian-New American
HAZHIR GHASEMNEZHAD (PhD Candidate) - Former Intern and Technical Advisor
MIGUEL DIAZ - Former Law and Politics Student - Spain
MARK MONCiON (Business Owner) - Patron and Property Maintenance Advisor
WILFRIED ADON - Former Business Planning and Administration Intern - Cote D'Ivoire
JAMIE SUN - Former International Relations Intern - China-North America Project - Chinese-Canadian, New American
NAYARA GLEI DE SOUZA - Former Design Intern - Brazil
KRISHNA SURESHKUMAR (B. Eng Candidate) - Former Patron and Technical Advisor
DR. ABDUL RAHMAN GHONEIN (Dentist, & M.A. Candidate) - Former Research and Correspondence Contributor - Egypt and Canada
ARUPJYOTI NATH (MSc Candidate) - Former Intern and Technical Advisor
SAM PEPPER - Former Administration and Property Management Intern - Canada
HILDA DEVOS - BWI Goodwill Ambassador and Advisor on 2018 Outreach Companionship Campaign - SW Ontario
DR. FRANCES PIERANTONI - Former Health, Fitness & Welfare Advisor and Senior Intern, and BWI Fitness & Health Ambassador
JOSHUA CLATNEY - Former Junior Law & Policy Intern and BWI Goodwill Ambassador on Addiction Reform and Mental Healthfulness
LAEL MIKWETE - Former Junior Human Rights Intern and Junior BWI Ambassador for Human Rights & Development - London & Ottawa Ontario, and Democratic Republic of Congo
MAHARAJ BOUCHER - Former Aboriginal and First Nations Consult & BWI Ambassador, Financial Accounts Management
ANNE LOUISA MAKOHA, (B.Comm), Business Aid, Researcher,
JOY AMADI - BWI Ambassador, Africa
LE MINH PHUC - Former BWI Junior Ambassador and Volunteer Junior Researcher, Vietnam & Canada
SOME FAMOUS PATRONS
The Honorouble Senator Gerald Beaudoin
Financial Advisor Karem Nesrallah (now deceased)
Harvard Law Graduate Monique Watson
Professor Anne Laubstein
Former Concordia U Senator Scott Chlopan
Advocate John Lawford (and in memory of his father Professor Emeritus Hugh Lawford)
Professor May Marks
Dr. Manon Bolliger & Tony Joyce
Mrs. Margaret Finlayson (and in memory of her husband Barrister and Solicitor Don Finlayson)
ALUMNI
Sierra Smith Hartt - Intern and Senior Executive Assistant to Chair
Louise Demers - Administrative and Research Assistance
Trevor Tyo - Intern - Audio Production and Historical Research
Paul Cairns - Intern and Student - Environmental Development and Business Studies
Ahmad Elbakary - Intern and Tech Support
Trudi Meffen - Accounting and Operations Support
Lucille Monica Blais - Administrative and Operations Support
Alina Proenza - Administrative Assistance
Stanley Adinnu - Nigerian Correspondent
Diane Brunet - Administrative Assistance
Kathleen De Oliveira - Administrative and Operations Assistance
Carol Brunet - Administrative and Accounting Assistance
Eric Macintosh - Marketing and Communications
Shane Marshall - Operations Assistance
Krystal David - Administrative and Research Aid
John Fenton - General Assistance to Chair
Mark Harrison - Operations Assistance
Paul Gareau - Operations Assistance
Crystal Preston - Administrative Assistance
Luc St. Jacques - Operations Assistance
Fouzia Lachi - Administrative & Research Assistance
Nathan Joose - Research Intern
Leslie Ibouilly, LLM - Legal & Policy Research Assistant
VISITORS AND RESIDENTS
Maria Helena Pacellli - Canada, Italy
Lisa Martini - France
Joey Mercier - Canada, First Nations
Olivia Kwik - Canada, Indonesia
Jordan Squire - Canada
Johanna Mechler - Germany
Lukas Obermeier - Germany
Christian Luna - Ecuador
Dhruhi Shaw - Alberta, Kenya, India
Lefora Williams - Germany
David Marsland - Canada
Sebastien Nogril - France, Reunion Island
Peter Afeltra - Canada, Italy
Claire Li - Canada, Toronto, China
Former Premier Eva Arreak - Canada, Nunavut
Daniel Cho - Canada, Toronto, Hong Kong
Sidrah Rahman - Canada, Pakistan
Candice Farmer Canada
Amy, Valerie and Melissa Demers - Canada, Metis, Armenia
Serene and Tina Spence - Canada, Algonquin
Avinash Isaac - Canada, Sri Lanka
Andriy Rogachov - Canada, Saskatchewan, Ukraine
Amal Chelhi - Canada, Egypt
Tina Dong - Canada, China
Jaber Alanazi - Kuwait
April and Garett Hope - Canada
Frank and George Vania - USA
Charlie Lazaro - Canada
Mark Dai (M.A. in Translation) - China
Lisa Plante - Canada
Aidan Meltzer (B.Eng Candidate) - Montreal, Canada
Lael Mikwete - London, Ontario & DRC (Congo)
Nozomi Ohara - Japan
Mathew Chong - Toronto, Canada
Piotr Kruc - Ukraine
Jack Hurst - Ontario, Canada
Cristiano Moreira (PhD Candidate) - Brazil
FRIENDS AND SUPPORTERS
Suzanna Natbony - Lawyer, CEO
Don Cunningham - Economist
George Haddad - Trade Executive
Ian McKercher - Author
Joey Mercier - Business Entrepreneur
Kateryna Kharytska - Model
Nick Patterson - High Tech Executive
Rod and Mike Abbas - Business Owner-Operators
Tim Murphy - Business Executive & Philanthropist
Natalie Khoriaty - Musician
Paul Rourque - Real Estate Executive
Dr. Serge Fauchon - Optometrist
David Pottinger - Mutual Fund Executive
Mark Watson - International Business Executive
Michaela Dustefano Lafantasie, MD, PhD
Jieyi Rong - Engineer
Kurt Carter - Business Consultant and Investor
Susan Tataryn - Tax Lawyer
Swati Chadha - Business Entrepreneur
Viki Ball - Print Production Executive and Entrepreneur
Tina Rae Saikaley - Health Food Entrepreneur
Dr. Paul Wheatley-Price - Medical Oncologist
Daphne Pocock - Author
Hassan Malak - Business Operator
Paul Boudreau - Insurance Executive
Scott Chlopan - Professor and Former University Senator
Victor Nesrallah - Musician
Dr. Ting Ting Zhang - Chinese-Canadian Naturopath
Cathy Lively - Real Estate Broker, Former Dancer
Jennifer Aniston - Actress, Producer
Sheryl Crow - Singer-Songwriter
