new vice-president external relations is a dynamic advocate
(may 18 " thunder bay, on)
lakehead university is pleased to introduce deb comuzzi as its new vice-president, external relations.
in her new role, comuzzi will focus on five areas: alumni relations, community relations and government relations, as well as advancement and communications.
"as vp external relations, comuzzi will use her impressive competencies in strategic management, philanthropy, volunteer growth and development, and staff performance management to strengthen lakehead and to reach out to our alumni," says dr. brian stevenson, president of 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 . "she has a rare ability to navigate complex issues and be responsive to stakeholder groups."
a master strategist and passionate advocate for young people, comuzzi is currently president and ceo of the children's health foundation in london, ontario. she begins her new role in august, and will be responsible for philanthropic and outreach initiatives to the university's many donors and partners.
comuzzi was raised in thunder bay and returns to her hometown with more than 30 years of senior management experience at major canadian not-for-profit organizations. she started her career at 16, teaching swimming to children at the ymca.
since then, she has held such high-level positions as national executive director of the sunshine foundation of canada, and director " planning, development and field operations with the canadian cancer society.
while at london's children's health foundation, comuzzi and her team of volunteers and staff raised more than $48 million for the london children's hospital and children's health research institute. other career highlights include negotiating the merger of the children's health research institute with the lawson health research institute, and dramatically enlarging the sunshine foundation's volunteer chapter base.
comuzzi says her first priority is the 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 . "they are at the heart of what we do."
president brian stevenson is looking forward to working with deb comuzzi
to shape lakehead's future
also high on her list will be a visit to lakehead's orillia campus, to get to know the staff, faculty and wider community there, in order to begin to build constructive partnerships " a critical piece to the philanthropy and awareness-raising puzzle.
"philanthropy in the early days had no strategy around it," comuzzi says. "you just asked people for money. it's now based on strategy, ethics, broad thinking, and, most importantly, partnerships and relationships."
comuzzi has a ba in english and psychology from the university of western, and in 2008, western's king's university college honoured her with an award of distinction. she also has a bachelor of education from the university of windsor.
the university's new vice-president, external relations talks about her approach to alumni relations and philanthropic initiatives with local media
although she is no stranger to thunder bay, she hasn't lived here since she was 18. she looks forward to reacquainting herself with the city, the region and the community. her family, especially her mother janet and her father joe, are excited that she is returning and are busily making plans to celebrate her homecoming. joe is a well-known local businessman and former member of parliament.
deb comuzzi is eager to help map the future of 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 and she's pleased that one of her most challenging career opportunities has reconnected her with her roots " proving that there's no place like home.
comuzzi took in the view of lake tamblyn and the university grounds
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