Meet the LEADERites

Current Team

LEADER Instructors (LEADERites) are talented individuals from Ivey Business School’s MBA, HBA, MSc, and PhD programs.

LEADERites have the experience, skills, and potential to make the greatest impact as coaches and Instructors while travelling to deliver the LEADER program. LEADERites are excellent team contributors responsible for managing and executing the LEADER Project and have done so successfully for the past 30+ years. LEADERites uphold the values and ideals that the LEADER Project represents such as entrepreneurship, leadership, commitment, professionalism, benevolence, humility, and diversity.

For additional information, please contact leaderproject@ivey.ca.

Executive Directors

  • Annie Lu

    Annie Lu

    HBA 2026

  • Derek Adam

    Derek Adam

    MBA 2026

  • Jack Guilfoyle

    Jack Guilfoyle

    HBA 2027

Curriculum

  • Peyton Kou

    Peyton Kou

    Co-lead | HBA 2026

  • Renee Gao

    Renee Gao

    Co-lead | HBA 2026

  • Ainsley Gonder

    Ainsley Gonder

    Coordinator | PhD 2026

  • Bob Deng

    Bob Deng

    Coordinator | MBA 2026

  • Inaara Lalani

    Inaara Lalani

    Coordinator | MBA 2026

  • Nisarg Patel

    Nisarg Patel

    Coordinator | MBA 2026

  • Evelyn Cai

    Evelyn Cai

    Coordinator | HBA 2027

  • Emma Lee

    Emma Lee

    Coordinator | HBA 2027

Fundraising & Engagement

  • Maggie Kortekaas

    Maggie Kortekaas

    Co-lead | MBA 2026

  • Dev Kumar

    Dev Kumar

    Co-lead | MBA 2026

  • Owen Ostler

    Coordinator | HBA 2026

  • Daniel Ebitunmise

    Daniel Ebitunmise

    Coordinator | MBA 2026

  • Matthew Hutchison

    Matthew Hutchison

    Coordinator | MBA 2026

  • Ryan Castellarin

    Ryan Castellarin

    Coordinator | HBA 2028

  • John Beaton

    John Beaton

    Coordinator | HBA 2026

Impact

  • Andrew Yang

    Andrew Yang

    Co-lead | HBA 2026

  • Sela Caldwell

    Sela Caldwell

    Co-lead | HBA 2026

  • Sam Mckechnie

    Sam Mckechnie

    Coordinator | MBA 2026

  • Damfoa Yeboah

    Damfoa Yeboah

    Coordinator | MBA 2026

  • Ryan Doerr

    Ryan Doerr

    Coordinator | HBA 2027

  • Barry Paul

    Barry Paul

    Coordinator | HBA 2027

Logistics

  • Abhi Ravipati

    Abhi Ravipati

    Co-lead | HBA 2026

  • Stuart Morton

    Stuart Morton

    Co-lead | MBA 2026

  • Suhail Dayani

    Suhail Dayani

    Coordinator | MBA 2026

  • Sachin Karwasra

    Sachin Karwasra

    Coordinator | MBA 2026

  • Angelita Martin

    Angelita Martin

    Coordinator | MBA 2026

  • Evelyn Tran

    Evelyn Tran

    Coordinator | HBA 2026

  • Ethan Won

    Ethan Won

    Coordinator | HBA 2027

Marketing & Communications

  • Laura Caraccio

    Laura Caraccio

    Lead | HBA 2026

  • Tolu Michaels

    Tolu Michaels

    Coordinator | MBA 2026

  • Robbie Morris

    Robbie Morris

    Coordinator | MBA 2026

  • Laura Guo

    Laura Guo

    Coordinator | HBA 2027

  • Eva Karpukhina

    Eva Karpukhina

    Coordinator | HBA 2027