Leadership Team

Alan Shepard
Alan Shepard

President & Vice-Chancellor

Alison Allan
Alison Allan

Associate Vice-President (Research)

Chris Alleyne
Chris Alleyne

Associate Vice-President (Housing & Ancillary Services)

Karen Bertrand
Karen Bertrand

Vice-President (Western Advancement)

Althea Blackburn-Evans
Althea Blackburn-Evans

Chief Communications Officer

Shaun Boe
Shaun Boe

Dean (Faculty of Health Sciences)

Christy Bressette
Christy Bressette

Vice-Provost & Associate Vice-President (Indigenous Initiatives)

Amy Bryson
Amy Bryson

University Secretary

Brett Buchanan
Brett Buchanan

Dean (Faculty of Arts & Humanities

Lisa Cechetto
Lisa Cechetto

Executive Director, Western Research

Bill Chantler
Bill Chantler

Director, Campus Safety and Emergency Services

Ruban Chelladurai
Ruban Chelladurai

Associate Vice-President (Institutional Planning & Budgeting)

Ken Coley
Ken Coley

Dean (Faculty of Engineering)

Mark Daley
Mark Daley

Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer

Matt Davison
Matt Davison

Dean (Faculty of Science)

Sarah Dawson
Sarah Dawson

Associate Vice-President (Alumni Relations)

John Doerksen
John Doerksen

Vice-Provost (Students) & Acting Registrar

Paul Eluchok
Paul Eluchok

University Legal Counsel

Nicole Haggerty
Nicole Haggerty

Acting Dean (Ivey Business School)

Jeffrey Hutter
Jeffrey Hutter

Deputy Provost

Alex Irving
Alex Irving

Executive Director, Government Relations

Dana James
Dana James

Managing Director (Campaign and Strategic Partnerships)

Mohamed Khimji
Mohamed Khimji

Dean (Faculty of Law)

Susan Knabe
Susan Knabe

Acting Dean (Faculty of Information & Media Studies)

Andrew Konowalchuk
Andrew Konowalchuk

Associate Vice-President (Facilities Management)

Donna Kotsopoulos
Donna Kotsopoulos

Dean (Faculty of Education)

Susan Lewis
Susan Lewis

Vice-Provost (Academic Programs)
Senior Academic Lead, Western International College

Geoffrey Little
Geoffrey Little

Vice-Provost & University Librarian (Western Libraries)

Lynn Logan
Lynn Logan

Vice-President (Operations & Finance)

Tracy Loosemore
Tracy Loosemore

Executive Director, Advancement Operations

Eric Mallory
Eric Mallory

Acting Deputy Registrar

Margaret McGlynn
Margaret McGlynn

Vice-Provost (Academic Planning, Policy & Faculty)

Eric Morse
Eric Morse

Special Advisor to the President (Entrepreneurship)

David Muir
David Muir

Associate Vice-President, Innovation & Strategic Partnerships

Bryan Neff
Bryan Neff

Associate Vice-President (Research)

Jane O'Brien
Jane O'Brien

Associate Vice-President (Human Resources)

Bobbie O'Connor
Bobbie O'Connor

Associate Vice-President (Development)

Jason Oliver
Jason Oliver

Chief Technology Officer

Opiyo Oloya
Opiyo Oloya

Associate Vice-President (Equity, Diversity & Inclusion)

Valerie Oosterveld
Valerie Oosterveld

Associate Vice-President (Research)

Ryan Palmer

Acting Associate Vice-President (Financial Services)

Penny Pexman
Penny Pexman

Vice-President (Research)

Sophie Roland
Sophie Roland

Dean (Don Wright Faculty of Music)

Kamran Siddiqui
Kamran Siddiqui

Vice-Provost (Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies)

Nancy Stewart
Nancy Stewart

Executive Director, Office of the President & Senior Advisor to the President

Florentine Strzelczyk
Florentine Strzelczyk

Provost & Vice-President (Academic)

James Voogt
James Voogt

Acting Dean (Faculty of Social Science)

Allison Wright
Allison Wright

Executive Director (Operations & Finance)

John Yoo
John Yoo

Dean (Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry)