Staff

Jennifer’s role is to establish and to maintain the Executive MBA Program’s relationship with its alumni by way of building networking opportunities, supporting employment search, promoting participation of alumni, managing the alumni database, maintaining communications with alumni, assisting in planning and implementing alumni activities, as well as supporting the fundraising efforts for the Telfer Executive MBA Initiative Fund.. Her other duties include supporting the Director on special projects, managing the Convocation and overseeing the Telfer Executive MBA Referral Program. A graduate of the University of Ottawa, Jennifer holds a Bachelor of Arts with Honours in English and a minor in Theatre Arts as well as a Bachelor of Education.

Workign alongside the Program Manager, Vanessa assists in the planning, organization and implementation of various academic and administrative activities in support of the on-going objectives of the Telfer Executive MBA Program. Vanessa works directly with candidates and professors on day-to-day activities including scheduling, coordination and distribution of materials, coordination of Orientation, the Summer Business Consulting Project as well as one of the two international travel opportunities provided through the Program’s curriculum. 

Gregory Richards is currently the Professor of Performance Management at the Telfer School of Management. In this role, he is conducting research into best practices related to the use of performance information systems and processes. He is also developing Corporate Performance Management courses which integrate the use of Business Intelligence tools. Greg has industry experience with Cognos and in the Federal Government at Transport Canada and Consulting and Audit Canada. Having consulted widely with private and public sector organizations in both the US and Canada, he is a Certified Management Consultant and was recently named a Fellow of the Institute of Certified Management Consultants of Ontario. Greg has taught at the University of Ottawa since 1995 on a part-time basis and was a visiting lecturer at the Office of Personnel Management's Western Management Development Centre. His research interests include technologically-enabled management process innovation, learning organizations, knowledge flow in organizations, and the development of performance-oriented organizational cultures. He takes a special interest in performance management in public sector and not-for-profit organizations.