Board of Directors and Staff

CPA Atlantic School of Business is led by a diverse group of professionals from the Atlantic provinces and Bermuda.

Board of Directors

  • Karen Wight, CPA, CA, Chair
  • Jason Hillyard, CPA, CGA, Vice Chair
  • Heather Thomas, CPA, CFE, CGMA, Treasurer 
  • ​​Pauline Downer, FCPA, FCA, MBA, Secretary
  • Mylène Lapierre, CPA, CA, CFE, EMBA, FCG, Pro.Dir., PLC
  • Patricia Towler, BA, JD, LLM, CIC
  • Tanya O’Brien, CPA, CA
  • Jackie Poirier, FCPA, FCGA
  • Jozelle Opoku, CPA, CA
  • Tania Morris, D.Sc., CPA

​Management

  • Andre Bellefeuille, CPA, CMA, President & CEO
  • Matthew Colavecchia, CPA, CA, Director, Corporate Services
  • Kathleen Brown, MGB, RISIA, Director, Student Success and Innovation
  • Heather Brewer, MBA, PMP, Director, Marketing and Recruitment
  • Paul Cantelo, M.Ed., Director, Programs and Registrar

Marketing and Recruitment

  • Heather Gillis, CM, Marketing Manager
  • Camille Ferland, Senior Student Recruitment Advisor (New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island)
  • Danielle Wisen, Student Recruitment Advisor (Nova Scotia and Bermuda)
  • Mallory Basha, MA, BPR, PRK, Student Recruitment Advisor (Newfoundland & Labrador) and Special Projects Lead

Pre-Certification and Registration

  • Leslie Murphy, M.Ed., Senior Manager, Student Services
  • Carolyn St-AmandM.Ed., Manager, Strategy and Student Achievement
  • Britt Fernandes, Manager, PEP and Prep Delivery
  • Michelle Johnson, Manager, Examinations
  • Krystyn Casto, Data Governance Manager
  • Kylie Connors, Assessment Coordinator
  • Farhana Rahman, MBA, Registration Coordinator 

​Practical Experience

  • Wenjing Zhang-Farrell, CPA, Manager, Practical Experience
  • Theresa Theriault, Senior Practical Experience Advisor

Corporate Services

  • Leah Warner, Corporate Services Assistant
The CPA designation gives you the set of skills to do anything.
Lindsay Power, CPA, CMA, MBA
Senior Business Analyst - Strategic Projects, StandardAero
You have this massive family of CPAs on which you can lean on and use as much as you can, as often as you can.
Craig Farewell, CPA
Co-owner & Director of Operations, Banished Brewing & Brewdock
The skills you acquire through the CPA program prepare you to lead in any organization and in any industry.
Courtney Burns, CPA
President and CEO, Greater Moncton International Airport Authority Inc.
It’s the differentiator when someone has a stack of resumes. People with a CPA designation will stand out.
Leah Boody, CPA, CMA
President, Pineapple Bytes
The CPA designation first ignited my entrepreneurial spirit. It certainly helped me get to where I am right now.
David Arsenault, CPA
President, Arsenault Properties
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