Team

Top Management Team

Gabriel Bran Lopez

Founding President

Co-Founder FIRST Robotics Quebec

Lyndsay Daudier

Executive Director (maternity leave)

Luciano Facchinelli

Acting Executive Director (maternity leave replacement)

Marie-Cécile André

Director of Operations and Partnerships – France

Sherlie Chatelier

Human Resources Director

Marilou Cyr-Fournier

Senior Director – Operations

Laura Fortin

Director – Partnership, Strategy & Public Affairs

Ginette Gaudreau

Controller

Fanny Gérin-Lajoie

Director – Programming, Development and Educationnal Programming

Vivian Lee

Director – Operations and Educational Programming – Ontario

Lydia Risi

Senior Director – Operations and Philanthropy – First Nations and Inuit communities

James Rowinski

Director – Operations and Partnerships – New Brunswick

Simon Tremblay

Director – Operations and Partnerships – East Quebec

Martin Regimbald

Regional and Operations Director – Robotique FIRST Quebec

Rachid Abiza

Director – JrFLL and FLL – Robotique FIRST Quebec

Founding president

Gabriel Bran-Lopez

Executive director (maternity leave)

Lyndsay Daudier | 

Acting Executive Director (maternity leave replacement)

Luciano Facchinelli | Email |

Strategic advisor

Anna Gisondi | Email |

Anne-Claude Michellod | Assistant adm. to the President and Executive Director | Email |

Direction Administration and Human Resources

Sherlie Chatelier | Director – Human Resources | Email |

Myriam Roy | Human Resources Assistant | Email |

Lara Holstein | Manager – Volunteering and Mentoring – Youth Fusion  | Email |

Direction Finance

Ginette Gaudreau | Controller | Email |

Alicia Racine | Accounting Technician | Email |

Direction Partnership, Strategy and Public Affairs

Laura Fortin | Director – Partnership, Strategy & Public Affairs  | Email |

Gaëlle Tatti | Project Manager – Partnership | Email |

Direction Programming, Development and Educational Programming

Fanny Gérin-Lajoie | Director – Programming, Development and Educational Programming | Email |

Emmanuelle Globensky | Development manager – Special Projects, Legacy and Environmental Design | Email |

Margot Point | Project Manager – Relationship with Alumni | Email |

Julia Pigny | Programming and Evaluation Assistant  | Email |

Direction communications and events

Raphaël Dairon | Graphic Designer | Email |

Ariane Baillargeon | Manager – Events | Email |

Caroline Rouleau | Project Manager – Events | Email |

Direction of Operations

Marilou Cyr-Fournier | Senior Director – Operations | Email |

Catherine Fournier | Assistant to the Senior Director – Operations | Email |

Emile Fréchette | Program Manager – Video Games Design | Email |

Marianne Nobert | Program Support – Video Games Design | Email |

Léa Gagnon-Roberge | Program Manager – Artificial Intelligence | Email |

Mathilde Lacoste | Program Manager – Environmental Design | Email |

Maxime Soubry | Program Support– Environmental Design | Email |

Hasmig Makdesian | Program Manager- Cinema and Medias | Email |

Tamara Rousseau | Program Support – Cinema and Medias | Email |

Pascal Martineau | Program Manager – Entrepreneurship | Email |

Chloe Barreau | Program Support –Entrepreneurship | Email |

Matthieu Tisserand | Program Manager – Science and Technology | Email |

Khrystel Delaleu | Program Manager- Fashion Design | Email |

Sarah Beer | Program Manager – Arts and Culture | Email |

Stéphanie Provost | Program Support – Arts and Culture | Email |

Vivian Lee | Director – Operations and Educational Programming – Ontario | Email |

Karine Parvin | Partnership Manager – Ontario | Email |

Scotia Biloski | Program Manager – Northwest Ontario | Email |

Ara Negapatan | Program Manager – Southern Ontario| Email |

James Rowinski | Director – Operations and Partnerships – New Brunswick | Email |

Simon Tremblay | Director – Operations and Partnerships – East Quebec | Email |

Fabrice Alcayde | Manager – Development and Partnership – Quebec | Email |

Laurie Hébert | Field Agent – Operations, Implementation and Project Monitoring – East Quebec | Email |

Marouan Rejeb | Manager – Development and Partnership – Abitibi-Témiscamingue | Email |

Ghislain Roberge | Project Manager – Abitibi-Témiscamingue | Email |

Marie-Cécile André | Director – Operations and Partnership – France | Email |

Direction of Operations and Philanthropy, First Nations and Inuit communities

Lydia Risi | Senior Director of Operations and Philanthropy – First Nations and Inuit Communities | Email |

Laura Turmel | Assistant Director – Educational Programming – First Nations communities | Email |

Matthew Schleck | Assistant Director – Educational Programming – Inuit Communities | Email |

Florence Dontigny-Duplain | Project Manager – Inuit Communities | Email |

Douglas Lebo | Project Manager – First Nations Communities | Email |

Julia Couture-Glassco | Project Manager – Inuit Communities | Email |

Émilie Lesage | Project Manager – First Nations Communities | Email |

Regional and Operations Direction – RFQ

Martin Regimbald | Regional and Operations Director – Robotique FIRST Quebec | Email |

Rachid Abiza | Director – JrFLL and FLL – Robotique FIRST Quebec| Email |

Islam Moharrem | Program Manager – JrFLL and FLL – Robotique FIRST Quebec| Email |

Mélanie Trudeau-Bérard | Manager – Volunteering and Mentoring – Robotique FIRST Quebec | Email |

John Charlton | Senior technical advisor – Robotique FIRST Quebec | Email |

Yazid Djenadi | Technical advisor – Robotique FIRST Quebec | Email |

Erik Huang | Technical advisor – Robotique FIRST Quebec  | Email |

Amélie Boucher | Technical advisor – FIRST Tech Challenge | Email |