The election for President-Elect will take place from Wednesday, January 8, - Wednesday, January 22, 2025 via e-ballot. Before then, we encourage all certified members to view the president-elect candidate profiles below.

Overview of President-Elect

OACETT’s By-law 20 defines the President-Elect as follows: “The President-Elect shall assist the President in carrying out the administration of the Association. The President-Elect on completion of their term shall be acclaimed as President. The President-Elect is a member of the Board of Directors”. The “administration of the Association” will include, but is not limited to: providing input to the Board of Directors on the development of strategic initiatives, meeting regularly with the President and the CEO to plan governance activities, engaging with key stakeholders, conducting outreach to Chapters, and participating in the Leadership Council of Technology Professionals Canada (TPC). The president-elect also serves on OACETT’s Governance, Policy and Strategy Committee as either an ex officio member or as the committee chair and sits on the Human Resources (HR) Committee as president-elect, president and past-president. As president, they will serve as the chair of the HR Committee.

The President is the volunteer leader of the association and, as defined in By-law 20, “serves as Chair of the Board of Directors and of the Annual General Meeting”.  The role of President will include, but is not limited to, meeting regularly with the President-Elect and the CEO to plan governance activities, serving as the spokesperson for the association, meeting with key stakeholders including government, employers, colleges and other associations, outreach to Chapters, serving as the voting member of TPC’s Leadership Council.

Finally, the role of Past-President will include, but is not limited to, serving as Chair of the Nominating Committee, providing counsel to the President, President-Elect and Board of Directors, and any representative roles as delegated by the President. 

Candidate Profiles

Stephanie Pesheau, C.E.T.

Shervin Reyhani, C.E.T.