Communications Contacts

About UTC

University of Toronto Communications (UTC) is the University’s central resource for communications expertise. We are a group of strategists, planners, marketing specialists, editors, writers, designers and visual artists. Our job is to work with partners throughout the U of T community as we all tell the University’s great story.

General Inquiries

University of Toronto Communications
167 College Street
Toronto, Ont.
M5T 1P7

Phone: (416) 978-5367
Email: communications@utoronto.ca

The Office of the Vice President

David Estok
Vice-President, Communications
(416) 978-0475
Jeanette Manuel
Executive Assistant to VP Communications
(416) 978-1920
Tania Kosikova
Administrative Director
(416) 978-7508
Kristina Tsabadze
Manager, Finance & Operations
(416) 978-3850
Shawky Elgallab
Business Manager
(416) 978-2988
Aneet Ghotra
Executive Assistant to Executive Directors
(416) 978-1920
Deepika Negi
Administrative & Facilities Coordinator
(416) 978-5367

Communications Strategy & Stakeholder Relations

Althea Blackburn-Evans
Executive Director, Communications Strategy & Stakeholder Relations
(416) 978-5947
Christine Bezruki
Director, Communications Strategy and Planning
(416) 671-7095
Rachel Halpern (on leave)
Communications Planner
(416) 978-1632
Alison Kenzie
Communications Planner
(416) 978-1632
Tanya Howard
Communications Planner
(416) 978-0911
Bianca Jimeno
Communications Coordinator
(416) 978-5043
Elizabeth Church
Director, Stakeholder Relations
(416) 978-0854
Noreen Ahmed-Ullah
Issues and Media Strategist
(416) 978-4148
Karen Kelly
Internal Communications Strategist
(416) 978-4780
Jenny Rodrigues
Editor, The Bulletin Brief
(416) 978-7176

Communications & Public Engagement

Erin Lemon
Executive Director, Communications & Public Engagement
(416) 978-8349
Philippe Devos
Director, Media Relations
(416) 978-2105
Marina Jimenez
Global Media Strategist
(416) 978-2714
Anna Weigt-Bienzle
Media Relations Officer
(416) 978-6974
Aashti Vijh
Media Relations Officer
(416) 946-5025
Kristian Foster
Media Assistant
(416) 946-5240
Jennifer Lanthier
Director, Editorial Strategy
(416) 978-8362
Chris Sorensen
Associate Editor & Senior Reporter, U of T News
(416) 978-2667
Geoffrey Vendeville
Staff Reporter, U of T News
(416) 978-8629
Rahul Kalvapalle
Staff Reporter, U of T News
(416) 978-5948
Lisa Lightbourn-Lay
Photo/Videographer
(416) 978-6610
Nicholas Iwanyshyn
Photo/Videographer
(416) 978-7978
Johnny Guatto
Photographer/Videographer
(416) 978-6948
David Lee
Photo/ Video Editor & Coordinator
(416) 978-6981
Scott Anderson
Editor/Manager, U of T Magazine
(416) 978-3192
Stacey Gibson
Deputy Editor, U of T Magazine
(416) 978-2166
Sally Choi
Administrative and Editorial Coordinator, U of T Magazine
(416) 978-7159
Chris Boutet
Director, Digital Content & Engagement
(416) 978-8009
Krista Boniface
Senior Social Media Strategist
(416) 978-1971
Mark Smith
Social Media Officer
(416) 978-5762
Sandeep Gupta
Digital Project Manager
(416) 978-5949
Jyoti Jariwal (on leave)
Web Developer
(416) 978-7016
Ethan Han
Web Developer
(416) 978-4546
Cindy Clarke
Digital Designer
(416) 978-8380
Mark Teo
Digital Content Strategist
(416) 978-0789
Bhavyasri Kottha
Web Developer
(416) 978-7016

Brand Strategy & Integrated Marketing

Tanya Kreinin
Assistant Vice-President, Brand Strategy & Integrated Marketing
(416) 978-4995
Matthew Park
Executive Assistant to AVP, Brand Strategy & Integrated Marketing
(416) 978-4988
Chuck Chan
Executive Creative Director, Integrated Marketing
(416) 978-6564
Laura Stradiotto
Senior Art Director, Brand Marketing
(416) 946-7412
Jose Silveira
Art Director, Brand Marketing
(416) 946-7492
Maya Regehr-Kane
Director, Marketing Strategy & Stakeholder Relations
(416) 946-8366
Melissa Dukovcic
Integrated Marketing Manager
(416) 978-1732
Curtis Nelson
Brand Marketing Coordinator
(416) 978-8023
Jonathan Leitch
Executive Director Integrated Marketing & Content Strategy
(416) 946-3996
Karlie Hopf
Senior Copy Writer, Brand Marketing
(416) 946-8367
Jason Ip
Copy Writer, Brand Marketing
(416) 946-7413