UBC Sauder School of Business

Developing transformational and responsible business leaders for British Columbia and the world

With your support, UBC Sauder is fostering the diverse talent and ideas that will guide the future of business and our future well-being.

  • Our students are tomorrow’s leaders, entrepreneurs, problem solvers, decision makers and global citizens.
  • Our faculty generate new knowledge to inform industry practice and public policy.
  • Our alumni turn ideas into action to impact organizations and society.

With imagination and intention, UBC Sauder students, faculty and alumni use the tools of business to change lives and communities.

Join us at the forefront of transformation. Your investment and involvement in business education at UBC Sauder will help shape the future.

Find a Fund:

Priority Funds

Sauder School of Business Innovation Fund
Sauder School of Business Bursary
Sauder School of Business Scholarship

Department Funds

Sauder Future Minds Initiative
Africa Initiative Fund
Ch'nook Program Fund
Centre for Social Innovation and Impact Investing
Graduate Student Experience Fund
Undergraduate Student Experience Fund
University of BC MBA Alumni Bursary
University of BC MBA Alumni Scholarship

Projects and Success Stories:

  • Success Story

    Creative Destruction Lab-West boosts innovation and entrepreneurship at UBC

    Creative Destruction Lab-West boosts innovation and entrepreneurship at UBC

    In September 2016, the UBC Sauder School of Business launched Creative Destruction Lab-West, partnering with the successful seed-stage program of the same name at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management. CDL-West is a focused mentorship and investment program for massively scalable tech ventures, and welcomed its first cohort of ventures in January 2017. […] more

    Student Learning

  • Success Story

    In the Fast Lane

    In the Fast Lane

    Thanks to a student athlete award established by UBC Sauder alumnus Peter Antturi, Bachelor of Commerce student and UBC swimmer Maia Brundage excels in competition. When you’re competing at Maia’s level, there’s nothing easy about swimming. “My alarm goes off at 4:45 am three days a week,” says Maia, a member of the UBC Thunderbirds  […] more

    Student Learning

  • Success Story

    Leading with Confidence

    Leading with Confidence

    Karen Dunstan, G.J. Elliot Aboriginal Student Award recipient, makes an impact on her community As economic development manager for Lytton First Nation in British Columbia, Karen Dunstan wasn’t achieving the results she wanted in her role and was questioning if she had the capability to lead with impact. Decades earlier, a high-school instructor told her […] more

    Student Learning

  • Priority Project

    UBC Sauder Future Minds Initiative

    UBC Sauder Future Minds Initiative

    We are all innovators. We all play a part in what the future looks like—and, given the chance, we can make an impact on the world. That’s the principle behind more

    Student Learning

  • Priority Project

    The Peter Lusztig PhD Program in Finance

    The Peter Lusztig PhD Program in Finance

    Dr. Peter Lusztig was the dean of the Sauder School of Business (then the UBC Faculty of Commerce), from 1977 until 1991. A graduate of UBC in 1954, Peter joined more

    Get Involved

  • Priority Project

    Sauder School of Business Innovation Fund

    Sauder School of Business Innovation Fund

    You want tomorrow’s business leaders to be ready to meet the challenges of a rapidly changing world—and your support for the school can help achieve that ambition. more

  • Priority Project

    Sauder Social Entrepreneurship – Kenya: Empowering Impoverished Communities

    Sauder Social Entrepreneurship – Kenya: Empowering Impoverished Communities

    The mission of SSE – Kenya is to uplift the lives of African youth and their communities through sustainable entrepreneurship. more

    Community Engagement, Student Learning

  • Priority Project

    PhD Fellowships: Fostering the Next Generation of Thought Leaders

    PhD Fellowships: Fostering the Next Generation of Thought Leaders

    Your support will enable PhD students to bring new ideas and perspectives to world problems and train them to educate the next generation of global leaders. more

    Research Excellence, Student Learning

  • Priority Project

    Ch’nook Indigenous Business Education: Fostering Indigenous Business Leadership

    Ch’nook Indigenous Business Education: Fostering Indigenous Business Leadership

    Successful Indigenous businesses run by Indigenous managers are crucial to ensure the self-sufficiency and sustained economic growth of Indigenous communities. The Ch’nook Indigenous Business more

    Community Engagement

  • Priority Project

    entrepreneurship@UBC: Fostering the Next Generation of Entrepreneurs

    entrepreneurship@UBC: Fostering the Next Generation of Entrepreneurs

    New ventures come in many forms, but all face the same daunting challenges of raising early stage capital. This challenge is amplified when the founders are young and inexperienced student more

    Student Learning

Contact Us

Cecily Lawrenson (on leave)
Assistant Dean, DAE, Sauder School of Business
Tel: 604.822.4194
Fax: 604.822.0592
Email: cecily.lawrenson@sauder.ubc.ca

Fiona Walsh
Acting Assistant Dean, DAE, Sauder School of Business
Tel: 604.822.8590
Fax: 604.822.0592
Email: fiona.walsh@sauder.ubc.ca

Erin Townley-Smith
Acting Senior Associate Director, Development
Tel: 604.822.8684
Fax: 604.822.0592
Email: erin.townleysmith@sauder.ubc.ca

Danielle Christensen
Manager, Leadership and Annual Fund Program
Tel: 604.822.6068
Fax: 604.822.0592
Email: danielle.christensen@sauder.ubc.ca

Giovanni (Gio) Festa
Manager, Development
Tel: 604.822.8463
Fax: 604.822.0592
Email: gio.festa@sauder.ubc.ca

Ashvina Sicharam
Manager, Donor Relations and Stewardship, Development
Tel: 604.827.5428
Fax: 604.822.0592
Email: ashvina.sicharam@sauder.ubc.ca

Stephanie Mocherniak
Development Officer
Tel: 604.827.5424
Fax: 604.822.0592
Email: stephanie.mocherniak@sauder.ubc.ca

Heather Berry (on leave)
Development Officer
Tel: 604.822.2088
Fax: 604.822.0592
Email: heather.berry@sauder.ubc.ca

Mari Kesselman
Development Officer
Tel: 604.827.5447
Fax: 604.822.0592
Email: mari.kesselman@sauder.ubc.ca

Stefano Pantaleone 
Development Officer
Tel: 604.827.5428
Fax: 604.822.0592
Email: stefano.pantaleone@sauder.ubc.ca

Sarah Koh
Development Coordinator
Tel: 604.827.4606
Fax: 604.822.0592
Email: sarah.koh@sauder.ubc.ca

Carmen Cheung
Development Coordinator
Tel: 604.822.2088
Fax: 604.822.0592
Email: carmen.cheung@sauder.ubc.ca

Heather Sutherland (on leave)
Coordinator, Leadership & Annual Fund Program
Tel: 604.822.9405
Fax: 604.822.0592
Email: heather.sutherland@sauder.ubc.ca

Teresa Faulkner (on leave)
Associate Director, Alumni Engagement
Tel: 604.827.5448
Fax: 604.822.0592
Email: teresa.faulkner@sauder.ubc.ca

Bonnie Lee
Alumni Engagement Officer
Tel: 604.827.4616
Fax: 604.822.0592
Email: bonnie.lee@sauder.ubc.ca

Amadon Coletsis
Communications & Online Engagement Officer
Tel: 604.827.5403
Fax: 604.822.0592
Email: amadon.coletsis@sauder.ubc.ca

Letizia Ferreira
Alumni Engagement Officer
Tel: 604.827.4608
Email: letizia.ferreira@sauder.ubc.ca

Dominique Ahadi
Event Manager
Tel: 604.822.8658
Email: dominique.ahadi@sauder.ubc.ca

Rupeela Gill (on leave)
Manager, Leadership & Annual Fund Program
Tel: 604.822.6068
Email: rupeela.gill@sauder.ubc.ca

Leah Penrose
Manager, Operations
Tel: 604.822.8559
Email: leah.penrose@sauder.ubc.ca

Gertie O’Shea
Development Coordinator, Leadership and Annual Fund Program
Tel: 604.822.9405
Email: gertie.oshea@sauder.ubc.ca

Joyce Lau
Alumni Event and Project Specialist
Tel: 604.822.9883
Email: joyce.lau@sauder.ubc.ca

Julia Escano
Alumni Event and Project Specialist
Tel: 604.822.0137
Email: julia.escano@sauder.ubc.ca

Jasan Samra
Event & Donor Relationships Specialist
Tel: 604.822.4607
Email: jasan.samra@sauder.ubc.ca

Laura Toma
Executive Assistant
Tel: 604.822.8391
Email: laura.toma@sauder.ubc.ca

Michelle Zapiola
Project Assistant
Tel: 604.822.9883
Email: michelle.zapiola@sauder.ubc.ca

Larissa Buijs
Writer
Tel: 204.880.2324
Email: larisa.buijs@sauder.ubc.ca