2026 TOP 100 Awards 
NOVEMBER 26, 2026 | FAIRMONT ROYAL YORK

CANADA’S MOST POWERFUL WOMEN: TOP 100

Meet the Judges

ELISE AHENKORAH

Lead Culture and Inclusion Strategist + 
Keynote Speaker, Inclusion Factor

MAEGHAN ALBISTON

MAEGHAN ALBISTON

VP & Chief Human Resources Officer
CPKC

FATEN ALSHAZLY

FATEN ALSHAZLY

Principal and Chief Creative Officer, WeUsThem

ULRIKE BAHR-GEDALIA

ULRIKE BAHR-GEDALIA

Technology, Business & Public Policy 
Executive | Innovator | National Lead - Cyber Security & Future of AI Councils |
Government Relations

CLARE BECKTON

CLARE BECKTON

 Founder, Own Your Own Success

DESIRÉE BOMBENON

DESIRÉE BOMBENON

Founder & CEO | Chair, AspiHer 
Women's Business Club | UN Global 
Compact Network Canada, YPO

SIMON CUSUMANO

SIMON CUSUMANO

 Senior Manager, Talent and Performance
(Acting), LCBO

LORRAINE GRAY

LORRAINE GRAY 

Vice President, System Operations & 
Station Services, Hydro One

VENI IOZZO

VENI IOZZO

Special Advisor, CIBC

JANE JACOB SEALE

JAN JACOB SEALE

HR Business Partner 
Postmedia

LAURA KAVANAGH

LAURA KAVANAGH

Chief Human Resources Officer 
Postmedia

ARDEN KENWAY

ARDEN KENWAY

Senior Human Resources Business 
CIBC

CASSANDRA MACHADO

CASSANDRA MACHADO

Senior Manager - Diversity, Equity and 
Inclusion (Acting), LCBO

ATOUSSA MAHMOUDPOUR

ATOUSSA MAHMOUDPOUR

Founder, Principal, AMR Law

KEISHA MARANT

KEISHA MARANT

Senior Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion 
Manager, Women at TD Lead 
TD Bank Group

SARAH-JANE MARTIN

SARAH-JANE MARTIN

Managing Partner, Chief Talent Officer 
and Associate General Counsel 
Sprott Inc.

ATTY MASHATAN

ATTY MASHATAN

Canadian Research Chair & Associate
Professor | Founder and Director, Ted
Rogers School of Management - TMU |Cybersecurity Research Lab

JANICE MCDONALD

JANICE MCDONALD

Entrepreneur, strategic advisor, board
director and author

SHILPA MISHRA

SHILPA MISHRA

Managing Director MNP Corporate
Finance, MNP

FADWA MOHANNA

FADWA MOHANNA

Co-Founder & CEO, One37 ID

INDIRA NAIDOO-HARRIS

INDIRA NAIDOO-HARRIS

AVP, Diversity & Human Rights,
University of Guelph

NKECHI NWAFOR-ROBINS

NKECHI NWAFOR-ROBINSON

Founder & CEO | VP, Technology
Operations & Services and Cloud
Transformation, Empowered in My Skin |EDC

JENNY OKONKWO

JENNY OKONKWO

Inclusive Leadership Development, ERGs, Workplace Belonging, Psychological Safety, Transform Consulting Inc.

DANIELLE PAES

DANIELLE PAES

Chief Innovation Officer & VP, Global
Affairs, Amily Oliver + Co.

VASIE PAPADOPOULOS

VASIE PAPADOPOULOS

Founder | Advisory Board Member, 
KLEO LLC | Lucia

ZEBBY RAJAN

ZEBBY RAJAN

AVP, Risk, CIBC

KERRY ROBBINS

KERRY ROBBINS

Vice President, Senior Customer
Complaints Office, TD Bank Group

JACKIE SCALES

JACKIE SCALES

Chief Inclusion Officer, Teck Resources Ltd.

AMANDA SPAKOWSKI

AMANDA SPAKOWSKI

Director, Inclusion,
Infrastructure Ontario

Villamar

MELISSA VILLAMAR

Human Resources Generalist
Sprott Inc

LEENA WADHER

LEENA WADHER

Director Human Resources
CPKC

DR. CHARLIE WALL-ANDREWS

DR. CHARLIE WALL-ANDREWS

Executive Director | Assistant Professor,
SOCAN Foundation | Toronto Metropolitan
University

Shauna Yohemas

SHAUNA YOHEMAS

VP, People, Culture & Equity
NorQuest College

SASHA ZHOVTA

SASHA ZHOVTA

Human Resources Generalist
Hyundai Auto Canada

NATIONAL PLATINUM PARTNERS

Amex

VIP COCKTAIL PARTNER

CHAMPAGNE BRUNCH PARTNER

mlse

NATIONAL MEDIA PARTNER

NATIONAL JEWELRY PARTNER