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Our People


Our People

We are a group of dedicated and hardworking people who come from a variety of backgrounds to make up the CASC team. 

The CASC Team

Dr. Marianne Mader
(She/her)

Chief Executive Officer

Language(s): English

Stephanie Deschenes MA, CCF(She/her)

Chief Operating Officer

Language(s): English

Amanda Fruci
(She/her)

Director of Membership and Strategic Communications

Language(s): English

Magda Byma(She/her)

Director of Public Engagement

Language(s): English

Clare Charnley
(She/her)

Manager of Operations and Events

Language(s): English

Dr. Krishana Sankar
(She/her)

Science Advisor and Community Impact Manager

Language(s): English

Dr. Ashley Miller
(She/They)

Community Engagement Coordinator

Language(s): English

Rachel Salt
(She/her)

Communications and Social Media Manager, ScienceUpFirst Initiative

Language(s): English

Amanda B
(She/her)

Content Producer (English), ScienceUpFirst Initiative

Language(s): English

Elyas Aissia
(He/him/Il)

French Content and Community Engagement Lead, ScienceUpFirst Initiative

Language(s): English, Français

Stéphanie Guernon
(She/her/Elle)

Science Communicator, ScienceUpFirst Initiative

Language(s): English, Français

Denis Chmoulevitch
(He/him/Il)

Audience Engagement Specialist, ScienceUpFirst Initiative

Language(s): English, Français

CASC 2025-2026 Board of Directors

CASC is committed to the 50-30 Challenge. As part of this challenge, we aim to include more representation on our Board from equity deserving groups, currently at 8%, we are working towards the goal of at least 30% of the CASC Board of Directors to include representation of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples, racialized people, Black people and people of colour, people with disabilities (including invisible and episodic disabilities) and 2SLGBTQ+ and/or gender and sexually diverse individuals.


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Jennifer Punch

Chief Operating Officer

Alicia Farrow

Vice President, External Relations

Jordan Baker

Treasurer

Sandy Baumgartner

CEO

Guylaine Archambault

CEO

Jay Brown

Founder

Canadian Association of Science Centres
1203 – 130 Albert Street
Ottawa, ON K1P 5G4

info@casc-accs.com

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