Richard Ivey School of Business Dean Carol Stephenson, along with many Ivey alumnae, has been honoured as recipients of the 2010 Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Awards.
Each year through the awards, the Women’s Executive Network recognizes the country’s highest achieving female leaders in the private, public and not-for-profit sectors.
Originally from Petrolia, ON, Stephenson joined the Ivey Business School as Dean in 2003, after serving as a pioneering woman executive in the telecommunications industry, and has since led the drive to re-shape business education in Canada.
She sits on the Boards of several top Canadian companies and was a federal appointment to the Board of the Vancouver Olympic Games Organizing Committee (VANOC). In 2009, Carol Stephenson was also selected by the Governments of Canada and Ontario to serve as the Canadian Board Member for General Motors Company.
“I am proud to follow in a long and distinguished line of successful women in the Ivey tradition to accept this prestigious honour,” says Stephenson of her latest honour. “One of our goals at Ivey is to inspire many more young women to pursue careers in business. Celebrating women’s achievements and the many outstanding women leaders on Canada is one important way to do that.”
Stephenson has earned significant recognition for her community work and charitable involvement. She received the Order of Canada in 2010 and the National Post named her as one of the 50 Most Powerful Women in 2004. She has also been inducted into Canada’s Telecommunications Hall of Fame.
The following alumnae were named as Canada’s Top 100 women in 2010:
Public Sector Leaders
* Cairine MacDonald, MBA ’82, Ministry of Environment, Deputy Minister
* Bev Van Ruyven, Exec Dev ’96, BC Hydro, Deputy CEO and EVP
Scotiabank Corporate Executives
* Audrey Ho, Exec Dev ’04, TELUS Corporation SVP, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary
* Christine Magee, HBA ’82, Sleep Country Canada, President
* Kerry Peacock, EMBA ’99, TD Bank Financial Group, Executive Vice President, Branch Banking, TD Canada Trust
Franklin Templeton Entrepreneurs
* Eve-Lyne Biron, Quantum Shift, Biron Groupe Santé, Présidente et chef dela direction
KPMG Professionals
* Dawn Tattle, Quantum Shift, President, Anchor Shoring & Caissons Ltd, Partner- P.Eng
Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation Champions
* Rhona Levine Ruben, Ivey Leadership Program, RLR & Associates Inc., President
Xstrata Nickel Trailblazers & Trendsetters
* Jacqueline Shan, PhD, DSc., Quantum Shift, Afexa Life Sciences, Chief Scientific Officer
2010 Hall of Fame
* Connie Clerici, Quantum Shift, Closing The Gap Healthcare Group, Chief Executive Officer
* Shelly Jamieson, Ivey Executive Program, Government of Ontario, Secretary of the Cabinet and Head of the Ontario Public Service
“Every year, we honour the exceptional female leaders of Canada,” says Pamela Jeffery, Founder, Women’s Executive Network. “They each have remarkable achievements and Top 100 is a mark of their success and how they have supported their communities, companies, and employees. Our Top 100 community is a powerful group of women who are at the top of their game, exemplify success and empower the next generation of women to take their careers to the next level.”
The winners will be celebrated tonight at the Top 100 Awards Gala Dinner in Toronto. More details and the complete list of 2010 winners can be found at Top 100 Women.