Val Walker leads the Business + Higher Education Roundtable (BHER), a non-partisan, not-for-profit organization that brings together some of Canada’s largest companies and leading post-secondary institutions. As CEO, Val drives...

As Vice-President of Corporate Services for the Business + Higher Education Roundtable (BHER), Jennifer is responsible for leading BHER’s core operations and services. Her primary duties include internal operations, membership...

Matthew McKean is BHER's Chief R&D Officer. In this role, he leads BHER's work-integrated learning program (WIL), COVID Response work, and applied research and development activities. Prior to joining BHER...

As Director of Partnerships & Experiential Learning for the Business + Higher Education Roundtable (BHER), Andrew manages all aspects of research project development and delivery. Andrew joins from the Conference Board...

Sara has joined BHER as Program Manager and will be managing a pan-Canadian portfolio delivering work-integrated learning opportunities to post-secondary students. She is joining BHER with over 8 years of...

Tiffany has 6 years’ experience working in employment counselling and programming with the Government of New Brunswick. She brings a client-centered approach to her work and focuses on building strong...

Sarah is a Partnerships Coordinator and Stakeholder Relations specialist with BHER’s Work-Integrated Learning team. She is an empathetic, experienced, and client-focused relationship manager who is practiced in creating and developing...

As a Senior R&D Manager, Steve helps the Business + Higher Education Roundtable’s design, develop and carry out projects. He also supports stakeholder engagement, partnership development, and knowledge mobilization activities...

Kris Erickson, PhD, is BHER's Senior Research Associate, bringing over 10 years of experience as an applied social researcher and educational leader in postsecondary education, youth employment policy, and cross-sector partnership...

As a Senior R&D Associate, Sarah-Kim (SK) helps the Business + Higher Education Roundtable develop and carry out projects. She also supports stakeholder engagement, knowledge translation and mobilization activities.

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Cynthia is an Associate, Research and Development. Her background is in Research and Information management in higher education. She previously held a research position at the Conference Board of Canada...

Preet joins BHER as a Research & Development Associate on the Work-Integrated Learning team. She previously held research positions with the Chartered Professional Accountants of BC, Brookfield Institute for Innovation...

Nour is currently pursuing an Honours Bachelor of Arts at the University of Toronto.   Nour has previously done compliance research and published written reports as a Compliance Analyst for the...

As Manager of Communications, Nina is responsible for BHER's communications strategy, digital outreach, and media relations. She comes to BHER from the not-for-profit sector having held communications and revenue development...

As a Communications & Digital Specialist, Alexis works to develop communications to be delivered in many formats including via email, online, print, and video. Throughout her career she has also held...

Crystal brings forth a broad range of experiences in education, research, business, and administration, as well as a passion for higher education. Prior to joining BHER, Crystal worked with an...

As Senior Finance Officer, Wen organizes and streamlines BHER's accounts payable, accounts receivable and payroll, maintains finance documentation and records to ensure correctness and promptness of finance deliverables. Wen holds...

Tom is currently pursuing his master’s of arts at Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) at the University of Toronto. His area of focus is work-integrated learning (WIL) and...