Valiquette Foundation - Board of Governors and Team
Our board of governors and our team
Board of Governors
Jay Valiquette
Founder & Director
Jay has over 30 years of experience teaching, coaching, and mentoring children and youth. He is passionate about education both within and outside of the school structure. He has developed numerous programmes to foster academic success and personal growth, including academic programmes, camps, youth success programmes, seminars, and community outreach initiatives. Jay’s innovative approach empowers individuals and promotes positive change, making his extensive experience and dedication vital pillars of strength for our organization, driving its mission forward and impacting countless lives in need.
George Kiorpelidis Jr
Chair
George brings his passion for helping business and organizations reach their full potential. By leveraging the best professionals and the latest information we connect businesses large and small to the financial and consulting services they need to empower their growth.
Training and developing tomorrow’s leaders today ensures your organization’s culture will thrive attracting and retaining top employees. Having worked with and learned about business from some of the best names in the corporate tech sector like: Nortel, NEC and Future Electronics, George’s experience working in the tech sector and as an entrepreneur have proven invaluable to his career as a business coach.
Stephen Pollock
Treasurer
Stephen is an accountant with over 35 years experience in the corporate sector.
David Bounic
Sworn into the Quebec Bar Association in December 1997, David works in both litigation and negotiation. He emphasizes clear communication (especially in difficult situations) as well as practical and reasonable solutions.
Ilan Sarid
Passionate about charities and have structured programs using Life Insurance as a tool allowing you to donate, to set up family foundations or endowment funds without being out-of-pocket.
I will gladly meet with your family accountants and lawyers to provide details and answer to any questions.
Specialties: Charitable giving in a tax efficient manner using life insurance tools.
Advisors to the Board
Sheri Elefant
Her children are the greatest achievement of her life. Originally from New York, Sheri began her professional life in advertising, working on product launches and media negotiations in a dynamic industry with millions of dollars in revenue. Her decision to leave Madison Avenue was not a difficult one since the greatest and most demanding opportunity of her life awaited her: raising children.
She began her career in the nonprofit field as co-founder of the Trevor Williams Kids Foundation. She then co-founded a non-profit 21st century sustainability learning space called Genvironment. Sheri also serves on the advisory board of Clickto, an education technology startup born out of the need to solve problems related to remote learning. Creating social value, placing young people — our future agents of change — at the center of conversations on social issues and giving scope to everything she does are close to her heart.
Jack Fattal
Jack works with corporate & securities law firms as well as real estate development and investment firms.
His legal expertise and fluency in four languages has allowed him to gain international experience.
Our Team
Sharon
Head of Administration
Sharon has a business management and human resource background. She has over 14 years experience in office management and service facilitation.
Hellen
Head of Operations
Helen joined the Valiquette team in 2019 and since then she has helped us in the administrative tasks of the academy. Her attention to detail and creation of efficient systems ensure that every aspect of our operations are optimized.
Frank
Head of Summer Camp
Frank has been part of Valiquette for the better part of the last decade, previously a student and now working in a management capacity.