The Board of Directors of St. Paul’s High School is missioned by the Jesuits to provide governance oversight and policy direction to the school’s President and to uphold the Ignatian Mission and Values of the school. Representing a diverse mix of professional skills, board members are appointed to serve a three-year term to a maximum of two consecutive terms. Ex-officio members, including the Superior of the Jesuit Community of Winnipeg or such individual designated by the Superior, a representative of the Archbishop of Winnipeg, and the President, also serve on the board.
Andrew Stibbard, CPA, CA, is the Regional Managing Partner for MNP in Winnipeg, leading our city’s largest professional services firm. Andrew delivers business advisory services to public, private and not-for-profit organizations that work in ever-changing sectors and environments. Andrew has personally assisted clients in a wide range of industries, including financial services, sports and media, agriculture, manufacturing and distribution, real estate, the not-for-profit sector and government. Andrew is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, CA), and holds a Master of Accountancy from the University of Manitoba. He has successfully completed the Canadian Securities Course and the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants’ Brokers and Dealers course. Andrew currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Health Sciences Centre Foundation, is Vice-Chair of The Associates, Asper School of Business, is a member of the YES! Winnipeg Investor Council and is Chair of the Blue Ribbon Committee for the Ducks Unlimited Ministers Dinner. In his spare time, Andrew enjoys spending time at Victoria Beach with his wife Stephanie and children Alex ('22), Sydney, and Luke. Andrew is a proud hockey dad to all three kids, and can be found in the stands at hockey rinks across the city from October to April. He is also a proud Winnipeg Jets and Blue Bombers supporter.
Brendon Corbett and his wife, Lynsey, are the proud parents of three children, and while they aren’t quite old enough to attend St. Paul’s High School, both Brendon and Lynsey hope that they one day will. Brendon is an alumnus of St. Paul’s High School and a graduate of the University of Manitoba’s Asper School of Business. Brendon is the Vice President of Corporate Development at People Corporation and has served on several boards, including his current role as Convenor of House League Hockey with Fort Garry North Hockey Association. Brendon is proud to once again be a part of the school, and he looks forward to sharing his passion for Catholic education and the enrichment it brings in the development of “Men for Others”.
Jamie is a consultant assisting corporate clients with major events including divestitures, acquisitions, financing and recapitalization in addition to general strategy. Jamie has extensive executive finance and business experience having served most recently as the Chief Financial Officer of Tundra Oil and Gas and prior to that, Manitoba Hydro. With his St. Paul’s and then U of M Commerce education in hand, he began his career in investment banking spending almost a decade with global investment banks including stops in New York, Toronto and Hong Kong. He moved back to Winnipeg in 2004 and spent 12 years as a partner in Richardson Capital, a private equity investment firm that had approximately $1 billion in capital commitments. Jamie has broad governance experience having served as a Chair or Director of over a half dozen companies. Jamie and his wife, Julie-Anne, love summers with family and friends at the lake and have two children: a daughter Claire and son Matthew who is just starting at St. Paul’s in the Class of 2026.
Tanya is a corporate commercial lawyer engaged in a broad range of legal advice and services to numerous government departments. Appointed General Counsel in 2021, she is one of the leading practitioners at Manitoba Justice, handling complex and signifigant legal matters, acting as lead counsel to a team of lawyers and recently serving as CAO and legal counsel to the ERBK Review Commission. She assists Justice in developing and applying legal positions and policies, and assists and offers advice to other counsel within the Legal Services Branch. A focused leader, strategic advisor and collaborator, Tanya has worked with various organizations in the areas of diversity, and mentorship and has served on numerous community and corporate boards.
A member of the St. Paul's High School Board of Directors since 2016, she is a member of the HR Committee and was a member of the successful President's Search Committee.
A former track athlete, awarded the Errick Willis Trophy by the Manitoba Sportswriters & Sportscasters Association for Manitoba Female Athlete of the Year, Tanya is a firm believer in the importance of sports in youth development. Tanya, her husband Peter and their three sons, Quinn Roberston-Stovel ('11), Dane Roberston-Stovel ('16) and Logan Robertson-Stovel ('21) are all sports fans, who also enjoy travelling the world together.
Ms. Rhonda Chorney recently retired as the Chief Financial Officer for the Victoria General Hospital Foundation. She has 30 years of Management experience. Rhonda previously held a position as Manager at the University of Manitoba, in the area of Revenue and Capital Projects for 6 years. She also has experience as a Manager at Great West Life Assurance Company in the Investment Division for 10 years. Rhonda is a Certified Professional Accountant which was obtained in 2002.
Rhonda grew up in Saskatchewan and moved with her husband to Winnipeg in 1996. She has 2 boys,both of whom graduated from St. Paul's High School in 2017 and 2019. She volunteers at Siloam Mission and St. Paul’s High School. She also enjoys golf, running, reading, travel and spending time watching her boys’ sports. She is also a member of the Associates through the Asper School of Business and Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD).
Damiano is the Chief Financial Officer for the Bison Group and has been with Bison Transport since February 2011. He is responsible for the development of a strategic framework including acquisitions, leading transaction activities (assessment, negotiation, structure, due diligence and integration planning), development of finance policy, structuring of arrangements (sourcing capital to fund growth) and leading key internal initiatives including benchmarking and business unit reviews. Damiano has enjoyed a lengthy career as an accountant and, before moving to Bison, he was the VP of Corporate Development at Richardson Financial Group. Damiano is a member of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Business Valuators and the Manitoba Institute of Chartered Accountants, as well as various business groups in Winnipeg. In his spare time he loves spending time with his wife Vanessa and his two children, Michael and Megan. Damiano and his family enjoy camping and a playing variety of sports. He regularly attends and volunteers for his kids swimming, soccer and hockey activities. Damiano also is actively involved with community and school boards.
Ataf Khokhar is a corporate commercial lawyer specializing in the areas of real estate and financial services. Ataf has represented a wide range of clients, including but not limited to the following: 1) business owners in various industries; 2) builders and contractors; and 3) financial institutions. He is an avid sports fan and has assisted the Junior Varsity Crusaders basketball coaching team in several seasons since returning to Winnipeg. He attended primarily Catholic schools and believes that the values taught to him have greatly shaped his life. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree, majoring in both Finance and International Business from the Asper School of Business and a law degree from St. Thomas University School of Law in Miami, Florida. Prior to his last semester of law school, he was awarded an internship at the United Nations in New York. During his time at the United Nations, he represented a non-governmental organization (Pax Romana). Upon completing his law degree, Ataf worked as an attorney in New York City with the New York State Office of the Attorney General as well as in private practice as a contract attorney with JP Morgan. He recently served on the Board of Directors for the Westminster Housing Society. In his spare time, Ataf enjoys the outdoors camping with his wife Anjali and their two young children, Aaliyah (6) and Kobe (4) and playing sports including hockey, basketball and tennis.
For 30 years, Jason has provided his marketing expertise to various public and private businesses and local charities. Since 2008, he has been the Tim Hortons Regional Marketing Manager for Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Northern Ontario and has been instrumental in planning/executing regional plans that drive strategic community investment and the overall Tim Hortons business. Jason graduated from St Paul’s High School in 1988 and has been contributing to his alma mater in one way or another for the past twenty-five years. Currently, he sits on the St Paul’s Alumni Association board since its formation eight years ago, and just finished his term as President of the Association.
Shawn is the RBC Regional Vice President, Business Financial Services, for Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Nunavut and Western Ontario.
Shawn holds an MBA from the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, a Bachelor of Commerce, Finance from Saint Mary's University, and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Dalhousie University. He also holds Personal Financial Planner (PFP) and a Specialist, Trust Institute designations from the Institute of Canadian Bankers.
Shawn has a passion for diversity, inclusion, and belonging and serves as a Board Member for both Indigenous Works and Harvest Manitoba. Shawn is also the Executive Advisor to RBC's regional iCare employee resource group- an employee led and employee fueled group dedicated to supporting the needs of caregivers.
A career that has taken Shawn from Atlantic Canada to Ontario to North Carolina, Shawn now makes Winnipeg his home alongside his partner Tara and three children.
Nancy spent her career working with various charitable organizations and recently retired as a fundraiser from the St. Boniface Hospital Foundation. Her career enlightened her to the needs and generosity of the community.
She received her secondary education at the University of Manitoba, earning a BA in Geography and a Bachelor of Recreation Studies.
Nancy's current volunteer commitments include sitting on the board of the Esther House, and volunteering with TOBA Centre and the Immaculate Conception Drop-In Centre. She is thrilled to have the opportunity to sit on the board at St. Paul's High School.
Her passions include running, pilates, and attending the theatre and the opera. Nancy is the proud wife of Carmine ('76) and sons Anthony ('05), and Danny ('09). Her daughter Kaitlyn ('06) is a graduate of St. Mary's Academy.
Nancy and her husband Carmine were the recipients of the 2022 Tribute Dinner Ignatian Challenge Award.
Fr. Con Mulvihill, SJ is a native of the Ottawa Valley. He has been a Jesuit for 40 years and a priest for 30 years. Fr. Con has advanced degrees in English and Theology, and has taught English and Religion at Loyola High School in Montreal, Quebec for three years, and at St. Paul's High School from 1995-1998 and again from 2006-2010.
He served as a university chaplain at St. Mary's University in Halifax, Nova Scotia for six years. Ministry assignments abroad include teaching English at a Jesuit college in Caracas, Venezuela, and also teaching Religion at Campion College in Kingston, Jamaica.
Before returning to Winnipeg for the fourth time in 2020, he spent six years in a Jesuit formation community at Regis College, the Jesuit theologate in Toronto. He is presently the associate pastor of St. Ignatius Church in Winnipeg.
Fr. Con is very happy to be back in Winnipeg, and it is a great pleasure for him to be associated once again with St. Paul's High School. The school is a place in which he feels very much at home, and where he has a lot of fond memories.
In 1964 at the age of 18, Fr. John joined the Jesuits in Guelph, ON. He studied at the Novitiate in Guelph and at the University of Guelph where he recieved a double honors degree in English and Philosophy. Fr. John was then sent to Darjeeling in northern India to teach at St. Joseph's College, and then to the the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan. He then returned to Toronto to pursue theology and the path to ordination where he studied at Regis College. Fr. John returned to Bhutan to teach and also settled into the role of high school administrator. After six years, he returned to Canada to earn his doctorate in Moral Theology, and upon successful completion of doing so, was ready to head back to Bhutan only to find out that all Jesuits had been kicked out of the country for political reasons.
Changing directions, Fr. John then taught bioethics in Regina, Winnipeg, and Toronto. He was invited to participate in a post-civil war Jesuit education project in the African country of Liberia where he eventually spent six years just outside of Monrovia in a small place called Caldwell. Upon returning to Canada, Fr. John has published books on GMO's, slavery, torture, truth commissions in Africa, and nuclear weapon production and the environment.
Fr. John is a founding member of Quixote House, a partner of Future Hope, which assists recent parolees from Stony Mountain Institution and Rockwood Correctional Institution transition and reintegrate into the community.
Robert Paul Polz, graduated from St. Paul’s High School in 1980 and obtained his Bachelor of Arts from St. Paul’s College, University of Manitoba, in 1983. He entered seminary for the Archdiocese of Winnipeg and received his Master of Divinity from St. Peter’s Seminary, King’s College, University of Western Ontario, in 1987. He was ordained to the Diaconate at St. John Brebeuf Church on August 26, 1987 and ordained to the Priesthood at St. Mary’s Cathedral on May 20, 1988. After several years of parochial ministry, Fr. Robert returned to studies and obtained a Licentiate in Canon Law, Saint Paul University, and a Master in Canon Law, University of Ottawa, in May 2003. Formerly serving as a Judge, he now serves as Defender of the Bond for the Regina Regional Matrimonial Tribunal, Winnipeg Branch, and as Promoter of Justice for the Winnipeg Archdiocesan Tribunal. Currently the Pastor of Saint John XXIII Parish in Winnipeg, Fr. Robert’s ministry in the Archdiocese also includes service as a member of the College of Consultors and the Council of Priests. As Ecumenical and Interfaith Liaison for the Archdiocese, he is a member and a Past-President of the Western Diocesan and Eparchial Coordinators of Ecumenism (WDECE), chairperson of the Winnipeg Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, a participant in the Winnipeg Jewish-Catholic Dialogue, and a board member of the Manitoba Multifaith Council. Fr. Robert has served as the Archbishop’s Representative on the St. Paul’s High School Board of Directors for over 20 years. He is grateful for the continued growth in excellence he has witnessed in the school over these years, particularly the various spiritual and service activities which contribute to the wholistic development of our students.
For thirty years, Sr. Lesley Sacouman worked at Rossbrook House alongside Indigenous youth. Together they strived to ensure that "No child who does not want to be alone should ever have to be.” Presently she is the Executive Director of Holy Names House of Peace where she lives with 19 newcomer women. Sr. Lesley served on the boards of The Winnipeg Foundation and of Annishnaabe Oway-ishi, an education, employment training program. She is presently on the board of Esther House, a home for women in recovery from addiction and on The Manitoba Access to Justice Steering Committee. In 2015 she received the Tribute Dinner Ignatian Challenge Award.
