Alumni Spotlight 2016

Dana Decent

Dana Decent (BES '13) was named by Corporate Knights magazine as one of Canada's Top 30 Under 30 in sustainability for 2016.

Corporate Knights believes in a vision for "clean capitalism" in which "business and society succeed together" and the 30 under 30 is "a celebration of young leaders who are pushing for systemic change."

Dana, who lived at St. Paul's in 2008-2009, was recognized for being "an emerging leader in corporate and organizational sustainability with an outstanding record of contribution across the private and not-for-profit sectors." As Manager of the Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation, Dana leads the operations of a multimillion-dollar national research centre focused on climate change and extreme weather solutions.

Read more about Dana and the 29 other inspiring young leaders

Jeff Bell

Jeff Bell (BA '90) was appointed to the position of Group Chief Financial Officer at Centrica PLC in the United Kingdom on August 1, 2015.

Centrica is a multinational energy utility and services company with operations in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Europe and North America.

Jeff joined the company in 2002 as VP Financial Strategy of Direct Energy in Toronto and moved to the UK in 2008. Since 2010 he worked as Group Financial Controller and Director of Corporate Finance and was appointed Interim CFO in September 2014. 

Jeff and his wife Jennifer lived at St. Paul's for several terms in the late 1980's. 

Bryan May

Bryan May (BA '00) was living at St. Paul's when he got the chance to attend the 1995 Referendum rally in Montreal. That experience sparked an interest in politics and now he has been elected to the House of Commons as the representative of the federal riding of Cambridge.

To read how Bryan became interested in politics while living at St. Paul's and how he wants to be known for helping people, please read the recent article in The Waterloo Region Record.