Board of Directors
The CES-NCC Board of Directors consists of a Past-President and eleven (11) elected members, including two student members. Board members are elected by the membership and serve a three-year term.
President – Elena Gallitto
Past President – Vacant
Secretary – Lancinet Kourouma
Treasurer – Rea Mishaxhiu
Chair, Professional Development and ALE – Sylvie Geauvreau
Co-Chair, Communications and Marketing – Camellia Nguyen
Co-Chair, Communications and Marketing – Rea Mishaxhiu
Co-Chair, Partnerships and Engagement – Mahyar Naseri
Co-Chair, Partnerships and Engagement – Maria Reyes
Chapter Liaison with CES National – Judy Lifshitz
Board Member – Eric Robard
Board Member – Vacant
Student Representative – Lancinet Kourouma
Student Representative – Joseph Odu
Official Languages Champion – Sabrina Ouellet
TBS Representative (Ex-officio) – Anna Engman
Performance and Partnership Exchange (PPX) representative (Ex-officio) – Vacant
IEN Representative (Ex-officio) – Vacant
Elena Gallitto
President & Chair of the Strategy, Operations, and Governance Committee
Elena Gallitto serves as the National Chapter President of the Canadian Evaluation Society, where she leads efforts to strengthen evaluation practice and promote its use across Canada. She brings extensive experience in program evaluation, project management, and both qualitative and quantitative research. Deeply committed to evidence-informed decision-making, Elena is passionate about collaboration, learning, and achieving meaningful impact. She looks forward to working closely with CES members and partners to advance the Society’s mission nationwide.
Rea Mishaxhiu
Treasurer & Co-Chair, Communications & Marketing
Rea Mishaxhiu is a Credentialed Evaluator with 15 years of experience in evaluation, research, and governance‑related work across federal and non‑profit sectors. She is currently an Evaluation Officer at Crown‑Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada, where her work emphasizes collaboration with Indigenous partners.
Rea holds a Master of Public Policy and Administration, a Graduate Certificate in Evaluation, and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science. An engaged contributor to the evaluation community, Rea has served as a conference proposal reviewer, mentoring committee member, presenter, and event volunteer. She is dedicated to promoting inclusivity and innovation in the evaluation practice.
Lancinet Kourouma
Secretary, Student Representative
Bio coming soon!
Camellia Nguyen
Co-Chair, Communications & Marketing
Cam Nguyen is a public policy professional currently working with the Indigenous Policy Office at Ontario's Ministry of Transportation. She holds a Master of Public Policy and Administration from Carleton University and has contributed to policy and evaluation initiatives across federal and provincial governments, including the Government of Prince Edward Island, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada, and Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada.
Outside of her professional work, Cam is actively involved in the public policy and evaluation communities through volunteer leadership and engagement with organizations such as the Institute of Public Administration of Canada and the Canadian Evaluation Society's National Capital Chapter. In her spare time, she enjoys travelling, painting, exploring art galleries and museums, and playing the piano.
Sylvie Geauvreau
Chair, Professional Development and ALE
Sylvie is a student in Carleton University’s Graduate Diploma in Public Policy and Program Evaluation, completing her degree in December 2026. She has a background in Global Development in the not-for-profit sector. She has also written capstone research projects on poverty and education among Indigenous peoples in Mexico, and the resettlement experiences of refugee claimants in Canada.
Sylvie has been an involved member of the CES-NCC community for three years, helping plan the ALE since 2024. She joined the CES-NCC Board in 2025 as Co-chair of Professional Development and is Chairs the ALE and Professional Development committees for the 2026-27 fiscal year.
Mahyar Naseri
Co-Chair, Partnerships & Engagement
Mahyar Naseri is a Senior Research Associate in the Faculty of Social Sciences and a Project Manager at the Centre on Governance at the University of Ottawa. He is also Executive Director of the Performance and Planning Exchange and a certified Knowledge Mobilizer. His work focuses on results-based management, governance, and knowledge mobilization, supporting collaboration across public and nonprofit sectors.
Mahyar has served on the boards of the Institute of Public Administration of Canada (National Capital Region) and the Performance and Planning Exchange. He holds a Master of Public Administration from the University of Ottawa, a Master in Urban Affairs and Management from the University of Tehran, and a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering from KNTU.
Maria Reyes
Co-Chair, Partnerships & Engagement
Maria Reyes has volunteered with CES as a member of the Manitoba chapter Board of Directors, the organizing committee for the 2022 CES Conference, a Manitoba representative for the CES National Board, and a member of the CES NCC’s Reconciliation, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Sustainability Committee.
For the last 12 years, her career has been focused on evaluation. She previously worked with different provincial governments as an individual contributor and in leadership positions.
Judy Lifshitz
Chapter Representative to National
Judy Lifshitz has been working in the area of evaluation and performance measurement in the federal government for the past 18 years. She currently works at Shared Services Canada as Deputy Director, Evaluation.
Judy is CES NCC’s chapter representative on National, the Chair of Professional Learning for CES National and is on CES’s Credentialing Board.
When she is not working or volunteering Judy enjoys travelling, culinary arts, wine tasting, walking, yoga and meditation.
Eric Robard
Board member
Eric Robard has served as an evaluator within the federal public service since 2008 and holds professional designations as a Credentialed Evaluator from the Canadian Evaluation Society and a Certified Government Auditing Professional from the Institute of Internal Auditors. He holds a Master’s in Public Administration from the École Nationale d'Administration Publique, a Diploma in Management and Leadership from the University of Ottawa.
Eric is also a PhD candidate in Management at Carleton University. His research focuses on critical realism, algorithmic institutionalism in organizational control and sousveillance.
Joseph Odu
Student representative
Bio coming soon!
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