Rana Sarkar was appointed as Consul General of Canada in San Francisco | Silicon Valley in 2017, with accreditation for Northern California and Hawaii. He is also a member of Canada’s NAFTA Advisory Council.
Mr. Sarkar previously served as National Director for High Growth Markets at KPMG Canada, and co-chairman of the advisory board at the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto. From 2009 - 2013, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of the Canada-India Business Council.
In 2005, Mr. Sarkar co-founded Content Partners, a global content agency (sold...
David Wayne Stewart was the chair of the Canadian Studies Program's External Advisory Board from 2019-2024. He is also a longtime board member and former “chairmoose” at the Digital Moose Lounge, an association of Canadians in Silicon Valley. Since 2013, he has consulted on a range of Canada-U.S. innovation projects for clients such as the Kitchener-Waterloo Region, the University of Saskatchewan, Expansion Québec and the Association of University Research Parks Canada. From 2007 to 2012, he served as an academic relations officer with the Consulate General of Canada in Palo Alto....
Jennifer Wong was raised in Ottawa. She earned her B.A. in finance and economics from Huron College at Western University in London, Ontario. She brings global business development, professional services and customer success experience with tech leaders including DocuSign, Dell and IBM. While leading a global team as DocuSign’s Director of Partner Services, Jennifer also served as SF co-chair for DocuSign IMPACT, and served on the global steering committee for DocuSign Women.
Jennifer has held a number of community leadership roles include SF Expat Canadian Meetup co-organizer,...
Griselda Zhou is a first-generation Chinese North American, born in Mexico, raised in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, and now residing in San Francisco. While living in Moose Jaw, she founded student leadership group focused on multiculturalism education efforts among youth called, “We Are Canadian Teens” (W.A.C.T.) and served the Moose Jaw Motif Multicultural Festival for multiple years as a Chinese heritage performing artist and organizing committee member.
Griselda currently serves as Global Head of Employee Communications at Woven by Toyota, a...
