People on the Move

The former CEO of the Shepherds of Good Hope Foundation is ready to pass on his non-profit knowledge and executive experience through a new role with Homeward Public Affairs.

Erin Benjamin will be applying her advocacy skills to a new role with the Ottawa Board of Trade starting next month, OBOT announced Thursday.

David Hodgins, who has worked for some of Ottawa’s best-known tech companies, has joined SaaS firm Knak as its new director of business development.

The Kanata North Business Association has brought Jaclyn Eisenmann aboard as director of ecosystem strategy and operations.

Vernon White announced on LinkedIn this week that he has joined Ottawa’s Syntax Strategic part-time as strategic counsel to support the company on matters of national defence, security communication and operation-readiness.

Local non-profit leader Rachael Wilson, perhaps best known for leading the Ottawa Food Bank through the pandemic years, will take on the role of president and CEO of United Way East Ontario beginning in the new year.

After five years as vice-president of planning and development, Michelle Taggart has stepped into the role of president of Tamarack Homes. She also recently took on the same role for another of the group’s homebuilding companies, Tartan Homes.

Angie Poirier’s career came to a screeching halt when her son was diagnosed with cancer in 2024. But now, with her family healthy and thriving, Poirier is ready to take on a new challenge.

Samuel Fuller and Jennifer Arbuckle say they want to balance “tradition and innovation” as they take on new leadership roles within the family business, the 86-year-old Fuller Group of Companies.

Eighteen months after her departure, Michelle Groulx is returning to the Ottawa Coalition of Business Improvement Areas (OCOBIA) in a new part-time role.