As CIRA's new Executive Assistant, Sandrine's role is to provide administrative support to the Leadership Group and Executive Committee and to coordinate major CIRA events among other essential activities. Sandrine began her professional experience in the corporate sector where she worked for a couple of years providing administrative support to various senior professionals in the investments management industry. Upon completing her graduate studies, she redirected her career to the higher education sector. Prior to joining CIRA, she worked at the Harvard Graduate School of Education for a global education initiative dedicated to training teachers and educators around the world in the areas of pedagogy, multiple intelligences and instructional technology. Her role consisted of providing the team with administrative support across various functions and delivering customer service to an international clientele. Sandrine holds a bachelor's degree in business and a master of arts in religion. She is multilingual (French, Portuguese, Spanish and German) and has extensive cross-cultural experience having lived in Africa, Brazil, Europe, United States and Canada.