Alumni Award of Excellence

Leroy Fontaine

Leroy Fontaine, motivational speaker, author and firefighter, receives the Alumni Award of Excellence for his advocacy for Indigenous culture and support for the community.     Find out more

Bean Gill

Bean Gill, inclusion advocate and co-founder of ReYu Paralysis, receives the Alumni Award of Excellence for her dedication to breaking barriers and creating community.     Find out more

About the award

This award recognizes the significant contributions made in recent years by NAIT alumni to their profession or community. This can be a recent one-time contribution or contributions made over a period of time.

This award will be presented at the NAIT Celebrates event. This award was not presented in 2023.

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Past Recipients

Name Year
Leroy Fontaine
Personal Medical Technician '12
2025
Bean Gill
Medical Radiologic Technology '03
2025
Arlo Maverick
Business Administration - Marketing '02
2024
Marcie Kiziak
Business Administration - Management '03
2024
Su-Ling Goh
Radio & Television - TV '98
2022
Kathy Leskow
Business Administration - Management '96
2022
Rob Jennings
Business Administration - Marketing '98
2021
Steven Brochu
Culinary Arts '06
2021
Shane Chartrand
Cook '04
2020

Michael Turcsanyi 
Network Engineering ‘00

2020
Ken Jurina
Marketing '95
2019
Sean Rayner
Marketing '01
2019
Ronda Gras
Chemical Technology '91
2018
Josh Classen
Radio and Television '96
2017
Shawn Knight
Paramedic '96
2017