Alumni News and Views - Conestoga College

Letters to the Editor
George Vezza, Business 1983
Dear Alumni Administrator,
I would like to congratulate the
College staff for the number one
ranking they recently received.
As a business graduate from 1983, I
am proud of the rating that has
confirmed to me what I already
knew. My experience at Conestoga
was a positive stage in my life and
has helped shape my life and career.
To all my fellow students that I have
lost touch with, I hope that we one
day meet again to talk and laugh
about old times. My life is going
well. I married during my first year
of college and am happy to say that
we will celebrate our 25th
anniversary this December. My
beautiful and supportive wife
Rachelle has blessed me with three
wonderful children, two sons
(Wesley and Justyn) who attend
Conestoga College in the Business
program and Hailey who attends a
private school here in the Dominican
Republic. I have had the pleasure of
working for Nestle, the world’s
largest food and beverage company
for the last 21 years. I have spent
the last 9 years living and working
abroad at the Vice President level. I
have been privileged to work in
Jamaica, Trinidad and now in the
Dominican Republic. My career has
taken me to many exotic locations
and has allowed me to continue to
learn. I have completed with honors
an Executive Program in IMD
Switzerland, and an Executive
Leadership program at the London
Business School in England.
I have never allowed myself to be
ashamed of attending a Canadian
Editor’s Notebook
College versus a University. I believe
every Conestoga graduate can reach
their desired level both professionally
and personally if they believe in
themselves.
I currently head up the Marketing
and Communication Department
with a staff of over 50 Brand
Managers, operating in 27 Countries
from Cuba to Bermuda. This is a
challenging position and provides a
high level of job satisfaction.
Thank you Conestoga College for
helping me reach my potential.
Regards,
George Vezza, Vice President,
Marketing and Communications,
Nestlé Region Caribe
Monica,
Have just had a wonderful lunch
break reading the Summer Issue of
Connections. What an informative
publication. It made me wish that
30 odd years ago I would have
followed through with postsecondary
education. Of course, in
1969, the College was a few trailers
on a site with no bus service - so I
was doomed from the start.
I was pleased to see that the Cowan
organization has taken a great
interest (my insurance roots of over
25 years). I was definitely
impressed by the number of local
companies taking part in the co-op
programs and others that support
financially and others still that
supply equipment for the varied
courses. They should be very
proud.
As a citizen of Kitchener I am proud
to call Conestoga College one of our
little "gems". Keep up the good
work. Of course, #1 is the only place
for "our" College to be, isn't it?!!!!
Emilie Brown
RAISE Home Support
Send your cards and letters to:
Monica Himmelman
Development & Alumni Services
299 Doon Valley Drive, Kitchener, ON N2G 4M4
Email: mhimmelman@conestogac.on.ca
greystone design group inc.
l-r... Ben Eby-1996, Stephanie Eby-1996,
Maria Fejerpataky-2001, Kate Vanderlaan-
2002, Luang Douangkham-2002, Paul
Zegers-2000, Teresa Cabral-2005, Daewon
Lee-2003, Mirjana Babic-Microcomputer
Software Grad 2000, Peter Koning-2003,
Mario Marin-1998, Nick Rosenburg-Sheridan
Grad 2002, Nader El-Sarraf-Civil Grad 1999
Hi Lynne / Monica,
I've been meaning to contact both of
you for a few weeks now.
I want to offer a belated thank-you,
on behalf of greystone, for the time
spent preparing our recent
Connections article. We are all very
grateful to be featured and cannot
thank you both enough. Please pass
on our regards to your Connections
team.
Thanks again,
Ben Eby, President - greystone
1996 Construction Engineering
Technology
Keep those cards
and letters coming!
We love to hear
from you.
Monica and the
Connections Team
Connections - winter 2006
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