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Our generous donors

Since 2009, the Lise Watier Foundation is pleased to be able to count on the support of valuable donors who are committed to the professional development of women here.

 

Together we are making a difference… one woman at a time

Among our generous benefactors are well-known companies, both large and corporate citizens who are committed to our cause. Some of them are the official sponsors of our fundraising events, while others have supported us in a multitude of ways since the Foundation’s inception. 

We would like to acknowledge the extraordinary commitment of these companies to the Lise Watier Foundation. Thanks to their contributions, we can have a positive and tangible impact on the lives of the women we help. We thank each one of our benefactors for joining forces with us to make a difference… one woman at a time! 

OUR DONORS

Donors emeritus

  • The Watier Rocheleau Family

$100,000 $ and more

  • Groupe Marcelle
  • The Mirella and Lino Saputo Foundation
  • National Bank

$50,000 – $99,999

  • Air Canada
  • Boyden
  • Fournier, Alain
  • KPMG
  • LEAP
  • Marcelle and Jean Coutu Foundation
  • RBC Foundation
  • Rocheleau-Côté Family
  • Rossy Foundation
  • Sanimax
  • TD Bank
  • Ville de Montréal

$25,000 – $49,999

  • Banque de développement du Canada
  • BMO
  • Bujold, Éric
  • Caisse de dépôt et de placement du Québec
  • CGI
  • Chamberland-Tremblay Foundation
  • Couture, Martin
  • Fasken
  • J.A. DeSève Foundation
  • La Vie en Rose
  • Leroux, Martin
  • Novacap
  • Pepin, Isabelle et Rivard, François
  • Pierre Pomerleau Foundation
  • Power Corporation of Canada
  • S&E Services Limited Partnership
  • Scotia Bank
  • Simard, Pierre
  • Stingray
  • SuccessFinder
  • Tetu, Louis

$10,000 – $24,999

  • Anne-Marie & Mitch Garber Family Foundation
  • BCF Business Law 
  • BCG
  • BDG & Partners
  • Bédard, Éric
  • BFL Canada
  • Bombardier
  • Boutin, Nathalie
  • Chapter One Sportswear
  • CN
  • Cogeco Funds
  • Crowe BGK
  • Dalaroy Conseil
  • Dentons Canada S.E.N.C.R.L.
  • Egon Zehnder
  • Engel & Völkers
  • Fidelity Investments Canada ULC
  • Fiera Capital
  • Adriana & Olivier Desmarais Foundation 
  • Alain & Sandra Bouchard Foundation
  • Wood Family Foundation
  • Henrichon Goulet Foundation
  • Lise et Giuseppe Racanelli Foundation
  • Lise et Richard Fortin Foundation
  • Germain Hotels
  • Goulet, Paul-André
  • Gowling WLG
  • Aldo Group
  • Jean Coutu Group
  • Kent Group of RBC Dominion Securities
  • Petra Group
  • Hendriks, Bob
  • Hogue, Jocelyn
  • Intelcom Dragonfly
  • Kort Payments
  • Lemoine, Carole
  • M&H
  • McCarthy Tétrault
  • Montréal Centre Sports inc.
  • Ninepoint Partners
  • Patard, Nicolas et Faucher, Karinne
  • Picton Mahoney
  • Mackenzie Placements 
  • Montrusco Bolton Investments
  • Pomerleau Inc
  • Québecor Media Inc
  • Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton
  • Richter Management Ltd
  • RPIA
  • Sagard
  • Services Cloutier et associés
  • Sid Lee
  • Strøm spa nordique
  • Teddington
  • Veilleux, Étienne
  • W Investissements
  • WSP

$5,000 – $9,999

  • AlphaFixe Capital
  • AQR Capital Management
  • Archambault, Josée
  • Auger, Luce
  • Auger, Martïne
  • Avison Young
  • Bélanger, Nicolas
  • Cain Lamarre
  • Cascades Canada
  • Club Atwater
  • Collar Capital
  • De Grandpré Chait
  • Deloitte
  • Desparois, Marc
  • Dream Asset Management
  • Estridev
  • Fabi, Christian
  • Nicole & Bertin Pelletier Foundation
  • Virginia Parker Foundation 
  • Giroux, Marc
  • Granite Reit
  • Park Avenue Group
  • Securvie Financial Group
  • H+R Reit
  • iA Financial Group 
  • Laflamme, François
  • Lavery
  • Lemay
  • Lewin, David
  • Lorrain, Marie-Claude and Larouche, Pierre
  • Miele, Francesco
  • Nymbus Capital
  • Purpose Investments
  • Richter
  • Ringuet, Michel
  • Roynat Inc.
  • Sabbatini, Luc
  • Savard, David
  • Tremblay, Stéphane
  • Tricon Residential
  • Verreault, Richard

Our donors talk about their involvement

Martin Couture – Sanimax
Martin Lavigne – National Bank Financial

The Annual Ball of the Foundation – 2024

HONORARY CO-PRESIDENCY

Roger T. Duguay
Managing Partner
BOYDEN CANADA

Benoit Lacoste Bienvenue
Managing Partner, Quebec
KPMG

MEMBERS OF THE AMBASSADOR COMMITTEE

  • Fannie Charron, Special events management & philanthropy
  • Marc Desparois, President, Founder, Salon De Coiffure Culture
  • Paule Labelle, Co-founder and Strategic Development, Cava Rose
  • Christine Lavoie Gagnon, Director, Festival des films du Japon, Montréal
  • Katerine Rocheleau, Development & Communication, National Bank Financial_Team Guy Côté
  • Jennifer Roman, Hero Strategy Group

EVENING PARTNERS

  • CR34TE 
  • Kaufmann de Suisse 
  • Lambert
  • LMI Packaging
  • Mixte Magazine
  • Nijikai Saké Inc
  • Odessa Poissonnier 
  • Sirco
  • Watier 

The Annual Cocktail of the Foundation – 2025

HONORARY CO-CHAIRMANSHIP

Lucia Dzoara Mendoza
Senior Director, Corporate Finance
BMO

Julien Jauffret
Wealth Advisor and portfolio manager
National Bank Financial_Team Guy Côté

Tristan Rocheleau
Wealth Advisor and portfolio manager
National Bank Financial_Team Guy Côté

MEMBERS OF THE AMBASSADOR COMMITTEE

  • Marie-Belle Abi Habib, Senior relationship Manager, National Bank
  • Ati Abhari, Senior Private Banker, Scotia Bank
  • Isabelle Archer Vezina, Senior Manager, Cloud and Data, PwC
  • Audrey Blondin-Rocheleau, Account Director, Bleublancrouge
  • Marie-Frédérique Boucher, CPA Auditor, Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton
  • Theodore Cape, Specialist, Amazon and E-Retail, Groupe Marcelle
  • Jeanne Chamandy, Marketing consultant, Eleventh Letter
  • Valérie Charpentier, Partner, Lawyer, BCF Business law
  • Roselyne Darche, Account Manager, BDC
  • Laurence Dandurand. Lawyer, De Grandpré Chait
  • Aurélie Desjardins Michaud, Associate, Private Equity
    PSP Investments
  • Katrina Fiege, Real Estate Director, La Vie en Rose and Bikini Village
  • Iara Griffith, Lawyer, Privacy and Cybersecurity, Fasken
  • Alicia Kucharska, Director, Real Estate Finance, CDPQ
  • Louis-Alexandre Lefebvre, Regional Director, National Bank Investments
  • Amélie Leroux-B., Senior Director, Services Financiers Cloutier et Associés
  • Soleïca Monnier, CIPP/C, LLM, Lawyer, Fasken
  • Viriane Pes, Director, Risk – Fixed Income, CDPQ
  • Philippe Rainville, District Sales Executive, Expeditors
  • Charlotte Routhier, Communications Business Associate / Stakeholder Relations, CN

EVENING PARTNERS

  • Lambert
  • Les Enfants Terribles 
  • Moetreal
  • New City Gas
  • Odessa Poissonnier 
  • Saputo Services alimentaires 
  • Watier

Goods and services

  • bicom 
  • La Luz Portraits 
  • McCarthy Tétrault 

MARIE-ÈVE

Graduate of the Entrepreneurship Program

The Lise Watier Foundation offers the Let’s Start Up Pathway in Montreal, Quebec City, the Laurentians, Montérégie, Sherbrooke, Drummondville and Toronto. More than 350 women a year are committed to taking action through the Let’s Start Up Pathway. They graduate with a better understanding of their strengths and skills, as well as the knowledge and tools to implement their professional project. Women thus begin a new journey towards financial independence through entrepreneurship, a return to school or a more fulfilling job.

Major donors

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