Dr. Clare Warner
President

Dr. Clare Warner is an anti-racist educator, activist and researcher with over 20 years of experience leading equity and inclusion initiatives across the private and public sectors. Her work focuses on leading strategic interventions to improve the experiences and outcomes of equity-deserving groups. She has expertise in organizational assessments, policy development and capacity building. She holds a Ph.D. in Educational Studies from Goldsmiths University, London

Celeste Licorish
Vice-President

Celeste is a speaker, coach, consultant, and facilitator who believes in transformative change.  She is also McMaster University’s Manager of Educational Initiatives and Assessment – Access Strategy in Student Affairs to assist equity-deserving students with post-secondary aspiration, attainment and success.   Celeste was the recipient of McMaster’s President’s Award for Early Achievement in 2020 and holds a BA in Philosophy.

Fun Fact:  Celeste took up running and triathlon during the pandemic and competes in short and long-distance races. 

Francois Narrainan
Treasurer

François was born on the Island of Mauritius, he is a certified accountant with over 30 years of experience, and his visionary perspective earned him opportunities to work on various assignments in different countries in Asia and Africa.

Moved to Canada 13 years ago François has been a Finance Manager, managing funds of around $100m yearly. He is passionate about sports, mainly trail running with STAC, joining this awesome group of people changed his running experience to now being surrounded by great people.

His vision is helping hard-working humans, and his motto is Integrity

He looks forward to helping them as much as possible in the STAC Community.