Board President

Lorena Caputo, MBA

Lorena is a seasoned Management Consultant with more than 10 years of experience in strategic business administration. Based in Ottawa, Lorena holds a Master of Business Administration from Carleton University and Honours Bachelor of Social Science from the University of Ottawa.

Her expertise involves delivering transformation results for clients across many different industries including building strong governance systems and prudent business management. She is passionate about giving back to the community and has volunteered with many organizations in various functions over the years.

During her free time, Lorena enjoys spending time outdoors with her spouse, trying new recipes, and relaxing with a glass of wine.  

Board Secretary

Cindy Ramsunahi

Board Member – St. Matthews Church Liaison

Catherine James

Catherine is an active community leader with two decades of  experience in communications, business development and government relations. Her career has spanned both the private and public sectors.

Catherine has been a volunteer in a variety of community organizations such as: St. Matthew’s Anglican Church, the  Wellington Village Community Association, the Westboro Food Bank, Ottawa City Soccer League and Career Girls.

Catherine is married with three active children and spends most of her free time driving them to and from sporting events.  She enjoys tennis, skiing, reading and piano.

Board Member

Karla Rahn

Karla owns and operates a small business with her husband.  Her background is in agriculture and she works directly with farm families, and understands the complexities in family-owned farm businesses. Karla’s compassion, ability to listen and to challenge provides a space to have conversations in the grey zones, to help people move forward. Karla’s professional experience is built from farming, working in the private and public sectors in the field of agriculture and agricultural banking.

Karla is married with 2 active teenage boys.  Most of her time is spent with her boys and husband, family & friends in the beautiful outdoors, cooking, gardening, and enjoying her work.

Board Member

Tamara Taub

Tamara has worked in the Federal Government for the past 23 years focused related to environmental compliance and sustainable development in real property, and more recently has moved into the area of accessibility and inclusivity in the built environment. She has vast experience working with a variety of stakeholders to develop and implement programs, policies and strategies. Tamara is very passionate about volunteering and has volunteered with various organizations such as the Ottawa Rape Crisis Centre, the Children’s Aid Society of Ottawa, School Parent Councils, Temple Israel Board of Director, and Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Ottawa. Tamara is married and has one child. She enjoys spending time with her family and friends, traveling to new and interesting places, going on family downhill skiing adventures, spending time outside in the woods with her dog, reading and volunteering. 

Board Member

Same Pilatwe

Same is enrolled full-time at Carleton University, in the program Law and Legal Studies, with a concentration in Business Law. She has a passion for helping abused women and children, having volunteered at a women’s shelter before in her home country of Botswana. In recent years, she has developed an interest in the governance of non-profit organizations. As a Board Director of the Carleton University Students’ Association (CUSA), she brings policy review skills to her current role as a Board Member of Harmony House. She also serves in HRPA’s Public Advisory Forum, where she contributes to the development of policies to aid the HRPA in its regulatory objectives, as well as brainstorming solutions to mitigate harms to the public stemming from the practice of the HR profession.

In her spare time, Same enjoys trying new cuisines, taking leisurely walks and sports, with her favorite being tennis. Same is married and enjoys playing basketball with her husband and friends.  

Board Member

Pragya Dubey

Pragya Dubey is the Vice President of Global Services at Agility PR Solutions. Her work involves collaborating with clients to create an objective-based media-monitoring and media-analysis framework. She has over 20 years of experience encompassing the fields of public relations, media analytics, social media and media monitoring in Canada, the United States and India.

Pragya has an MBA degree and a BSc in Physics from the University of Mumbai. She actively volunteers in her community and has been involved in the past with Ottawa Community Immigrant Services Organization, Cultural Interpretation Services for Our Communities, and Ronald McDonald House, among others.

She loves to spend time with her family and friends and believes in no waste, recycling everything and sustainable living.

Board Memeber

Emily Murray, M.A., B.A.

Emily has worked for the Government of Canada since 2015, where she has gained experience in client service, essential social programs, and youth volunteerism. During this time, Emily also worked towards obtaining a Bachelor of Arts followed by a Master of Arts, through which she was able to develop passions for climate change mitigation (with a focus on Indigenous culture and tradition), the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and female empowerment.

In addition to her work and academic experiences, Emily has had the pleasure of volunteering for many organizations such as L’Arche (as a Board Member), the World Economic Forum’s Global Shapers Community (as a Global Shaper, an Impact Officer, and now Vice Curator), Autism Nova Scotia (as a Lead Volunteer), amongst others. Hailing from Halifax originally, Emily moved to Ottawa in January 2022 to pursue a new job and has really enjoyed her time so far (especially skating on the canal!). 

In general, Emily is a very passionate and enthusiastic people-person that loves to learn from and amplify under-represented voices and concerns in all that she does. Leisurely, Emily is an avid reader, traveler, yogi, and a terrible knitter.