Marie-Claude Renaud

Director, Signal Hill Campus Operations, Conference and Event Services

Marie-Claude started as Director of Operations, Conference and Event Services at the Signal Hill Campus, Memorial University of Newfoundland in December 2023. Previous to this position, she was Conference and Ancillary Services Manager at Grenfell Campus, Memorial University of Newfoundland for 12 years. She has been working in the Hospitality industry for the past 22 years. Previous to this position, she was the Conference Services Manager for the largest rehabilitation hospital in Canada,
Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, where she oversaw and executed over 35 conferences a year for health care professionals. Before that, she was the Director of the French Division at The Canadian Institute, a company that produces educational events on a variety of topics such as law, business, finance, communications, and human resources.

Marie-Claude obtained her law degree at the Université Laval in Quebec City, where she is originally from. In 2009, Marie-Claude obtained her Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) designation and in 2014 she obtained her Project Management Professional (PMP) designation. Marie-Claude was the Atlantic Region Director for The Canadian University and College Conference
Organizers Association (CUCCOA) in 2016-17 and was President from 2019-2023.