Buffy St-Amand is the Manager of Alumni Relations & Annual Giving at Mount Royal University, a role she has started in January 2014.

Prior to joining Mount Royal University, Buffy worked in the areas of community engagement, international education, partnership development and social innovation in the non-profit sector where she was selected as one of Calgary’s Avenue magazine’s Top 40 Under 40, for career achievements and contributions to the community in 2011.

Before arriving in Calgary, Buffy worked in South America, Asia and Africa. Her international experiences ranged from volunteering in Brazil and Malaysia to teaching French in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania to working with international companies as Marketing Director for the Canadian Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines in Manila.

Buffy’s academic background includes a Bachelor Degree in Sociology, a Certified International Trade designation, and a certificate in Non-Profit Executive Leadership. She volunteers with the Calgary Foundation on the Children, Youth and Families Grant Committee and is a mentor with the Harry G. Schaefer Mentorship Program at Mount Royal. She is an alumna of Leadership Calgary, a community leadership program she has been involved since 2008. She is also a proud mother of twins.