Amanda Broadhagen - Vice President

Amanda is finishing up her final year of studies in political science at the University of Guelph. Currently, she acts as the President of the Guelph Campus Conservatives and Policy Director for the Ontario PC Campus Association where she enjoys organizing campus club activities, developing new recruitment strategies to expand the number of students involved in the Conservative movement.

Also, she is an active director for both the Perth-Wellington and Guelph Federal Electoral District Associations where she is instrumental in assisting with election readiness and developing campaign strategies. She is also a graduate of the Conservative Party of Canada Internship.

As Vice-President, she will help insure that the Conservative’s cause will remain strong across Ontario’s campuses.

Director of Training - Rayan Chattopadhyay

Rayan Chattopadhyay is a first year student at the University of Toronto Scarborough Campus. He has been involved in six election campaigns. He was an active volunteer for Goodyear in the 2006 federal election campaign and again in 2008 and 2011. In 2007, Rayan started volunteering at the provincial level during the election campaign for PC MPP Gerry Martiniuk. For his work on the campaign, he was awarded the 2008 Trillium Award for Outstanding Youth Volunteer from the PC Party of Ontario.

As a current member of the OPCYA executive, Rayan helped with the Volleyball and BBQ Tournament, municipal elections, and the fundraising reception in March 2011. Rayan is looking forward to be shifting to OPCCA as the Training Director to help revive the association and recruit more students to the conservative cause.

Director of Communications - Clare Schulte-Albert

During her time at the University of Ottawa, Clare has worked on the 2008 and 2011 federal campaigns. She was selected this summer to participate in the Conservative Internship program. During the provincial election of 2011, she worked diligently for several Ontario PC candidates, including Marylissa Gosselin, Lisa MacLeod, Michael Mostyn, and Jerry Ouellette.

Clare was an active member of the University of Ottawa’s Campus Conservatives and she is now a member of the University of Toronto Campus Conservatives. Clare is also a regular contributor to the Prince Arthur Herald, writing about Canadian politics and international affairs from a right wing perspective.

Clare is currently completing her Master of Global Affairs degree at the Munk School at the University of Toronto. As Communications Director, Clare will bring fresh ideas to tackling the issues of campus accountability and the promotion of conservative values on campuses throughout Ontario.

Director of Campus Activism - Sam Presvelos

Sam’s fascination with politics began in the fourth grade. At the age of 13, he worked on his first campaign assisting a former PC MPP, Tina Molinary, in her bid for re-election in Thornhill. Afterwards, Sam worked with Frank Klees in his leadership race and sat as Youth President on the Newmarket-Aurora Board.

Having served on the board for some time, he moved to his own riding of Richmond Hill where he re-founded a vibrant youth association with the help of the past President of the EDA, Michael Parsa.

Now at York University, Sam has joined the York Campus Conservatives and enjoys partaking in campus activism initiatives. In 2011 Sam was worked as a Conservative Party Intern in Ottawa on Parliament Hill. He served as communications director for OPCYA between the years 2010-2011.

Secretary-Treasurer - Mandy van Waes

Mandy is in her second year of International Relations at the University of Western Ontario. A lifelong resident of London-Fanshawe, she became involved in conservative politics last year as first year representative of the Western Conservatives. Currently, she holds the positions of Vice President Federal and secretary of the federal board in her home riding.

Last provincial and federal elections, Mandy volunteered extensively with campaigns in the London region. This past summer, she worked for London North Centre MP, Susan Truppe, as a constituency assistant. She found the experience to be invaluable to her understanding of practical politics and casework.

Outside of her political involvement, Mandy is involved in the Social Science Students Council, and enjoys practicing hot yoga.

Policy Director - Martin Pineda

Martin is his third year of Political Science at Wilfrid Laurier University. A resident of Cambridge, Ontario, Martin first became involved with OPCCA in his first year of university. He has served as the Director of External Communications for the Laurier Campus Conservatives and has been highly active in the club's executive ever since. 

Martin is also highly involved within the school community at his university. He is a member of the WLU Debate Society and has had the opportunity to represent Wilfrid Laurier at several debate tournaments throughout the country. He is also involved with the campus student newspaper The Cord, where he has worked as an opinion columnist.

During the last federal election, Martin gained valuable campaign experience through his volunteer involvement in campaigns throughout the KW region. He had the opportunity to help out with winning campaigns of Conservative candidates in Cambridge, Kitchener-Centre, and Kitchener-Waterloo.

Recruitment Director - Candice Kei

Candice is currently a third year undergraduate student at The University of Western Ontario, majoring in Psychology. She is also a recent graduate of Ryerson University's Business Communications Certificate program. 

Although relatively new to politics, she has recently been actively involved at the federal and provincial level. Previously, she was a volunteer at the 2011 PC Convention and most recently served as Chair of Social Media and as a GOTV Election Day Station Captain for Willowdale candidate, Vince Agovino's campaign during the 2011 provincial election.

Currently, Candice has been appointed as Director of Fundraising for the UWO Conservatives. She also enjoys being heavily involved within her university, working part-time on the Donor Relations & Stewardship team in the Alumni Relations department, as a member of the Social Science Students' Council, Elections Committee for the University Students' Council and UWO Choir.

Director of Fundraising - Chris Tomalty

Chris is a second-year Public Affairs and Policy Management student at Carleton University, minoring in Economics. Chris is familiar with the demands of grassroots activism and is excited to bring his experience to the table this year. He has served two years on the board of the Carleton Conservatives (as the First Year Representative then Director of Finance), worked in Minister Oda's office, on the Hill for MP Nina Grewal, and volunteered on both the federal and provincial campaigns in Kingston and the Islands and various Ottawa-area ridings,

Chris spent a year living in Carthage, Tunisia, where his experience with the now-collapsed authoritarian regime instilled strong beliefs about individual freedom and the importance of a free economy. A strong communicator and organizer, Chris looks forward to serving Ontario's conservative university students in a capacity that draws upon his strengths and those of his teammates