Staff

Paul Girard, Acting Director General

Serges Bruneau, Programme Director

Serges Bruneau has an Honours BA of Criminology (University of Montreal), and joined ICPC in 2003. With experience in the fields of young offenders rehabilitation, Quebec Health and Social Services as well as teaching, he has specialized in crime prevention at the local level, having coordinated the City of Montreal crime prevention program, Tandem Montreal, for over 10 years. He has contributed to several crime prevention initiatives, such as the Quebec cities guide titled Sécurité dans les milieux de vie. Pour le mieux-être des citoyens, des citoyennes et des familles. He is a past member of the National Crime Prevention Centre and of the Table ronde du Québec sur la prévention de la criminalité, and current President of the Conseil consultatif québécois en prévention de la criminalité. He has also worked in the fields of homelessness, drug addiction, homeless youth and urban prostitution and is currently Programme Director at ICPC.

Kassa Bourne, Director Administration and Finance
Kassa Bourne joined ICPC in January 2010. Originally from England, Kassa has lived and worked in London, Rome and New York City, arriving in Montreal in 1994. For the past 10 years she has worked in the city’s thriving multimedia sector, five years of which were in a management position. She holds an MA in Italian and French from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland.

Marina Menezes, Senior Analyst

Marina Menezes holds a Bachelor of Law (University of Sao Paulo, Brazil) and has earned credits in Social Sciences at the same university. She also holds a post-graduate diploma in community crime prevention (University of Chile). She started working with public safety, crime prevention and juvenile justice themes when she joined the Brazilian office of the United Nations Latin American Institute for the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders (ILANUD Brazil) in 2007. She has also worked for the Brazilian Forum of Public Safety and was a member of the International Platform for Violence Research, hosted by the University of Bielefeld, Germany. In 2011, she began collaborating with the ICPC as a consultant for projects in Guatemala and Colombia, and later joined the ICPC team as a Senior Analyst.

Esteban Benavides, Analyst and Project Officer

Esteban Benavides joined the ICPC in February 2007. He has an MA in Urban Sociology (University of Strasburg – France), and an MA in Audiovisual Communication. He undertook an internship with UN-Habitat’s Safer Cities Programme and has also worked in Kenya for the Street Children Initiative 'Streets Ahead'. From 2006-2007, he worked as a Research Analyst for the Safety and Security Programme of the City of Montreal (Tandem). Most notably, he contributed to the development of a local safety diagnosis of the borough of Rosemont – La Petite-Patrie. At ICPC, he is currently working to expand ICPC's Knowledge Base on Community Safety and Prevention, by examining crime prevention programmes, policies and tools in Latin America.

Stéphanie Ferland, Analyst and Project Officer

Stephanie is completing a master in international program management (National School of Public Administration), holds a Bachelor of Law (University of Montreal) and holds a minor in Sociology and a Bachelor of Social Work (Mc Gill University, Montreal). She worked in governance and human rights for a Canadian organization in Peru for two years. She also completed an internship in Public International Law for the International Court of Justice at The Hague, Netherlands and worked as an agent of human relationships in care and evaluation for the Youth Center of Montreal (Youth protection).

Vivien Carli, Analyst and Project Officer

Vivien Carli joined ICPC in 2008.She holds an MA in Sociology, and an Honours Bachelor’s Degree in International Development and Economics, both from McGill University. She has worked internationally and locally in health institutions and non-governmental organizations, and was involved in developing HIV health education programs in Kenya. Her research and project experience includes Indigenous safety and justice, and public health and violence prevention. She also contributes to various international reports and initiatives spanning from issues including urban violence, women’s safety, youth violence, criminal justice system, disability and governance.

Cvetanka Georgieva, Bookkeeper

Cvetanka Georgieva is charged with the bookkeeping for ICPC. She has a Masters degree in Engineering (from Technical University of Varna, Bulgaria) and Certificate in accountancy from École des hautes études commerciales – Montréal. She has occupied various administration and accountancy positions (public and private sector) in Bulgaria and in Montreal before joining ICPC team in August 2009.

Esthela Alvarado, Receptionist/ Office Assistant

Esthela Alvarado has a BA in Tourist Administration (Escuela Politécnica, Mexico City) and a Diploma in Secretarial Studies. She joined the ICPC in June 2001. Her duties include those of receptionist and translator, to and from Spanish.