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After serving as interim Dean of Social Science and Business Technologies since March, Tommy Diamantakos was officially appointed to the role on June 10.

Tommy鈥檚 path to this position began as a teacher of English as a second language at Vanier College. He has also worked as an Associate Academic Dean at Heritage College and as Coordinator of Continuing Education at Vanier College. Prior to the new position, Tommy was Associate Dean for Dawson鈥檚 Creative and Applied Arts sector from 2021-2024.

Tommy holds a sociology degree from Concordia University and a master鈥檚 degree in education from the University of Sherbrooke. Tommy graduated from Dawson from the Cinema | Communications profile in Arts, Literature and Communication.

Tommy鈥檚 new role includes overseeing the programs in Social Science and Business Technologies as well as Liberal Arts, Community, Recreation and Leadership Training and the Humanities Department.

鈥淲e have rolled out a new Social Science program, one of the biggest in the province,鈥� he said. 鈥淭his is very exciting! I am also eager to work with the Business Administration team as we are currently revising that program. I鈥檓 excited to start the academic year in the sector and look forward to supporting students and teachers.鈥�

Tommy likes that Dawson is a big college but feels like a small community. He says: 鈥淒awson offers great services to students and teachers. I love working here.鈥�

Photo by Dawson Professional Photography student Zachary Mercier.

Over the last 24 years, Francesca Cuffaro has worked in every department within Academic Systems at Dawson. Most recently she was the administration technician in Admissions and Records.

On July 2, Francesca was appointed to the role of Manager, Admissions & Records.

鈥淚 am looking forward to the challenge of my new role as manager and using my experience and skills to make an impact on quality higher education,鈥� Francesca said.

Prior to working at Dawson, she studied here. Francesca graduated from the Social Science program in 1985. During her decades as an employee, she has represented the Dawson Support Staff on the College鈥檚 Board of Governors and served her former union as treasurer.

鈥淲hat I like best about Dawson is being part of a community that promotes well-being, so that all students and employees are respected, valued, and supported,鈥� she said.

Photo by Dawson Professional Photography student Zachary Mercier.

Gabriel Di Lullo joined Dawson Aug. 12 as the new Associate Director of IT Solutions (Systems and Programming). He succeeds Derek Gaucher who retired in the summer.

Gabriel is a graduate of Dawson (Class of 1988, Social Science) and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Concordia University. 鈥淎s an alumnus of Dawson, I鈥檓 especially excited to return to the institution and contribute to its continued success,鈥� he said.

In his new role, Gabriel is responsible for leading the IST team responsible for the development and implementation of IT solutions, including the website and Omnivox.

Gabriel comes to Dawson from Agropur where he worked as IST & Cyber Security program manager. Prior to that, he served as Senior Manager of Information Technologies at Bell Technical Solutions for over a decade where he successfully led a team in designing and deploying IT solutions.

Photo by Dawson Professional Photography student Zachary Mercier.