Our Team

The Connecting Ottawa team includes:

Gina Grosenick, Ph.D., Project Manager

Dr. Gina Grosenick has over 20 years’ experience working in the non-profit and community sector, as a lobbyist, communicator, executive, and project manager.   She has extensive experience working with and advising Boards and committees, managing government-funded projects and research, cultivating relationships with government officials and other stakeholders, navigating and communicating within the political process, and working with volunteers.  Gina Grosenick holds a Ph.D. from the School of Journalism and Communication at Carleton University in Ottawa and a M.A. and B.A (Hons.) in Communication Studies from the University of Calgary.

Liz Majic, MA, JD, Lawyer

Liz Majic is a Staff Lawyer at Connecting Ottawa. Prior to joining the team, Liz acted as Legal Counsel for a coalition of anti-poverty groups participating in the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and was the Interim Legal Education and Outreach Coordinator for the NGO Canada Without Poverty. Liz has extensive experience practicing law in community legal clinics in Belleville, Renfrew and Ottawa.