Chapman Mills PS

Nivedita Muthukumarasa

This is Nivedita's first year as chair of the school council. Last year she was Vice-Chair for the OCV SouthWest school council, which was a wonderful experience and inspired her to continue to support the school as a parent and as a council member. She has 2 kids in CMPS, who love the school and all the teachers and staff who are working hard to engage with the students and keep them safe during this pandemic. As Council Chair, Nivé hopes to work closely with the school principal and staff to support their priorities for the year and to promote positive growth. She is also excited to work with a council of passionate members and build lasting relationships with other parents in the school and community.

This is Trish’s first year on school council. Trish has a daughter in grade one and she is excited to be a part of the CMPS community. Trish holds a PhD in biochemistry and is proud to champion STEAM. 

Mary Melady

This is Mary’s second year as Secretary for the CMPS Parent Council. As secretary she takes meeting minutes, and distributes them in a timely manner to all council members, files the minutes and makes distribution lists. Mary believes in fairness for everyone. Professionally she is trained as a Personal Support Worker and has worked at a local hospital here in Ottawa. Mary specializes in geriatrics and is a mom of two children, and a military wife. 

Fundraising & Events
Roudabeh Shadman 

Roudabeh has a a Bachelor degree in Architectural Studies from Carleton University.  She has two daughters at Chapman Mills, her youngest in grade 1 and eldest in grade 4.  Over the last year Roudabeh has hosted multiple events for our students online where she brought her architectural design skills to the students with opportunities for them to create, design and build and explore.  She has been an incredible parent advocate and spokesperson in our community and you can often hear her interviewed by CBC morning show.  We are so excited for more quality events for our students and families with Roudabeh at the helm.

Laura has two children at Chapman Mills and this is her second year serving as communications coordinator for council.  Laura serves on multiple not for profit boards relating to early childhood learning and maternal-infant health.  Laura has over 14 years in wealth and risk management and runs her own financial service firm. Laura brings a great deal of energy to the council and is a strong advocate for financial literacy in children. 

 Co-Communication Coordinator
Denise Meliji 

Kim Davis

Katrina Parker-Smith

Katrina has been a council member for four years and has two children at the school. She is looking forward to doing her part to support Chapman Mills PS in being a wonderful community for our children to learn and grow in.

Staci Brunet

Howard Martin


This is Howard’s fifth year on parent council. Howard has a son, Eric, in Grade 5 at CMPS. 

Jasmine Bhathena

Jacklyn Mitar

Sana Irfan

Staci Brunet

Marva Major

Christine Cardill

This is Christine's fourth year as Vice Principal of CMPS.

Colleen Scott