The WP Team is proud to serve and support our members meaningfully and effectively. 

Principals & Managing Partners


Ilija Parojcic
ilija@wpbenefits.ca
Extension 201

Geordie Watson
geordie@wpbenefits.ca
Extension 202

Office Operations 

Cheryl Vinnai
Operations Manager
cheryl@wpbenefits.ca
Extension 203

 
  • Overseeing operations, including property management
  • Client Relationship Manager (CRM)
  • Accounts payable and receivable
  • Group benefits support to plan administrators and members
  • Enrolment and claims issues 
Grace Helling
Receptionist / Administrative Assistant
grace@wpbenefits.ca
Extension 250


  • First-line reception
  • Phone call administration
  • Mail functions
  • Document preparation
  • Event and meeting coordination 

Group Benefits

Rachel Janecka 
Benefits Consultant rachel@wpbenefits.ca
Extension 206 


  • Benefit renewal analysis/reporting
  • Experience analysis/reporting
  • Plan design costings
  • Market research 

Sarah Salise 
Client Management sarah@wpbenefits.ca
Extension 208 
  • Group benefit administration
    • Coverage and invoice inquiries
    • Member and dependent eligibility
    • Carrier enrolment forms
    • Terminations
    • Salary updates
    • Insurer billing
  • Group claim issues/inquiries
  • Liaise between clients and insurer  
  • Insurance carrier group implementations

Group Pensions

Luisa Helling
Pension Retirement Coordinator
luisa@wpbenefits.ca
Extension 204








  • Form inquiries (Application, Member Information, Investment Change, Beneficiary change)
  • Plan administrator form/member inquiries
  • Member inquiries
    • Termination
    • Retirement
    • Accessing/transferring pension
  • Coordination of death claims
    • Current members or individual accounts
  • Income tax reporting
    •  Send tax (tax-exempt) letters for income tax reporting 
Terri-Lyn Dean
Pension Administration
terri-lyn@wpbenefits.ca
Extension 205
  • Plan management
    • Providing annual plan reviews
    • Plan implementations, amendments, and terminations
  • Liaison between insurer and client
  • Legislative updates and reviews (FSCO, OSFI and Insurer)
  • Request for Proposal process and pricing
  • Plan administrator/client training
    • Plan rules
    • Legislation
    • GRS
    • Annual Filing

Cynthia Holder
Pension Consultant
cynthia@wpbenefits.ca
Extension 207








  • Plan management
    • Providing annual plan reviews
    • Assisting plan administrators with day-to-day administration concerns or questions
    • Plan implementations, amendments, and terminations
  • Liaison between insurer and client
  • Legislative updates and reviews (FSCO, OSFI and Insurer)
  • Providing education for members/plan administrators
  • Plan administrator/client training
    • Plan rules
    • Legislation
    • GRS
    • Annual Filing
Robert Lagrotteria
Marketing & Member Engagement
rob@wpbenefits.ca
Extension 213



  • Managing marketing strategies and functions
  • Coordinating marketing, media, sales and promotional campaigns
  • Development of member engagement materials/campaigns
  • Member pension consulting

Claude Paquin
Associate Representative
Batchewana First Nation
claude@wpbenefits.ca
705-206-0841


  • Pensions and benefits plan consulting

Greg MacLellan
Associate Representative
North Bay and Manitoulin Island Region
greg@wpbenefits.ca
705-471-1608



  • Pensions and benefits plan consulting

Land Acknowledgement

We respectfully acknowledge that we live, work, and volunteer on the Treaty Lands and Territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit. Burlington, as we know it today, is mutually covered by the Dish with One Spoon Wampum Belt Covenant, an agreement between the Iroquois Confederacy, the Ojibway and other allied Nations to peaceably share and care for the resources around the Great Lakes.

From the Anishinaabeg to the Haudenosaunee, and the Métis – Indigenous Peoples who are our leaders, neighbours, and co-workers – WP Pensions + Benefits offers gratitude and respect. Our work is not possible without the generations of Indigenous people who came before us and continue on this shared journey towards truth and reconciliation.

WP Pensions + Benefits works to hold brave space where everyone feels welcomed, included, and heard.