Instructor, TEP343 | samina.hashmi@utoronto.ca
Samina joined Troost ILead in 2020 to teach TEP 343 – Engineering Leadership, and in 2024 received the inaugural ISTEP Teaching Award for her impact on the evolution of the course design and student learning experience.
She is an engineer, turned executive leadership coach and consultant in the arena of culture transformation. Before founding Drop Ocean Consulting, she held senior leadership positions in the private and not-for-profit sectors, in a career spanning over 15 years.
Samina believes that these transformational times are calling upon each of us to step into our fullest leadership potential. Drawing from the fields of developmental psychology, complexity theory, adult learning, mindfulness, somatics, and interpersonal neurobiology, she skillfully supports individuals and teams.
She holds a Higher Education Teaching Certificate from Harvard University’s Derek BOK Center for Teaching and Learning. Samina is an Associate Coach with the International Coaching Federation, a certified LEED® Green Associate, and serves on the Advisory Board of Presence-Based® Coaching. She is also certified to administer a number of leadership assessments, including the best-in-class Leadership Circle Profile® 360 Assessment and the team-based Collective Leadership Assessment. She was named one of Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women by the Women’s Executive Network and is a recipient of the YWCA Women of Distinction Award.