Rochelle Zucker

Rochelle Zucker was born in Winnipeg and has lived there all her life.

Rochelle graduated from the University of Manitoba in 1970 with a Bachelor of Arts degree and spent the next year traveling in Europe and Israel. She joined Air Canada on September 8, 1975 in the Interline Accounting area of Winnipeg Finance.

Rochelle jokes that she is the “accidental accountant”. She took the job at Air Canada more because of her love of travel than anything. She began taking accounting courses after she joined the company. In 1996, she earned the designation of Certified Management Accountant (CMA)

Through her years in Air Canada, Rochelle worked in various areas including Interline, Cargo and Agency Accounting, the EnRoute Credit Card office and the Systems Administration group. She was part of Air Canada’s team for the first Interline Electronic Ticketing Agreement with United Airlines. She was also part of a Star Alliance Paperless Billing working group. When she retired from Air Canada on March 30, 2006, after 30 ½ years of service, she held the position of Interline Controls Manager.

Rochelle has been married to Joe Eskow since 1987.

Rochelle volunteers with the Air Canada Group at Winnipeg Harvest – a local food bank. She was also a volunteer for the Pan Am Games when they were held in Winnipeg in 1999.One of her hobbies is studying Spanish. She has attended classes in Guatemala and Argentina. She is a member of The Group for Yiddish Heritage and hosts a weekly half hour Yiddish Radio program on a local station. She has also volunteered in many Federal, Provincial and Civic Elections.

Pionairs

Rochelle joined Pionairs in August 2006. She has been attending the local meetings and luncheons since then. She attended her first AGM in Victoria, and the Train the Trainer session in Calgary in April 2007. She was asked to serve as National Treasurer from 2007 – 2009 under President Norma Dawson and was honoured to be asked to serve a second term as Treasurer on the Executive Board.