EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Co-Chair
Jeff Elgie

CEO
Village Media Inc.

Co-Chair
Angela Pacienza

Executive Editor
The Globe and Mail

Vice Chair
Desmond Brown 

Real Estate Agent, Life In The 6ix, RE/MAX Hallmark Realty Ltd.;

Former Reporter, CTV, National Post, Toronto Star

Treasurer
Peter Bishop

Interim C.F.O.
Corus Orthodontists

Marina Strauss

Freelancer writer and former

retailing reporter & columnist

Chris Waddell

Associate Professor, School of Journalism and Communication
Carleton University

Andrew Willis

Business Reporter
The Globe and Mail

GOVERNANCE AND NOMINATING COMMITTEE

Chair

Andrew Willis

Business Reporter
The Globe and Mail

Desmond Brown 

Real Estate Agent, Life In The 6ix, RE/MAX Hallmark Realty Ltd.; Former Reporter, CTV, National Post, Toronto Star

Jeff Elgie

CEO
Village Media Inc.

Josh Gurfinkel

Director of Operations

The Canadian Journalism Foundation

Angela Pacienza

Executive Editor
The Globe and Mail

Natalie Turvey

President & Executive Director

The Canadian Journalism Foundation

HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE

Co-Chair

Jeff Elgie

CEO
Village Media Inc.

Co-Chair

Angela Pacienza

Executive Editor
The Globe and Mail

Desmond Brown 

Real Estate Agent, Life In The 6ix, RE/MAX Hallmark Realty Ltd.; Former Reporter, CTV, National Post, Toronto Star

Peter Bishop

Interim C.F.O.
Corus Orthodontists

Andrew Willis

Business Reporter
The Globe and Mail

AWARDS CEREMONY COMMITTEE

Chair

Farah Nasser
Award Winning Journalist & Former News Anchor

Josh Gurfinkel

Director of Operations

The Canadian Journalism Foundation

Marina Strauss

Freelancer writer and former retailing reporter & columnist

Natalie Turvey

President & Executive Director

The Canadian Journalism Foundation

Jennie Worden

Communications & Program Manager

The Canadian Journalism Foundation

PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE

Chair

Angela Pacienza

Executive Editor
The Globe and Mail

Natalie Turvey

President & Executive Director

The Canadian Journalism Foundation

Jennie Worden

Communications & Program Manager,

The Canadian Journalism Foundation

Canadian Media Thought Leaders (ad hoc)

AWARDS COMMITTEE

Chair

Chris Waddell

Associate Professor, School of Journalism and Communication
Carleton University

Desmond Brown 

eal Estate Agent, Life In The 6ix, RE/MAX Hallmark Realty Ltd.; Former Reporter, CTV, National Post, Toronto Star

Susan Harada

Associate Professor, School of Journalism and Communication, Carleton University

Royson James 

Freelance Columnist, Toronto Star

Angela Pacienza

Executive Editor
The Globe and Mail

Seema Patel

Marina Strauss

Freelancer writer and former retailing reporter & columnist

FUND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE

Chair

Marina Strauss

Freelancer writer and former retailing reporter & columnist

Aaron Brindle

Partner
Radical Ventures

Maxime Chagnon

Directeur, Médias et Affaires publiques
WSP Canada

Chethan Lakshman

Principal & Co-founder
Rishi Nolan Strategies

Paul Lehmann

Head of Enterprise Public Affairs and Communications
BMO Financial Group

Gillian McArdle

Senior Director, Corporate Communications
RBC

Allison Mudge

S.V.P. Communications & Public Affairs
CIBC

Nick Poirier

Principal, Viridian Solutions

Sunny Puri

Principal and Portfolio Manager
Anson Funds