The Board

Elamin Abdelmahmoud
Host, COMMOTION
CBC Radio

Rob Benzie
Queen’s Park Bureau Chief
Toronto Star

Andrew Bernstein
Partner
Torys LLP

Aaron Brindle
Partner
Radical Ventures

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

François Cardinal
Éditeur adjoint, vice-président Information
La Presse

Maxime Chagnon
Directeur, Médias et Affaires publiques
WSP Canada
 

Brodie Fenlon
Editor-in-Chief
CBC News

Iris Fischer
Partner
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Matt Galloway
Host, The Current
CBC Radio One

Ramneek Gill
Media Executive/Former General Manager – CP24 & CTV News Toronto

Susan Harada
Associate Professor
Carleton University School of Journalism and Communication

Patricia Hsiung
Vice President, Enterprise Communications
Scotiabank

Amber Kanwar
Senior Anchor
BNN Bloomberg

Chethan Lakshman
Senior communications and reputation management specialist

Amber LeBlanc
Director, CityNews 680
Rogers Media

Paul Lehmann
Head of Enterprise Public Affairs and Communications
BMO Financial Group

Nicole MacIntyre
Editor-in-Chief
Toronto Star

Paul MacNeill
Publisher
Island Press Limited

Gillian McArdle
Senior Director, Corporate Communications
RBC

Erin Millar
CEO & Co-founder
Indiegraf

Allison Mudge
S.V.P. Communications & Public Affairs
CIBC

Farah Nasser
Award Winning Journalist & Former News Anchor

Paolo Pasquini
AVP, Corporate and Public Affairs
TD Bank Group

Sunny Puri
Principal and Portfolio Manager
Anson Funds

David Simmonds
Senior Vice-President, Global Chief Communications and Sustainability Officer
Great-West Lifeco and Canada Life

Marina Strauss
Freelance writer and former retailing reporter & columnist

Terrie Tweddle
Chief Brand and Communications Officer
Rogers Communications

Chris Waddell
Associate Professor, School of Journalism and Communication
Carleton University

Connie Walker
Velma Rodgers Journalism Chair, The Creative School, Toronto Metropolitan University

Andrew Willis
Business Reporter
The Globe and Mail

Jennifer Wright
Executive Director Communications
GM Canada

Mel Wright
Vice President, Communications
Intact Financial Corporation

CJF HONORARY GOVERNORS

CJF Founder:
Frederic (Eric) L.R. Jackman, C.M., O.Ont., C.D., Ph.D., C.Psych., LL.D.
Chair
Jackman Foundation

Michael Benedict
President
MCB Strategies

Cal Bricker
C.E.O.
Spirits Canada

Michel Cormier
Ancien Directeur général information des Services français
CBC/Radio-Canada

John Cruickshank
Former Consul General of Canada in Chicago

Paul Deegan
President and CEO
News Media Canada

Bob Ezrin, O.C.
Music and entertainment producer, educator, and serial activist

Hershell Ezrin
Managing Director
Ezrin Communications

John Fraser
Executive Chair
National NewsMedia Council

Wendy Freeman
Media Executive

Beth Haddon
Journalist and Former Broadcast Executive

Graeme Harris
President
Strategic Profile Management

Barry Joslin
President
FMG Consulting

Robert Lewis
Principal
Robert Lewis Ink

John Macfarlane
Editor Emeritus
The Walrus

Trina McQueen
Adjunct Professor, MBA Program in Arts and Media Administration, Schulich School of Business
York University

Mark Sarner
President
Manifest Communications

David Walmsley
Editor-in-Chief
The Globe and Mail

Scott White
Editor
The Conversation Canada