MEMBERS
Leadership Team
Staff
Shannon Lewis. President CMDC
Governance Board
Karine Courtemanche, CEO Cossette Media, Plus Company
Luke Moore, Fuse Create MD Media
Christine Saunders, CEO Dentsu Media
Brooke Leland, President, Jungle Media
Cathy Collier, CEO, OMD Canada
Urania Agas, Chief Client Officer, GroupM
Alastair Taylor, CEO, Publicis Media
Board Members
Cathy Collier, CEO, OMD Canada
Alastair Taylor, CEO, Publicis Media
Noah Vardon, EVP, OMG
Samantha Kelley, President, Touche
Bettina Heimrath, President, Hearts & Science
Karine Courtemanche, CEO Cossette Media, Plus Company
Brooke Leland, President, Jungle Media
Christine Saunders, CEO Dentsu Media
Urania Agas, Chief Client Officer, GroupM
Nikki Stone, Chief Commerce Officer, GroupM
Veronik L’ Heureaux, President, StarCom
Maryann Rusnak, President, Spark Foundry Canada
Ian Martins, MD, Zenith
Jennifer Lewis, CCO, Carat Media
Ben Seaton, CEO, UM Canada
Ishma Alexander-Huet, EVP Client Advice and Management, Head of Learning and Culture, Initiative Canada
Tracey Johnson, MD, iProspect
Mike Rumble, Founder, Epitaph Group
YOUTH AMBASSADORS
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Sharmin Mistry, Programmatic Specialist at Publicis Media
Poornima Nair’s, Planning Manager, PHD
Dominic Humphrey, Supervisor Planing, MindSharex
Chicira Foster, Strategist, Essence MediaCom
Daniel MacDonald, Senior Planner, MX Development, Havas Media
Mikayla Smith, Strategy Supervisor, OMD
Natalie Jacome, Media Planner, Fuse Create
Devanshi Bhatt, Search Specialist, Hearts and Science
Emily Nerbas, Manager, Insights & Strategy, Wavemaker
Kateryna Kuritsyna, Senior Programmatic Manager, GroupM Nexus
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