Meet the Judges
For more than 35 years, the prestigious IABC/Toronto OVATION Awards program has relied on a group of incredibly skilled industry leaders who dedicate their time, energy and expertise to identify and celebrate excellence in communication.
In addition to evaluating submissions, our esteemed judges also provide insightful feedback that helps our entrants continue to develop in their practice, therefore increasing capability and excellence in the field.
On behalf of the IABC/Toronto Board of Directors, the OVATION Awards Volunteer Committee, award entrants and communicators around the GTA, we say an enormous thank you!
- Robyn Adelson – Executive Vice President, Creative Strategy Weber Shandwick
- Dale Albers, ABC – Communications Leader: Advisor, Strategist and Planner
- Maliha Aqeel – Director, Global Communications and Digital Channels, Fix Network World & IABC Board Treasurer and Board Secretary
- Scott Armstrong – Communications Consultant, Region of Peel
- Christina Basil – Manager, Communications, 407 ETR
- Meline Beach – Chief Communications Officer, ICS Facility Services
- Diane Bellissimo – Vice President, Paradigm
- Pamela Bennett – Director, Corporate Communications, Parkbridge
- Milly Bernal – Customer Communications Specialist, TTC
- Emmanuelle Bleytou –Manager, Communications – French Language Services and Children & Youth Units at Ontario Ombudsman
- Tracey Bochner, APR – Partner, Paradigm
- Katie Boland – Public Relations and Social Media Strategist, Purolator
- Gregory Boyd – Consultant, Boyd Communications
- Tanya Bruckmueller, ABC – Ombudsman, Public Affairs, Enbridge Gas
- Sue Bugos – Strategic Communication Consultant/Writer
- John Cappelletti, ABC – Senior Advisor, Communication, CAAT Pension Plan
- Brad Cicero – Director, Communications & Public Affairs, Porter Airlines
- Pat Clement – Freelance Writer (Formerly Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada)
- Suzanna Cohen, SCMP, ABC, CMP – Senior Manager, Planning & Communications, RBC
- Sheila Corriveau – Managing Director, Central Services, Global Marketing and Communications and Senior People Leader, KPMG International
- Deborah Creatura – Communications Strategist, ICES
- Mauricio Cuellar – Knowledge Translation Assistant, Durham College
- Amber Daugherty – Communications Specialist, Centre For Quality Improvement and Patient Safety
- Russell Evans, SCMP – Vice President, Communications, CAAT Pension Plan
- Victoria Fulford – Senior Communications Advisor, Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario
- Meeta Gandhi – Former Director of Strategy, Innovation and Engagement, City of Richmond Hill
- Mandy Gibson – Senior Communications Manager, KPMG
- Brenda Grob – Director, Marketing Services and Communications, Lifemark Health Group
- Nicola Hanson-Ghose – Group Head Digital Transformation Communications, Resolution Life
- Maureen Healey, ABC – Executive Director, Bronte Bia
- Karen Hegmann – K-Vision Communications
- Sudha Hemmad – Senior Advisor – Strategic Communications, City of Brampton
- Jeannette Holder – Communications Manager, PWC
- Sue Horner – Independent Writer, Get It Write
- Jeanette Jones, ABC – Independent Communications Consultant, Jones Communications Inc.
- Anuja Kale – Director and Head of Communications, RSA Canada
- Lucy La Grassa – Partner, Mussio La Grassa Inc. (MLG)
- Gina Lee – Director, Global Communications – Internal and Engagement, OMERS
- Ellen Leesti, ABC – Senior Communication Coordinator, City of Toronto
- Judith Lewis – Co-founder and Partner, Strategic Objectives
- Anne Locke, ABC – Senior Communications Manager, Technology Strategy and Business Transformation, Telus
- Maureen Lynch, ABC – Communications Advisor, AGCO
- Karen Madho – Public Relations, Deafblind Ontario Services
- Michael Martell – Global Partner Communications Manager, Sitecore
- Maryjane Martin, APR – Change Communication Manager, TD Bank
- Cyrus Mavalwala, ABC, MC – Founding Partner, Advantis Communications Inc.
- Marit Mitchell – Executive Director, Engineering Strategic Communications, University of Toronto
- Crystal Moss – Manager, Communications & Special Projects, York Region
- Nathalie Noël – Brand, communications and marketing strategist
- Danielle Norris, SCMP – Manager, Marketing and Communications, RTOERO
- Tanuja Perera – Manager, Global Internal Communications, Agnico Eagle
- Anna Relyea, APR – Retired, Ontario Science Centre
- Sarah Robertson, ABC – VP, Communications and CSR, Purdue Pharma LP
- Sarah Roger – Senior Advisor, Communications, Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO)
- Hanna Rynkiewicz – Marketing Manager, Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario
- Jagreet Sandhu – Senior Manager, Corporate Communications, RBC
- Satish Sarangarajan – Communications Lead, FP Canada
- Cathy Schlender – Manager, Corporate Communications, Centennial College
- Amie Silverwood – Modus Editor, RICS
- Antonina Strain – Director, Marketing & Communications, FP Canada
- Christine Szustaczek, APR – Vice President, External Relations, Sheridan College
- Scott Tabachnick – Director, Communications & Creative, Moneris
- Dennie Theodore – VP, Engagement & Communications, Pace Credit Union
- Heather West – Owner, Fresh Communications
- Janet Wile, ABC, APR, MC, FCPRS
- Sharon Wilks, ABC – AVP Public Affairs and Head Of Media Relations, HSBC Bank Canada
- Elizabeth Williams, ABC – Managing Partner, The Academy Of Business Communications
- Christina Wong – Senior Director, Strategic Initiatives, Canada Health Infoway