Brand Council


Council Members

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Co-Chair

Diana Conconi

Senior Vice-President and Partner
Kaiser Lachance Communications

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Co-Chair

Chris Brockbank

Chief Marketing Officer
Firma Foreign Exchange Corporation Ltd.

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Laura Stock

Project Manager
Canadian Marketing Association

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Dylan Gerard

Executive Creator Director
ICF Next

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Laura Leonard

Account Director, Client Services
PHD Canada

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Allison Litzinger

VP Marketing, Brand
Hudson's Bay Company

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Laura Pearce

Head of Consumer Marketing
Twitter Canada

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Lori Rayner

VP Marketing
HSBC Canada

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Bruce Symbalisty

Creative Director & Partner
Reality Engine Inc.

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Natalie Wan

Sr Brand Manager
Corby Spirit and Wine Limited

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Corinne Rusch-Drutz

CEO
Kensington Health Foundation

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Laura Baehr

Vice-President, Marketing
thinktv

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Andrew Butts

Head of Client Strategy
Neo Media World

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Brian Carey

Senior Manager, Small Business Advertising
Rogers Communications Canada Inc.

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Danielle Donadio

VP, Brand Strategy & Marketing
Sinai Health Foundation

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Justin Hane

Director of Brand and Communications
Softchoice

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Mary Cochrane

Director of Marketing Strategy
LCBO

Articles Authored by Council

The Story Behind CMA’s Agency Search Initiative

Agency search is a hot topic. It is for agencies anyway. But an effective and fair process is also important for clients and the Canadian marketing industry overall. Considering how closely marketing...

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Measuring The Brand Relationship: Science, Value and Perception

By Diana Conconi of CMA's Branding & Strategic Planning Council and David Wood Marketers continually wrestle with determining the most effective ways to measure brand value and the influence...

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Encouraging X-functional brand ownership

Many organizations face the challenge of determining which department within a company actually owns the brand. However, this common struggle may be missing the point. Having senior leaders that suppo...

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