FOUNDING PARTNERS
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Swin Chang
Executive in Charge of Development and Production, CBC Kids
Amanda Parris
Writer and TV/Radio Host
Dawn Wilkinson
Film & Television Director
Clement Virgo
Writer, Director, Producer
Joan Jenkinson
Co-Founder and Executive Director, Black Screen Office (BSO)
Marie McCann
Senior Director, Children’s Content, CBC Kids
Doug Schwalbe
Founder, The Co-Production Company
Athena Georgaklis
Head of Development, Nelvana
Marc Hartlen
Associate Development Executive, Nelvana
Mike Beale
Managing Director, Global Creative Network, ITV Studios
Laurie Ferneau
Senior Vice President, Development, Crown Media Family Networks
Drew Buckley
Group President and Chief Operating Officer, Propagate Content
Christina Summers
Country Manager, Roku Canada
Mary-Anne Taylor
Head of Content Distribution - Canada, Roku Inc.
Drew Robinson
Vice President of Content Distribution, Corus Entertainment
Jamie Schouela
President, Global Channels and Media, Blue Ant Media
Jordan Pinto
North American Editor, C21 Media
Tim Rozon
Actor, TERROR TRAIN
Graham Ludlow
Production and Development Executive, Canada, Incendo
Kevin Beggs
Chair of the Lionsgate Television Group and Chief Content Integration Officer, Lionsgate
David Jenkinson
Editor-in-Chief, C21 Media
Robyn Alomar
Actor, TERROR TRAIN
Scott Herbst
EVP and Head of Scripted Development, Lionsgate Television Group
Brenda Bisner
Chief Content Officer, Kidoodle.TV
Marly Reed
VP, Development, Neshama Entertainment
Hannah Pillemer
EVP, Creative Services, MarVista Entertainment
Valerie Creighton
President and CEO, Canada Media Fund
Prem Gill
CEO, Creative BC
Carolyn Newman
Executive Vice President, Global Scripted Programming, Blink49 Studios
Agnes Augustin
President & CEO, Shaw Rocket Fund
Catherine Tait
President & CEO, CBC/Radio-Canada
Moderator: maxine bailey
Executive Director, CFC
Kadon Douglas
Executive Director, BIPOC TV & Film
Lea Marin
Director of Development, Drama, CBC
Ian Iqbal Rashid
Writer/Director/Executive Producer, SORT OF and TOUCH OF PINK
MOTION
Writer/Supervising Producer, THE PORTER
Andrew Burrows-Trotman
Writer/Producer, THE PORTER
Greig Dymond
Director of Development and Head of Festivals, Comedy, CBC
Jason Badal
GM of Canada, Disney+
Moderator: Damon D’Oliveira
Executive Producer
Michela Di Mondo
EVP, Canada, International, Fremantle
Rachel Goldstein-Couto
Head of Development, Original Programming, Bell Media
Lisa Hamilton Daly
Executive Vice President, Programming, Crown Media Family Networks
Brent Haynes
Head of Scripted Series, Canada, Amazon Studios
Richard Jean-Baptiste
Executive Producer
Tory Jennings
Director of Content, Crave
Marie Ka
Executive Producer
Katrina Kowalski
Vice President, Content, Paramount+ and Pluto TV Canada
Adam Lewinson
Chief Content Officer, Tubi
Mark Montefiore
CEO & Founder, New Metric Media
Sophie Parizeau
General Manager, Scripted Series, Bell Media
Adam Pettle
Story Consultant
Justin Stockman
VP, Content Development & Programming, Bell Media
Danielle Woodrow
Director of Canada Series, Netflix
Tara Woodbury
Manager, Series Canada, Netflix
CJ Yu
Head of Unscripted Development, Global Formats, Amazon Studios
