Michelle Coates-Mather Email & Phone Number

Ottawa, On, Ca

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

As CCPPP's new Head of Policy and Public Affairs, Michelle will lead a range of initiatives to support thought leadership activities, including leading the Council’s policy and research functions, developing strategies for effective advocacy activities, and engaging with the broader infrastructure and P3 communities to support policy development and advance Canada’s P3 model.

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Executive Director of The Canadian Transportation Alliance; executive leader accountable for the association's administration and oversight of board governance, reporting and briefing, optimizing business planning, leading membership recruitment, research collaboration and government relations activities.

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Whether advocating for regulatory reform, leading change communications, or delivering a keynote presentation, at PRESENCE + INFLUENCE, Michelle Coates Mather works with clients to explore the core motivations of their stakeholders, present a clear value pitch aligned to these motivations, and craft a meaningful call to action.

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Led the design and execution of all national campaign communications strategies including media relations and stakeholder communications. Member of the Campaign’s Executive team, with direct influence and advisory oversight over all matters of internal and external communications, budget and operational administration.Responsible for ensuring cross-functional team (including digital, communications, policy, event and fundraising teams) coordination and execution as it related to the brand enhancement and reputation management of Jean Charest.

Head of Syntax's Public Affairs and Government Relations practice and member of Executive management team. Worked directly with the CEO to identify and pursue business development opportunities. Managed cross-functional project teams (Communications, Media, Creative and Government Relations) and budgets. Managed client relationships and offered strategic counsel to a variety of clients with diverse mandates and objectives on a variety of mandates from government relations and lobbying efforts to corporate change management planning and execution, to public affair and advocacy campaign strategy and execution.

Ottawa, Canada Area

Senior public affairs, government relations and communications leader helping Syntax clients with local, provincial and national mandates achieve their communications and outreach objectives. Areas of specialty includes strategic communications and public affairs planning, advocacy, intelligence gathering, political analysis, stakeholder engagement, editorial writing, narrative development, communications workshop facilitation, professional communications training program development and facilitation.

Ottawa, Canada Area

Responsible for creating and executing integrated communications strategies that align corporate and government brand awareness activities with objectives to ensure meaningful engagement with key audiences.

Ottawa, Canada Area

Responsible for the management of public affairs/public relations campaigns for clients with national communications mandates and multiple stakeholder audiences. Offered strategic counsel to clients to create, develop and implement integrated content marketing, communications, social media, stakeholder engagement and issues management strategies that contributed to business objectives, protected corporate reputation and built public brand awareness. Areas of specialty included strategic planning, communications workshop facilitation, professional communications training program development and facilitation and creative campaign brand narrative development.

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Ottawa, Canada Area

Managed the development and implementation of the corporation’s public relations strategic planning and government relations activities.

Ottawa, Canada Area

Managed the coordination, negotiation and strategic rollout of media events related to the announcement of P3 Canada Fund projects, in addition to PPP Canada corporate events and communication activities.

Ottawa, Canada Area

Assisted with the development of strategic communications plans to nationally promote Canada’s Economic Action Plan. Co-managed the coordination, negotiation and strategic rollout of infrastructure and transport related media events/announcements for Atlantic Canada, Northern Canada and British Columbia.

Ottawa, Canada Area

Managed all media relations' activities; acted as spokesperson for the Minister; and managed the coordination, negotiation and strategic rollout of Government of Canada media events/announcements.

Ottawa, Canada Area

Worked with officials to guide policy direction on behalf of the Minister. Ensured projects aligned with the Government’s mandate and priorities.