Specialties: Government relations, public relations, public affairs, strategic communications, crisis communications and media relations, C-Suite advice. Designing and delivering creative strategies to deliver messages to key audiences, including the media and decision-makers.Media training, presentation skills training, crisis communications planning and execution, stakeholder management, coalition building. More than 30 years experience helping people and organizations develop their core messages and target audiences, and then identifying the most effective way to deliver them. Television, radio and print media commentator/pundit on Canadian elections, Canadian politics, women in politics, public relations campaigns, effect of messaging on decision making, PR hits and misses. women's entrepreneurship. Completed the Rotman School's Institute of Corporate Directors - Director's Education Program (DEP) - ICD.DCo-Founder, Canada 2020.ca - a leading progressive public policy think tank at the intersection of practical conversations about Canada's future. Boards: PayPal Giving Fund Canada - Independent Director, Member of the Audit and Risk Committee Queen's University External Relations and Development Committee, Vice-Chair Queen's University Council - elected memberGlobal Communications Alliance - Past Chair