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2009 Jury
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Stephen Alexander (Business to Consumer)
Stephen Alexander is a third-generation
Aussie butcher, with years of training in
the art of choosing and cutting meat. He
arrived in Canada in 1994, applied his
passion and knowledge, bought Cumbrae farm and opened a butcher shop
on Church Street in Toronto – the first
of three retail locations. Now Stephen is
a farmer, butcher, retailer and his meats
are served in most fine-dining restaurants
in Toronto. |
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Luc Bergeron R.G.D. (Government / Non-profit)
Luc has been designing for the private
and public sectors for over 10 years.
A graduate of University of Ottawa and
Algonquin College, Luc has extensive
experience working as a senior graphic
designer for federal granting agencies
and non-profit organizations. He began
his career at Storm Visual Communications
and worked his way from agency
to agency before finding his niche in the
public and non-profit sector. Luc enjoys
strategic and creative design solutions
and specializes in corporate
communications. |
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Alex Contreras R.G.D. (Government / Non-profit)
Alex has over 15 years experience in
graphic design. He is the Senior Graphic
Designer at the Canada Council for the
Arts, Canada’s arts funding agency.
He develops the Canada Council’s promotional,
informational, and corporate
publications. He believes strongly in
developing a detailed understanding
of an organization’s purpose as well as
policies and goals to do “good design.”
He has received several design awards
from Communication Arts, Advertising & Design Association and recently the
Mohawk Paper Show. |
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Mikey Richardson R.G.D. (Brand)
After graduating from the Ontario College
of Art, Mikey helped found AmoebaCorp.
AmoebaCorp’s progressive methodology
and diversity of work quickly gained
international attention. Mikey’s work has
earned awards from across Canada and
the United States and has been featured
in numerous international publications.
In addition to his role as Co-creative
Director at AmoebaCorp, Mikey is an
instructor at the Ontario College of Art
and Design, a frequent guest speaker
and an active painter. |
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Will Novosedlik (Brand)
Prior to being Vice President of Brand
and Communications at Globalive Wireless,
Will held senior branding positions
in companies such as Chemistry, TAXI,
and Russell Inc. Will also worked as a
graphic designer in some of Canada’s
leading firms. He has contributed over
200 visual communications articles to
The Globe and Mail, The National Post and Applied Arts. Will lectures in design
history at OCAD and holds a BFA from
the University of Windsor and a BDes
from NSCAD. |
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Anil Patel (Green / Business to Business)
After graduating from Queen’s with a
degree in Environmental Chemistry,
Anil worked for Molson Canada. After
6 years of channel marketing, territory
sales and business development, he
started Timeraiser. To date, Timeraisers
have generated 55,000 volunteer hours, engaged 5,500 Canadians to pick up a
cause, and invested $300,000 in artists
careers. Anil has won numerous awards
and is a United Way Toronto Trustee and
a partner with Social Venture Partners
Toronto. |
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Glenda Rissman R.G.D. (Business to Consumer)
Glenda is co-founder and principal of
q30 design inc. Her passion for design
has not waned since she began practising
26 years ago. Glenda’s vision has
been at the heart of many successful
projects for clients such as Osler Hoskin
& Harcourt LLP, McLean Budden,
Domtar Papers and Canada Post Corporation.
Her work has been recognized by
The Smithsonian Institute, The American
Institute of Graphic Arts, The Mead
Annual Report Show and Applied Arts
Magazine. |
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Patrick Robinson R.G.D. (Green / Business to Business)
Patrick was born in the back of his family’s
print shop, and he grew up describing
the world using Pantone® colours.
He has shirts to match every printable
colour. His Favourite font is Matrix Inline
Script; his favourite foods are blue. As
a lifetime Torontonian, Patrick enjoys
touring the city’s many neighbourhoods
and taking pictures for his lifetime
photo-Pantone-project. |
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Kenn Waplington R.G.D. (Investor Relations)
Trained in Europe, Kenn is the lead
designer at Crescent Group. His international
background gives him a broad
understanding of design and has helped
him become an award-winning designer.
Since 1977, Kenn has worked as a senior
designer and art director with various
design groups prior to becoming
a founding partner of Waplington
McGall Design Group in 1983. He joined
Crescent in 2005. Kenn’s wide-ranging
expertise in branding, print, exhibit and
web design, ensure dynamic and effective
creative solutions. |
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W. William Woods (Investor Relations)
W. William Woods, President and CEO
of WWWoods & Co. Ltd. and Independent
Review Inc., is a financial services
and e-commerce consultant. Since
2002, William has consulted for stock
exchanges, securities regulators and
governments. Previously CEO of the
Bermuda Stock Exchange from 1995 to
2001, William is a lawyer admitted to
practice in Bermuda, England, Wales
and Hong Kong. William has presented
at numerous international events,
written articles on capital markets and
published two books on B2B exchanges. |
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