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Judy Lewis<br />

Co‐Founder and Executive Vice President<br />

Strategic Objectives<br />

Judy Lewis is the co‐founder and executive vice president <strong>of</strong> Strategic Objectives and provides strategic<br />

senior counsel to many <strong>of</strong> Canada’s leading organizations to advance market position, brand strength,<br />

and positive media pr<strong>of</strong>ile and reputation. Strategic Objectives is the 2011 IABC/Toronto PR Agency<br />

<strong>of</strong> the Year and its campaign for The Body Shop Stop Sex Traffic <strong>of</strong> Children and Young People won an<br />

<strong>OVATION</strong> Award <strong>of</strong> Excellence and the People’s Choice Award. Strategic Objectives has won more than<br />

100 prestigious top national and international awards, including numerous Gold Quill <strong>Awards</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />

Excellence and the United Nations Grand Award for Outstanding Achievement in Public Relations. Judy<br />

is a member <strong>of</strong> Canada’s Top 100 List <strong>of</strong> Women’s Business Owners, and has been honoured with the<br />

Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal and the <strong>2012</strong> Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal for her significant<br />

contributions and achievements to the communications field.<br />

Ruth Lewkowicz<br />

Principal<br />

Communications Advantage<br />

Ruth helps organizations with complex, challenging and comprehensive communications needs<br />

effectively connect with the audiences they need to reach. Specializing in health care, she has extensive<br />

experience in the public, private and nonpr<strong>of</strong>it sectors.<br />

Sylvia Link, ABC, APR<br />

Head, Strategic Communications<br />

Ontario Ministry <strong>of</strong> Education<br />

Sylvia Link, APR ABC Head <strong>of</strong> Communications and Stakeholder Management Early Learning Division,<br />

Ontario Ministry <strong>of</strong> Education Sylvia Link leads communication and stakeholder engagement for child<br />

care and the new full‐day kindergarten program in Ontario. Before joining the Ontario Ministry <strong>of</strong><br />

Education, Sylvia served as manager <strong>of</strong> communications for one <strong>of</strong> North America's largest public school<br />

districts. Prior, she worked as a health care PR. Sylvia teaches teaches Communications Management<br />

at Guelph University. As well, she has taught internal communications in the Corporate<br />

Communications post‐graduate program <strong>of</strong> Sheridan College. She also conducts communication audits<br />

for Canadian school boards and educational associations. Sylvia is the recipient <strong>of</strong> numerous<br />

pr<strong>of</strong>essional awards, including the Gold Quill Award <strong>of</strong> Excellence and Business Issue Award from IABC.<br />

Carrie MacAfee<br />

Communications Specialist<br />

Ontario Power Generation<br />

IABC/Toronto Past President<br />

Carrie MacAfee is the immediate past president <strong>of</strong> IABC/Toronto and has been enthusiastic about<br />

volunteering since joining IABC in 2000. During her day job, she develops and delivers strategic<br />

employee communication at Ontario Power Generation. As an award‐winning communicator with both<br />

an IABC/Toronto <strong>OVATION</strong> and IABC Gold Quill award, Carrie is enthused about using her<br />

communication and project management skills to build understanding, discover new solutions and

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