 | Valerie Creighton
President and CEO
Valerie Creighton has over thirty years of experience in leading cultural organizations. Since joining the corporation in 2006 as President and CEO, Ms. Creighton’s focus has been to position the CMF as a responsive and effective organization with funders, clients, and other stakeholders, to enhance relationships with national and international interests, and to support and promote Canadian media content.
Ms. Creighton successfully managed two major organizational events in the history of the corporation, including the transition of the Canadian Television Fund’s program administration to Telefilm Canada and the creation of the Canada Media Fund. She developed a national stakeholder outreach program and restructured the organization to focus on policy development, research, and communications.
Previously, Ms. Creighton was the CEO and Film Commissioner for the Saskatchewan Film and Video Development Corporation and Manager of the Arts Section for the Province of Saskatchewan. She has produced radio dramas for CBC Saskatchewan, sat on numerous CBC juries, and won several awards, including the Deputy Minister’s Recognition Award for her role in the creation of SaskFilm, the Distinguished Alumni Award –Theatre Department, University of Regina, Her Majesty the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Award for Community Leadership, and the Canadian Women in Communications Change Leader Award. She has participated in trade missions led by the Prime Minister of Canada and Premier of Saskatchewan to Germany, Los Angeles, and China. She has sat on 12 boards from 1979 to the present and currently serves as a volunteer Chair of the Saskatchewan Foundation for the Arts.
Ms. Creighton holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Regina and a Management Development Diploma for Arts Administrators from the Banff School of Management. She owns and operates The Red Horse Ranch in Stoughton, Saskatchewan.
|  | Stéphane Cardin
VP, Industry and Public Affairs
Stéphane Cardin has over fifteen years of experience in the film and television industry. Since joining the organization in June 2006, Mr. Cardin maintains an ongoing dialogue with industry and government stakeholders, leads the development of policies and programs, and reinforces the positioning of the CMF within the industry.
Previously, Mr. Cardin was Director of Tax Credits with Quebec’s cultural funding agency, Société de développement des entreprises culturelles (SODEC), and was a member of SODEC’s management committee. He has also held positions with the Canadian Audio-Visual Certification Office (CAVCO) and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
Mr. Cardin holds a Graduate Diploma in Communications Studies from Concordia University and a Bachelor of Commerce from McGill University.
|  | Sandra Collins
VP Operations and CFO
Sandra Collins has over ten years of experience in the broadcast and production industry. Since joining the organization in 2007, she leads the Finance, Legal, Compliance, IT, and Corporate Services teams, and is responsible for reporting on these areas to the CMF Board’s Audit Committee.
Previously, Ms. Collins held various senior positions at Alliance Atlantis Communications, including Senior Vice President, Finance, Entertainment Group, and Vice President, Systems Integration, Corporate Group.
Ms. Collins is a Certified Management Accountant and holds a Masters Certificate in Enterprise Risk Management from York University.
|  | Maurice Boucher
Director of Marketing and Communications
Maurice Boucher has worked in marketing and communications for over 20 years. During this time, he has held various senior positions in some of Montreal’s most prestigious organizations, including the Canadian Centre for Architecture, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (as head of its department of public relations, sales and marketing) and, more recently, at Télé-Québec as chief of public and media relations. He was also the first general manager of Destination centre-ville, the downtown Montreal commercial development association — the largest local business organization of its kind in Canada.
Maurice Boucher has also worked as a marketing and communications consultant, developing customized programs for a full range of clients in various fields. As an experienced communicator, he is a recipient of the Canadian Public Relations Society Award of Excellence.
|  | Catalina Briceño
Director of Industry and Market Trends
Catalina Briceño has over 13 years of experience in the audiovisual and new media industry. Her role is to ensure that the policies for supporting the production of Canadian television and digital media content are aligned with emerging developments in Canada and internationally. Ms. Briceño provides the CMF with all the market intelligence necessary to develop effective policies.
Previously, Ms. Briceño was Producer and Director of Operations at Salambo Productions, where she helped build the strategy and business model behind the internationally acclaimed, multiplatform project Têtes à claques. Ms. Briceño served as Vice Chair of the Board of the Regroupement des producteurs multimédia (RPM) and received the 2008 Prix de la Relève from the Association of Women in Film, Television, and New Media.
|  | Nathalie Clermont
Director of Program Management
Nathalie Clermont has worked for more than twenty years in the film and television industry, with extensive experience in financing. As Director of Program Management, she is a key advisor on CMF policies and programs, ensures consistency in service standards and the application process, and ensures that all file analyses are accurate, fair, and consistent, in accordance with the CMF Guidelines.
Prior to joining the organization in March 2007 as Director of Program Management, Ms. Clermont spent 15 years at the Société de développement des entreprises culturelles (SODEC), where she was the team leader of the Business Affairs Unit, which was responsible for equity investment programs in cinema and television.
Ms. Clermont holds a B.A. in Film, Communications, and Public Relations from the Université de Montréal. |  | Julie Look
Director of Research
Julie Look has over fifteen years of experience in Canada’s television industry. As Director of Research, she monitors emerging technologies and key trends in the media sector, and reports on the performance and trends of CMF-funded programs.
Prior to joining the organization in September 2008, Ms. Look was the Director of Research and Revenue at Onesite Media Network. Previously, Ms. Look was the Director of Research at SUN TV and Corus Entertainment, where she evolved the research function into a key resource and strategic counsel for the organization.
Over the years, Ms. Look has been an active member of several industry committees, including BBMTVEC (Television Executive Committee), BBMRTC (Radio Technical Committee), PMB Broadcaster Advisory Committee, and the Nielsen Broadcaster Advisory Committee. Ms. Look was nominated to the Board of Directors of the BRC (Broadcast Research Council) in 1994-1995 and still serves in that capacity. She was also President of the BRC in both 1998-1999 and 2006-2007.
|  | Roxane Girard
Director, CMF Program Administrator | Telefilm Canada
Roxane Girard has over fifteen years of experience in Canada’s film and television industry. As Director, CMF Program Administrator - Telefilm Canada, Ms. Girard leads a cross-country team that is responsible for the administration of the application process for the CMF.
Ms. Girard joined the Television Business Unit (TBU) at Telefilm Canada, which administered the files of the Canadian Television Fund (CTF), as Director, French Market in 2006, and was promoted in August 2009 to the position of Director of the TBU. Previously, Ms. Girard served as General Manager, Enterprise Funding at the Société de développement des entreprises culturelles du Québec (SODEC). In more than a decade with SODEC, Ms. Girard gained in-depth knowledge of all aspects of the cultural sector, particularly film and television, and participated in projects involving French-speaking countries around the world. Ms. Girard acquired solid auditing experience in Quebec and France before turning to film production. She is an expert in financing for the cultural sector.
Ms Girard is a Chartered Accountant and MBA graduate of HEC (Montréal). |
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