The Partnership Conference 2021 | The Partnership Conference | 14 June 2021 | Virtual Event

The Partnership Conference brought to you by Spire Philanthropy and The Sponsorship Collective will explore thought leadership and best practices in:
• Community Investment
• Cause Sponsorship
• Employee Engagement
• Business Partnerships
• Cause Marketing
• Case studies of current corporate-charitable partnerships

The Corporate Partnership Conference brings together over 400 leaders and practitioners from across the “partnership industry” on both sides of the table: cause and brand.

Attendees include:
• Corporate Community Investment/CSR Leadership
• Cause Sponsorship Practitioners
• Brand Managers
• Marketing and Sponsorship Executives
• Corporate Partnership Directors at Charities
• Executive Directors, Charitable Leadership

Chris Baylis
President and CEO, The Sponsorship Collective

Brad Offman
CEO, Spire Philanthropy

Mark Blumber
Partner, Blumberg Segal LLP

Allen Davidov, MBA, CM
Vice President & Practice Leader, Environics Analytics

Brittany Hill
CEO and Founder, Accelerist

Paul Fletcher
Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, Aviva Canada

Elizabeth Dove
Director, Corporate Citizenship, Volunteer Canada

Shelley Mayer
Founder and President, Ramp Communications Inc.

Ed Byers
Director, Membership & Business Development, CSAE

Cristin Christopher
Director of External Relations, Nipissing University

Anissa Cooke
Director of Operations, SynBioBeta

Mena Gainpaulsingh
CEO, Friends of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights

Stéphane Glorieux
President, Keurig Dr Pepper Canada

Gaurav Gupta
Senior Manager, National Social Impact, KPMG Canada

Phil Haid
Co-Founder & CEO, Public Inc.

Paul Joliat
Assistant Vice-President, Global Partnerships, Sun Life

Mark Saborin
Coach, The Sponsorship Collective; former Editor and Publisher, The Sponsorship Report

Jean-Luc Lavergne
Founder & Leader, Lavergne

Bruce MacDonald
President & CEO of Imagine Canada, Imagine Canada

Mark Makin
Founder & Director, Spontza

Chris Norwood
Director of Marketing & Partnerships, Co-Owner, DUSK Music Festival

Leila Fenc
Executive Director, Petro-Canada CareMakers Foundation

Dr. Adriana Shnall
Program Director, Baycrest@Home, Clinical Programs & Koschitzky Centre for Innovations in Family Caregiving, Baycrest

Elizabeth Castrillon
Director Advisory Services, Social Impact, impakt

Andreas Souvaliotis
Retired Social Entrepreneur, Inclusion

Michelle Turchanikova
Account Executive, CSR, Employee Engagement, Blackbaud

Rusul Alrubail
Executive Director, Parkdale Centre for Innovation

Rose Lipton
Executive Director, Indigo Love for Reading Foundation

Rachel Dick
Senior Manager, Social Purpose Business Innovation, Employee and Corporate Campaigns Manager

Gina Jordan
Manager, Corporate Citizenship, Enbridge

Bhaskar Goswami
Founder, Daana

Andrew Craig
Senior Director, Sustainability, RBC

Rickesh Lakhani
Executive Director, Pategonia – Future Possibilities for Kids

Gail Banack
Chief Kids and Baby Officer, Indigo Books and Music

Lee Rennick
The Sponsorship Collective

Kate Bahen
Managing Director of Charity Intelligence, Charity Intelligence Canada

Jon Packer
Communications and Media Strategist, Packer & Co.

Sander Jansen, MSc
Senior Manager, Sustainability Service, KPMG Canada

Valerie Chort
Vice President, Corporate Citizenship and Sustainability, RBC

2021 Sponsors and Partners

PRESENTED BY:
• The Sponsorship Collective, Discussion Group
• Spire Philanthropy

PRESENTING SPONSOR:
• RBC Future Launch
• Aviva
• Environics Analytics
• impakt
• Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.
• KPMG LLP
• Public Inc.
• Accelerist
• RAMP COMMUNICATIONS
• Blackbaud, Inc.

SECTOR PARTNER:
• Imagine Canada
• Volunteer Canada