Award winning executive producer and president of successful Toronto-based television production company. A passionate and inclusive leader skilled at dovetailing creative, budgetary and timeline needs for all stakeholders. Highly-engaged, curious and creative, a champion of diverse viewpoints and practices that exceed expectations.
Creator and producer of over 250 hours of critically acclaimed factual entertainment programming welcomed by viewers in Canada and around the world. Television credits include Sarah’s House, Sarah’s Cottage, Real Potential, Design Inc., Sarah 101, Room Service, Critical Listing, Dirty Business, and Savoir Faire.
- Hands-on leader, strongly-versed in budget creation, financing and management ($1M +), on-time and on-budget delivery, manage production partners, talent and staff, licensing, marketing, and needs of public and private stakeholders.
- Develop and maintain relationships with broadcasters in Canada, the US and internationally. Regular attendee of media-focused markets and conferences in the US and Europe.
- Seek out international content formats for the Canadian audience; engage interest of related parties – i.e. national, regional and local tourist boards.
- Innate ability for choosing and developing new screen talent and points of view that resonate with Canadian and international viewers.
- Act as self-distributor of proprietary programming catalog, licensing Canadian content to global broadcasters at a premium.
- Winner and multiple nominee of Canadian Screen/Gemini Awards, Yorkton Film and Video Festival, Summit Digital Awards, Canadian Cable TV Association.
Producer and writer with CTV News, the flagship network newscast. Devised and shaped editorial and visual direction with reporters stationed at historic world news events. Created special projects and pilots to evolve the CTV News brand in new directions.
Writer with CBC and CTV National newscasts, and syndication producer for network affiliates. Feature writer with noted magazines Toronto Life, Canadian Business, Atlantic Insight plus daily newspapers and journals across Canada and USA. Produced and hosted numerous corporate video projects.
Television and radio anchor. Noted journalist, covering politics and news events of local, regional and national significance. Producer and host of New Brunswick’s top-rated public affairs program, and editorial contributor to national and international news organizations.
WEBSITES
Strategic, tactical and creative essentials of an organization's digital presence. The key foundations of current methodologies and tactics, including the principles of website design and content, search engine marketing, social media, Email marketing and Web analytics.
Graduate and Continuing Studies in media arts and journalism programs at Ryerson University, Algonquin College, University of New Brunswick and Fanshawe College.
Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, Women in Film and Television