Board of Directors and Advisory Committees

Board of Directors

Stéphane Mailhiot

Chairman of the Board
President

Havas Montréal

Alex Lefebvre

First Vice-Chairman
Director and National Senior Partner

Rethink

Caroline Barrette

Vice-Chairman
President

Archipel

Véronik L'Heureux

Secretary-Treasurer
CEO

Starcom Canada

Linda Desrochers

Administrator
Partner and General Manager

Absolu

Luis Areas

Administrator
Vice-president, channel planning and business development, partner

CARTIER

Mario Mercier

Administrator
President

Compagnie et cie

Marie Vaillancourt

Administrator
Vice President and Managing Director, Quebec

Cossette

Dimitra Georgakis

Administrator
General Manager

Dentsu Québec

Sylvain Dufresne

Administrator
Vice-President, Chief Creative Officer

TBWA Montréal

Marie-Christine Cayer

Administrator
Director and Partner, Montreal

LG2

Bobby Destounis

Administrator
President et cofounder

Panoply Média

Thomas Lecordier

President and CEO

A2C

Committees

Permanent Media Committee: Luis Areas (Cartier), Josée Otis (Cossette Media), Sébastien Royer (dentsu), Anne-Sophie Collins (Dialekta), Vickie Dugas (Espace-M), Dahlia Trinh-Viet (Glassroom), Mylène Fortier (Rouge Marketing), Alexandra Lafond (Starcom), Michèle Duchesneau (Touché!), Shannon Gagnon (WPP Media).
Artificial Intelligence Committee: Thierry Lessard (Bleublancrouge), Alexandre Gravel (EspressoToast), John Pankert (Havas Canada), David Guillemenin (Kffein), Florian Schedler (Publicis Santé), Yannick Bédard (SidLee), Audrey Lefebvre (Tam-Tam\TBWA).
Influencer Marketing Ethics Charter Committee: Jade Bissonnette (Aura Social), Sarah Matte-Guillemette (Canidé), Jérémie Brassard (Clark Influence), Vincent Bronner (Clark Influence), Corina Thibeault (Clark Influence), Valérie Védrines (Masse Critique), Katia Robillard (alinea), Marion Belrepayre (Tam-Tam\TBWA), Stéphanie Bouchard (Tam-Tam\TBWA).
Collective bargaining negotiations: Mélissa Lépine (Cartier), Stéphanie Côté (Cossette), Catherine Gagné (Les Évadés), Mélanie Bruneau (LG2), Émilie Trudeau (LG2), Carolyne Goyette (SidLee).
Concours Relève: Jean-Hugo Filion (Cossette), Philippe Goudreault (LG2), Pascal Routhier (Rethink), and Joanne Nantel.

Partner agencies

Immédia: OPC Événements (organization);
Leaders' Summit: Oxygène (organization);
A2CMieux podcast: Studio Octave (production) and Compagnie et cie (branding);
2026 promotional campaign - Idéa Awards: Compagnie et cie;
Promotional tools for Mouvement média d'ici: Cartier.

Board and Committees