Speakers
Conference Co-Chairs
Carmen Francis
Partner
McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Suzanne Hathaway
Senior Vice President, General Counsel
Maple Leaf Foods
Lewis Retik
Partner & Leader, Food and Beverage Group
Gowling WLG
Government Speakers
Jay M. Holmes
Director, Consumer Protection and Market Fairness Division
Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
David K. Lee
Chief Regulatory Officer, Health Products & Food Branch
Health Canada
Pamela MacDonald
Senior Director, Ontario Operations
Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
Stephen Norman
Director, Bureau of Nutritional Sciences
Health Canada
Key Associations and Consumer Advocacy Groups
Catherine Bate
President & Chief Executive Officer
Ad Standards Canada
Michi Furuya Chang
Senior Vice President, Public Policy & Regulatory Affairs
Food, Health & Consumer Products of Canada (FHCP)
Michael Graydon
Chief Executive Officer
Food, Health & Consumer Products of Canada
Shelley Samel
Chief Legal Officer
Ad Standards Canada
In-House Counsel and Regulatory Executives
Susan Blum
Senior Attorney
Cargill
John Cappuccitti
Co-Founder
Evolved Meats
Lauren Cozens
Senior Manager, Labeling Canada & Coffee
The Kraft Heinz Company
George Ellinidis
Vice President and General Counsel – International
The J.M. Smucker Company (Smucker Foods of Canada Corp.)
Angela Giancaterini
Senior Corporate Counsel, Advertising and Marketing
Kellogg Canada Inc.
Adam Grogan
President, Greenleaf Foods and President, Alternative Proteins
Maple Leaf Foods
Allen Langdon
CEO
Circular Materials
Spir Marinakis
Vice President, Food Safety, Quality Assurance, Technical Srvs & Sanitation
Maple Leaf Foods
Marisa Muchnik
General Counsel
Ferrero Canada Ltd.
Jacintha Roberts
Director, Regulatory Affairs
Nestle Health Science
Tony Pavel
Deputy General Counsel, Global Food Law
Perfect Day
Law Firms and Esteemed Speakers
Martha Carman
Principal
Carman Consulting Inc.
Scott Exner
Partner
MLT Aikins LLP
Stan Farber
Retired Senior Counsel
Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
Brian Fraser
Principal
Brian Fraser Law
Laura Gomez
Partner
Gowling WLG
Glenford Jameson
Lawyer/Principal
G.S. Jameson & Company
Dara Jospé
Partner
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
Craig Lockwood
Partner, Litigation
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Julia Loney
Partner
McMillan LLP
Chandimal Nicholas
Partner
Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
Amy Pressman
Partner
DLA Piper LLP
Jaclyne Reive
Partner
Miller Thomson LLP
Julia Schatz
Partner
Bennett Jones LLP
Randy Sutton
Partner
Norton Rose Fulbright LLP
Laura Weinrib
Partner
Blakes, Cassels & Graydon LLP
