Member Biography

Stephanie MacKendrick has worked in the communications industry for almost three decades, ten of those as President of Canadian Women in Communications. Stephanie holds a degree in journalism from Ryerson Polytechnic Institute (now Ryerson University), and worked as a journalist for ten years, including five with Broadcast News Ltd., (a division of The Canadian Press). She then moved to corporate communications, serving at Rogers Communications Inc., and Unitel (now MTS Allstream) before becoming Vice President, Corporate Communications at Atlantis Communications Inc., (now Alliance Atlantis Communications). Stephanie joined Canadian Women in Communications (CWC) in 1996 and has helped develop CWC into a leading women’s professional organization. Known internationally for her work to promote women’s involvement on corporate boards, Stephanie is also President (of the Board of Directors) of The International Alliance for Women (TIAW), a worldwide umbrella organization of women’s networks and Chair of its Women on Boards initiative. As a passionate advocate of diversity, she served in 2004-05 as Chair of the Board of The Innoversity Creative Summit, a not-for-profit organization that fosters diversity in Canadian media. Stephanie also sits on the Board of Directors of the Smart Systems for Health Agency, a provincial crown corporation that manages electronic health issues. In 2005, she was named one of WXN’s 100 Most Powerful Women in Canada.



Feb 07