Advertising Standards Canada Announces 2008/2009 Board of Directors

Toronto, ON., April 29, 2008: Advertising Standards Canada is pleased to announce that Esmé Carroll has been elected Chair of the Board for the coming year. The 2008/2009 Board of Directors includes the following members:

Executive Committee

• Esmé Carroll (Chair)
  Ambrose Carr Linton Carroll Inc.
• John Coyne (Vice-Chair)
  Unilever Canada Inc.
• Randy Otto (Vice-Chair)
  Pattison Outdoor Advertising
• Jim J.J. Johnston (Treasurer)
• Jennifer Dawkins (Immediate Past Chair)
  General Motors of Canada Limited
• Ron Lund
  Association of Canadian Advertisers Inc.
• Jani Yates
  Institute of Communications and Advertising
• Linda Nagel (President and CEO)
  Advertising Standards Canada

Directors

• Esther Benzie
  Procter & Gamble Inc.
• Christina Bisanz
  Consumers Council of Canada
• Jim Bruce
  Wyeth Consumer Healthcare Inc.
• Ferg Devins
  Molson Canada
• Patrick Dickinson
  Hudson's Bay Companie
• Steven Guiton
  Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
• Lorraine Hughes
  OMD Canada
• Nathalie Kristo
  L'Oréal Canada Inc.
• Sandy MacLeod
  Toronto Star
• Brett Marchand
  Cossette Communication Group Inc.
• John Medline
  Canwest Media Inc.
• Sylvain Morissette
  Association of Quebec Advertising Agencies
• Deborah Rosser
  Rogers Publishing Limited
• Crawford Wright
  AstraZeneca Inc.

Advertising Standards Canada (ASC) is the national, not-for-profit, advertising industry self-regulatory body committed to creating and maintaining community confidence in advertising. ASC's members – leading advertisers, advertising agencies, media, and suppliers to the advertising industry – are committed to supporting responsible and effective advertising self-regulation.