Matt Jackson

Suzette Argo

Karen Zypchyn

Karen is a stakeholder engagement, innovation, and communication consultant. She has more than 20 years experience in post-secondary education, journalism, and stakeholder engagement along with training in public participation. For 10 years, Karen led the journalism program at MacEwan University in Edmonton, Alberta, through innovation and change as communication technologies and practices evolved. She specialized in citizen participation in the news and pioneered innovative uses of technology and collaborative partnerships with community organizations to increase student engagement in learning. Karen now uses her teaching background to create facilitative processes that engage stakeholders in mutual learning and collaboration. She is actively involved with IAP2 Canada as a webinar presenter. Karen wrote a white paper on evaluating public engagement (2016) for the organization. As a result of this work, she was invited to help the City of Edmonton Council Initiative on Public Engagement by creating evaluation standards.

Dean Jacobs

Martha Manuel

Denise Jamal

Marianne Wade

Elizabeth Yeigh

Liz Yeigh joined the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario, as Director of Strategic Engagement in the Strategy and Policy Division in September 2016. She brings to this position a wealth of experience in the areas of public policy development, government decision-making, intergovernmental relations, stakeholder engagement and finance and administration.

Prior to joining the AGCO, Liz worked at the Ontario Ministry of Finance as the Director of the Gaming Policy Branch, where she was responsible for overseeing the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation, and leading provincial policy work on gambling and horse racing.

Liz began her career with the Ontario Public Service in the early 1990’s and has held a variety of progressive leadership positions within the Ontario government working at the ministries of Community and Social Services, Health and Long Term Care and Consumer and Business Services.

Liz is a graduate of St. Michael’s College at the University of Toronto with a B.A. in Economics and English.