An accomplished communicator, Stephanie brings more than 16 years’ experience building teams and developing, executing and measuring the success of strategic communications programs in large, complex organizations. She holds an Honours BSc from the University of Toronto, and a BJ and Master of Journalism from the University of King’s College, and has mini-MBAs in business and marketing.

Prior to joining DI, she was founding director of communications at Sunnybrook Research Institute, the top-10-ranked research enterprise of Canada’s fourth-largest hospital. There, she provided strategic counsel to senior leaders and mentored a high-performing team to craft and carry out internal and external communications strategies and plans. Her leadership supported growth in staff to 1,309 from 600 and in revenue to $109 million from $74 million.