Nerissa Knapp is a Business Communications and Marketing consultant, with over fifteen years of industry experience. The combination of her hard and soft skills equips her with the tools to help people and organizations grow and work collaboratively and effectively.

Nerissa has experience creating business and integrated marketing plans, brand management strategies, social media campaigns, product life cycle pricing strategies, digital marketing etc. She has strategically planned and coordinated multimillion-dollar business expansions for various industries and conducted macro-environmental and risk analyses.

Nerissa designs and delivers customized courses and training programs to support individuals and organizations, identify strengths and development areas, maximize team effectiveness and foster engagement. As an accredited Mediator and Communications Coach, Nerissa fosters a safe space for clients to be seen, heard, and understood while sharing difficult stories. She brings out underlying issues in a respectful manner and empowers clients to reach mutually beneficial resolutions.

Nerissa has experience working in the private and public sectors, including government municipalities and airports, the Ontario Courts, the Office of the Independent Police Review Director (OIPRD) and School Boards. Nerissa is passionate about facilitating learning and development in adults to empower them to maximize their learning potential to achieve their goals. She incorporates Adult Learning Principles in her material, engages learners via experiential learning and applies concepts to relevant real-life professional experiences.

Nerissa holds an Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA), a BA in Marketing and Psychology, advanced certification and training in Conflict Management and Mediation, Instructing Adults, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), and Career Development.

As a cultural ethnographer and former adjunct professor of sociology at the University of Lethbridge, Paul’s PhD research focused on digital health and the emerging social web. Paul transitioned from academia into the agency world in 2013 as head of digital at Cohn & Wolfe and, more recently, as VP Strategy at Cossette, where he led brand strategy on the Canopy Growth portfolio during the legalization of cannabis in Canada. Paul has owned two independent record labels that have released 100+ albums by emerging Canadian musicians over the last 10 years and has a deep understanding of Canadian culture from years of touring coast to coast.

Christina Nolan is a marketing/business consultant. She has worked in marketing and communications for over fifteen years in financial services, where she has managed everything from online banking and product offers to niche marketing offers for Students, Youth and Newcomers.

In her spare time, you can find her with a camera in hand or with her hiking shoes on. She is a firm believer in giving back and volunteers with the Alzheimer’s Society Music Project as well as TIFF if time allows.