CFA BOARD OF DIRECTORS (as of time of print) BOARD CHAIR John DeHart*, Nurse Next Door Home Care Services
& LIVE WELL Exercise Clinic
PRESIDENT & CEO Sherry McNeil*, Canadian Franchise Association 1ST VICE CHAIR Gerry Docherty*, Good Earth Cafes 2ND VICE CHAIR David Druker*, The UPS Store TREASURER Rick Chittley-Young*, MNP LLP
PUBLISHER
Canadian Franchise Association (CFA) VP, MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS
Kenny Chan
SECRETARY & GENERAL COUNSEL
Larry Weinberg*, Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
EDITOR Andrew Schopp
PAST CHAIR John Wissent*
GRAPHIC DESIGNER Andrea Lee
CHAIR, LEGAL & LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE
ADVERTISING SALES Gwen Dunant
Darrell Jarvis*, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP CHAIR, FRANCHISE SUPPORT SERVICES Tony O'Brien*, TruShield Insurance DIRECTORS
Hadi Chahin, Mary Brown’s Chicken & Taters Steve Collette, 3rd Degree Training/Actual Nutrition Lawrence Eade, Box Concepts Food Group Lafleche Francoeur, Pacini Sebastian Fuschini, Pizza Pizza John Gilson, Cobs Bread Clark Harrop, McDonald’s Restaurants of Canada Limited Terry Hould, ServiceMaster of Canada Limited Andrew Hrywnak, Print Three Franchising Corporation Rimma S. Jaciw, CFE, WSI Digital Marc Laurin, MTY Group Ryan Picklyk, A&W Food Services of Canada Inc. Gary Prenevost, FRANNET Stephen Schober, Metal Supermarkets Family of Companies Frank Stanschus, Little Kickers Bob Tipple, Expedia CruiseShipCenters Laura Wittholz, The Ten Spot Beauty Bars. *Executive Committee member
NATIONAL SPONSORS
The CFA wishes to acknowledge and thank these National Sponsors for their support throughout the year. Find out more about these companies at www.cfa.ca/sponsorship
AD COORDINATOR Andrea Lee CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
Georgie Binks, Suzanne Bowness, Jessica Burgess, Kristin Di Tommaso, Roma Ihnatowycz, Gina Makkar, David Chilton Saggers, Karen Stevens, Jordan Whitehouse, Kym Wolfe, Trisha Utomi COVER PHOTO
Gaël Porteu de La Morandière FRANCHISE FUN ILLUSTRATION Sam Gorrie PRINTING Premier Printing FOR ADVERTISING INFORMATION:
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