Joanne is the Director General, Communications and Arts Engagement at the Canada Council for the Arts. In this role, Joanne ensures the integrity of the Council’s brand, reputation, stakeholder relations (including donors) and arts community engagement framework. Joanne also oversees the Council’s Art Bank, the Public Lending Right program, and the recognition and celebration of outstanding contributions through the Council’s many distinctions, awards and prizes. As the Council’s Official Languages Champion, Joanne ensures the Council’s continued leadership as a bilingual organization that values and uses both official languages. Joanne also serves as the Council’s accessibility steward and advocate.
Joanne was previously the Chief of Staff and Corporate Secretary of the Canada Council. Before that she was Head of Prizes at the Council, responsible for a national program of prizes and fellowships. Prior to joining the Council, she held curatorial and exhibitions management positions at the National Gallery of Canada.
Joanne served as a board member for the Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards Foundation from 2009 to 2014, as well as the Board of the Association of Professional Executives of the Public Service of Canada (APEX) from 2019 to 2022.