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Building a Senior Leadership Career in Communications
About the Workshop
In this engaging talk, Christine Szustaczek, MCM, APR, SCMP, FCPRS will share her career journey as a consultant, staff member and senior executive in postsecondary communications management. She will share tips from her journey through anecdotes, frameworks, and practical examples. There will be a question period after the talk.
After the workshop, join us at the Phoenix!
About Christine Szustaczek, MCM, APR, SCMP, FCPRS
Christine Szustaczek is the Vice-President, Communications at the University of Toronto, where she oversees a portfolio that encompasses institutional strategic communications management and brand strategy and serves as a trusted advisor to the President, Vice Presidents and senior administrative and academic leaders. She was previously Vice President of External Relations at Sheridan College where she held a similar role and was also responsible for alumni relations, advancement, special events and government and community relations. For 10 years prior, she ran her own consultancy helping broader public sector clients communicate their impact. Christine has dedicated her career to serving mission-driven organizations and is passionate about higher education, public relations research and practice, reputation building and management, and helping organizations live out their purpose. She has a track record of building and leading high performing teams and is known for gaining people’s trust and cooperation. Her work has been recognized by more than 70 prestigious awards, including a peer-nominated national award for ethical PR and a national award for mentorship and has been published in several peer-reviewed academic journals. For over 25 years she has served as a Director of a Charitable Foundation. She’s also been recognized by the Government of Ontario for her 40 years of volunteer service to society.