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Cameron Brohman
Co-Founder, CREOS and BRANDAID Project
Development expert, media expert.
Expertise: Strategic partnerships, curation and product development, creative development
Cameron Brohman has lived and worked in Haiti for twenty-five years with extensive experience in the development,
media and creative industries. In 1985 he implemented an innovative educational programme that featured video as a
conduit of information exchange between students in Haiti and Canada. The award-winning interactive approach was
eventually adopted in other countries. Mr. Brohman was also the director of a large project to transform a rare
urban forest into Haiti's first botanic garden and environmental university. His experience in project design,
resource management, conflict resolution and cultural conservation has resulted in a diverse network of contacts
within Artist groups, government ministries, aid and development agencies such as the UN and craft cooperatives,
and at all levels of Haitian society.
Cameron works full time on the business with a focus on content development, partnership creation and strategic direction.
Tony Pigott
Co-Founder, CREOS and BRANDAID Project
President and CEO, JWT Canada, Global Director ethosJWT.
Expertise: Brand Leadership, Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development
Currently the President and CEO of J. Walter Thompson Canada a marketing communications and advertising agency
operating in 90 countries. Tony leads an operation that develops strategic communications programmes for multinational
companies and organizations such as HSBC, Kraft, Unilever, Shell, Wal-Mart and Nestle. Tony is also Global Director,
ethos JWT with expertise in the area of global social issues, the increasingly ethical and globally conscious consumer
and the subsequent trends in the corporate world. He established JWT Canada as the centre of expertise for Social
marketing for the company. He has worked with UNESCO for over 6 years on various projects and has spoken on
business and social change in the US, Europe, Mexico and China.
Tony spearheads marketing and business strategy and is active in partnership and sponsorship development.
Paul Haggis
Co-Founder, BRANDAID Foundation and BRANDAID Project
Award-winning Screenwriter, Producer and Film Director
Expertise: Market power acceleration and brand storytelling
Paul Haggis is the award-winning filmmaker who, in 2006, became the first screenwriter since 1950 to write two Best Film Oscar winners
back-to-back - "Million Dollar Baby" (2004) directed by Clint Eastwood, and "Crash" (2005) which Paul himself directed. For "Crash," he
won Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay. In 2006, Haggis' screenplay collaborations included the duo Clint
Eastwood productions "Flags of our Fathers" and "Letters from Iwo Jima," the latter earning him his third screenplay Oscar nomination.
Haggis' directorial follow-up to "Crash" was "In the Valley of Elah" (2007) which he wrote, directed, and produced. The film starred Tommy
Lee Jones, Charlize Theron and Susan Sarandon.
Paul is co-founder of Artists for Peace and Justice, and a board member of Office of the Americas. He also works with the Hollywood Education
and Literacy Project, the President's Council of the Defenders of Wildlife, and the Centre for the Advancement of Non-Violence.
Paul provides leadership and guidance on accelerating market power, communicating the stories of the artisan brands and
encouraging celebrity participation.
David Belle
Co-Founder BRANDAID Foundation and BRANDAID Project
Film Producer and Director, Founder Ciné Institute
Expertise: Media production, Arts based Community Development
David Belle is an award winning film Producer and Director. His documentary ABANDONED won the Alfred I DuPont Award,
considered the Pulitzer Prize of Broadcast journalism. His work has shown around the world through broadcast, theatrical
and educational distribution. David also works as a commercial cinematographer for clients such as Nikon, American Heart
Association, Janssen-Eisai, Novartis, Boehringer Ingelheim, and advertising agencies Carmichael Lynch, Torre Lazur
McCann, and Ogilvy. He is the founder of Haiti's national film school Ciné Institute and Haiti's international film
festival, Festival Film Jakmel. He has established partnerships with numerous NGOs including UNESCO, UNICEF, Open Society
Institute and Wyclef Jean's Yele Haiti, and with the governments of Haiti, France, Canada, and the United States.
David oversees all BRANDAID media production and design.
Elizabeth Huggins
Marketing, Sales and Sponsorship, BRANDAID Project
Independent consultant, brand marketing and innovation
Expertise: Strategizing the plan and making sure the brand succeeds
Elizabeth is former VP Marketing, Sales & Innovation at Women's Television Network (WTN) and Internet & Marketing Strategist
at YTV, Canada's number one specialty network. She has extensive senior experience in agency and advertiser roles in retail,
media, cable and technology and is a Certified Advertising Agency Practitioner and Media Planner. She is a member of the
Canadian Marketing Association and Association of Internet Marketing and Sales. In an effort to address pressing world issues,
Elizabeth co-created the Healthy Planet Tree Planting Kit™ to help reduce Global Warming and the Farm To Go™ to help
reduce world hunger. On a volunteer basis Elizabeth chairs Creativity & Innovation Week and the Leonardo da Vinci Awards for
Creativity &ammp; Innovation in the Arts, Education, Business, Entrepreneurship and Community and is Vice-Chair of the Toronto Zoo
Foundation and a member of the Board marketing committee. As VP Sales, Marketing and Sponsorship, Elizabeth will be responsible
for implementation of the launch plan with a focus on sponsorship, marketing, partnership development and management, web
development and event management.
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