Alvin has been in this industry long enough to leave some distinguishing markings along the way. He is responsible for many powerful and memorable ad campaigns. He helped build “Super, Natural British Columbia” into a brand, not just a destination. His highly visible creative approach to Drinking Driving CounterAttack and Anti-Racism campaigns broke important ground in social marketing. His early adoption of platform neutral media – from web applications to beer coasters offered clients integrated communications before it became a buzzword. From writer, to creative director to founder of the largest full service independent agency in Vancouver, Alvin believes in solving business problems through creativity shaped by strategic elegance. If he had a nickel for every "Go To Heaven. Ski Like Hell" sweatshirt sold at Whistler, he'd have, well, a lot of nickels and his office would be even more untidy. Follow him on Twitter at AlvinWasserman.

In the world of “What have you done for me lately?” Brent has had a remarkable run of late. In addition to two “Agency of the Year” wins with two different agencies (Publicis & Roche), he helped a third (Saatchi) to become the “Turn Around Agency” of a 150-office network while climbing from unranked to the 11th creative agency in Strategy’s Report Card. Today, Brent and his team are transforming Cundari with 15 new business wins in the last 18 months. Add to this his awards over the past few years, which include One Show, CA, Clios, four Cannes finalists, a dozen inclusions in Applied Arts and ADCC, several CMAs, and you’ll begin to see what Brent has done lately.

Before joining Saatchi & Saatchi, Brian worked as a writer at Harrod & Mirlin, Ogilvy & Mather, and Target. His campaigns for a wide range of national and international brands have been recognized with awards from Cannes, the One Show, Communication Arts, Marketing, the ADDC, the Cassies and the CMAs.

Israel Diaz is Chief Creative Officer at Y&R Canada. He is always on the look out for amazing talent. So if you are good enough to appear in this show, he’d really love to hear from you. Only passionate, hardworking and people with no egos need contact him at israel.diaz@yrbrands.com.

Patricia is a hybrid, that fantastical being found mainly Montréal. Half-French, half-English she creates in both languages to provide clients with the campaigns they deserve: sometimes that’s good, sometimes not so much… She may have won an award here, been short-listed there, but is more into software than hardware. Paradoxically, she’s thrilled to be on this jury.

From AGF to Toyota to Cadbury, Simon had devoted himself to helping great businesses become great brands. Along the way his work has been recognized by Cannes, the Clios, the Cassies, the Bessies and Marketing and has appeared in Archive, Applied Arts and Communications Arts. He lives in Toronto with his wife and two kids, who have all learned to accept his strange addiction to collecting antique photography.

Before joining john st. in 2007, Suzanne wrote copy for Ogilvy, TAXI and SMW. Her work has been recognized by The One Show, Communication Arts, the London International Advertising Awards, the New York Festivals, Lürzer's Archive, the Obies and the Clios. Suzanne is also the founder of adteachings.com, a website devoted to training young creatives.

Joe is a founding partner of Calgary-based agency WAX. In just six years he’s helped the agency grow from start-up to standout. Along the way his work has appeared in Communication Arts, Applied Arts, Marketing, Archive, D&AD and Graphis, and been recognized by the One Show, Clio Awards and the London International Awards.