Our hand-picked collective of event professionals is your best option
unique approach to managing your experiential project
Event professionals from our award winning collective are layered into projects based on client needs, ensuring a customized and cost effective approach for every event.
Whether your project calls for sponsorship activation strategy, registration support, a show-caller or technical producer, we build and manage event planning teams for each client from our best-in-class community subject matter experts. We are committed to treating our event partners like family, caring for them in powerful ways and enabling an army of ‘brand gladiators’ for our clients.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
We are on a journey of learning about and embracing the vast range of unique and diverse people and backgrounds within our community. As a company, we are committed to using our events as an opportunity to work with a diverse range of talent, ethnicities, people of the 2SLGBTQUIA+ community, those who identify as racialized or marginalized, and people of Indigenous backgrounds. If you identify within any of these, we'd love to hear from you about working together.
Meet Our Team
Lisa Marks CSEP, BCOMM
Executive Producer, Event Strategist
Owner of Brand Alive, Lisa takes a front-row lead on all of our projects. As a Certified Special Events Professional for almost 20 years, Lisa has a unique blend of agency and large enterprise brand-side experience having been head of event strategy and production at Shaw Communications for almost a decade. At Shaw, Lisa led a notable and diverse portfolio of events including Grey Cup, Shaw Charity Classic, Board of Directors meetings, leadership summits and brand launches. Lisa's unparalleled instincts coupled with her high emotional intelligence and keen ability to navigate complex scenarios has generated proven results for our corporate, non profit and private family clients year over year.
-
Joanna Radaczynski BA
Event Producer & Project Manager
They say the devil is in the details and Joanna brings that to life at Brand Alive. A former Chief of Staff to the President of two multi-billion dollar corporations, Joanna effortlessly manages complex logistics and precise details on all of our projects.
-
Caitlin Lamont BCOMM
Event Producer & Sponsorship Strategist
Caitlin brings almost 20 years of experience leading strategic events, stakeholder engagement initiatives, sponsorship programs and communications strategies. She specializes in creating compelling experiences that strengthen relationships, elevate brands and advance organizational objectives.
-
Dominique Bushnaq BA
Head of Hospitality
With two decades of experience in the hospitality industry, Dominique brings a rare depth of expertise in high-touch guest experiences, hospitality operations, and the thoughtful design and execution of food and beverage programs.
Our Partners
We work with top-tier, COR certified event partners that have impressive experience in design, event audio, video, lighting, virtual events, staging and production management and have been collaborating with our core team across Canada for nearly 20 years. Reach out to learn more about our best-in-class roster of event partners.
Our Larger Community
As a company and collective, we believe that it is our duty to offer influence, leadership and support to organizations that drive change from the ground up. Annually, we donate to non-profit organizations through cash giving and compressed rates, amounting to at least 2.5% of our profits. Another 2.5% of our annual profits are dedicated to sponsoring local and international industry associations that work hard to build a flourishing live events industry.
We believe that when you give big, you receive big.
Are you a change-making non profit or charity?
While we don’t believe in discounting our valuable services, we do believe in supporting our community. Our approach is to provide the fairest pricing possible for all charities that come our way, still delivering our premium level service and intentionally going above and beyond. Let us help you in your mission change the world through human experiences.