British Columbia American Marketing Association’s Marketer of the Year Gala 2015

Susan Senecal, A&W Food Services of Canada president & COO; Tom Shepansky, Rethink founder; and Trish Sahlstrom, A&W VP purchasing & distributionSusan Senecal, A&W Food Services of Canada COO; Tom Shepansky, Rethink founder; and Trish Sahlstrom, A&W VP purchasing & distribution. Avanta Consulting's Victoria Newitt, director of client services; Meredith Yuen...

Susan Senecal, A&W Food Services of Canada president & COO; Tom Shepansky, Rethink founder; and Trish Sahlstrom, A&W VP purchasing & distribution

Avanta Consulting’s Victoria Newitt, director of client services; Meredith Yuen, recruitment co-ordinator; and Jennifer McGettigan, recruitment consultant

Dale Jenkins, Cargill Value Added Meats VP; Paul Hollands, A&W CEO & chairman; Chris Roberts, Cargill president; and Lisa Hughes, A&W director of food purchasing

David Rockliff, Pacific Blue Cross manager digital marketing; and Adrian Bois, Pacific Blue Cross manager individual plans

Peter Mills, Burnbrae Farms director of food service; and Bruce Richardson, Burnbrae Farms VP new business development

Blair Shier, JD Sweid Foods president & CEO; Valerie Koren, A&W director of purchasing & promotional services; Allan Hanson, JD Sweid national accounts manager; and Nancy Wuttunee, A&W senior director of operating standards

Jordan Eshpeter, Invoke Media head of growth and engagement; and Lindsay Smith, Massive Media chief geek

BCIT marketing communications students Katie Muir; Kailey Zenyk; Ryan Scholz; and Josh Stokes

Manna Wescott, Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation manager of creative services; and Gillian Behnke, Port Metro Vancouver manager of community relations & communications

Neil Farmer, A&W VP operations; and Chelsea Stoelting, Rethink account director

Tom Newitt, A&W director of marketing; and Victoria Newitt, Avanta Consulting director of client services

Trish Sahlstrom, A&W VP purchasing & distribution; Andrew Spicer, QRI International managing director; and Susan Senecal, A&W president & COO

Nancy Deen, Divine Intervention associate matchmaker; Pardeep Jassal, BCBusiness senior account manager; Tiffany Hoos, Bull, Housser & Tupper LLP marketing communications specialist; and Allyson Wickham, BCBusiness marketing & event manager

News 1130’s Anita Bathe was emcee for the gala

British Columbia American Marketing Association’s Marketer of the Year Gala 2015?
The Westin Bayshore 
October 21, 2015

More than 400 guests attended the BCAMA’s Marketer of the Year Gala at the Westin Bayshore Hotel to celebrate A&W Food Services of Canada and the Marketing Excellence Awards winners. A&W received the 45th annual Marketer of the Year Award. Royal Roads University and Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia were runners up.

Guests enjoyed a cocktail reception with mini A&W Teen Burgers served as appetizers along with samples of their new chicken recipe. A dinner and a presentation on how A&W achieved its success followed the reception. Anita Bathe from News 1130 emceed  the evening.

To recognize the BCAMA’s 60th anniversary, three new awards were added:?
1. Community Engagement or Not-for-profit Marketing: Theatre Under the Stars?
2. Public Relations or Experiential Marketing: Nintendo ?
3. Marketing on a Shoestring: Cobs Bread