CAF ELECTS NEW BOARD MEMBERS
By Adnews Staff
The members of the Canadian Advertising Foundation have elected their 1996/1997 board of directors. Peter Elwood, president of Thomas J. Lipton, has been elected to chair the board. Elected to vice chair positions are: Ron Hutchinson, president of Urbn Outdoor Trans Ad; Jacques Lefebvre, chairman of COGEP; and Susan Lenard, president of the Ongoing Partnership Inc. The past chair is filled by Brian Philcox, director of corporate communications at The Consumer's Gas Company Ltd. John Sinclair, executive vice president of the Institute of Canadian Advertising, will serve as treasurer. The president and CEO of CAF is Linda Nagel. Sixteen other directors have also been elected to represent the Canadian advertising industry as broadly as possible. CAF is a national industry association which seeks to assure the viability of advertising in Canada through industry self-regulation.