2026 Golden Pencil Award Executive Advisory Committee

Chairperson 
Shannon Higgins
Mother Parkers Tea & Coffee Inc.

Vice Chairperson
Tom Shurrie 
Canadian Federation of Independent Grocers (retired)

Executive Members
Diane J. Brisebois
Retail Council of Canada (retired)

Steve Fox 
Nestle Canada (retired)

Kim Furlong
Retail Council of Canada

Frank Gambioli
Loblaw Companies Ltd.

Michael Graydon
Food, Health & Consumer Products of Canada
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Paul Higgins Jr. 
​Mother Parkers Tea & Coffee Inc.​

Margaret Hudson
Burnbrae Farms Ltd.

Lyne Jetté
Metro Inc.
 
Cara Keating
PepsiCo Canada

Jennifer Litterick
EnsembleIQ (Canadian Grocer)

Anthony Longo
Longo Brothers Fruit Markets Inc.

Jamie Nelson
Pattison Food Group

David Singer
Thomas, Large & Singer Inc.  

Pierre St. Laurant
Empire Company Limited
 
Ron Welke
Canadian Federation of Independent Grocers
      

Members of the Executive Advisory Committee
 with the 2022 and 2021 Golden Pencil Award Recipients