Meghan Nameth
President & Owner, Pattern & Path Consulting
Meghan Nameth helps organizations grow by aligning business ambition, brand, and human insight into clear, actionable strategy.
A senior marketing executive, strategist, and executive coach, she brings over 25 years of experience leading brand, marketing, and analytics functions at scale across North America. She has held senior leadership roles at Loblaws (SVP, Marketing), Hudson’s Bay Company (CMO), and PwC, TD Bank, Mars, and Procter & Gamble—where she has been accountable for driving enterprise growth, strengthening market position, and building modern marketing capabilities.
Today, Meghan is President of Pattern & Path Consulting and Co-Founder of ShiftUp Coaching, where she partners with senior marketing leaders and executive teams to navigate complexity, make better decisions, and translate strategy into meaningful progress. She brings a practical, experience-led perspective on how growth actually happens inside complex organizations.
She also serves as Vice Chair of the Canadian Marketing Association, where she is focused on helping to future-proof the marketing industry in Canada. Meghan is a Chartered Marketer and holds an MBA from the Rotman School of Management.
Jacqueline Ryan
Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Olympic Foundation Chief Brand and Commercial Officer, Canadian Olympic Committee
Jacquie Ryan is the Chief Brand and Commercial Officer at the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) and CEO of the Canadian Olympic Foundation, where she oversees all commercial operations, including revenue growth, brand strategy, marketing, partnerships, digital, and sustainability. Since joining the COC in 2019, she has led transformative initiatives such as the launch of the Team Canada app, the Team Canada Impact Agenda, award winning brand campaigns, and the re-set of the Canadian Olympic Foundation business, while also securing landmark partnerships with lululemon, Tim Hortons, Canadian Tire, and RBC.
With over two decades of leadership in brand, sponsorship, and sport marketing, Jacquie previously served as Vice President, Sponsorship Marketing and Philanthropy at Scotiabank, where she led the historic $800 million Scotiabank Arena naming rights deal and oversaw acclaimed hockey marketing programs. Prior to that, Jacquie was Head of Olympic Marketing at RBC, where she and her team delivered the highly successful Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games marketing program.
Jacquie’s contributions to marketing and sport have been widely recognized. In 2024, she was named Marketer of the Year by the Canadian Marketing Association. In 2023, she was honored with the Sport Business Journal Game Changers award recognizing women leaders in the sports industry. Other accolades include Bay Street Bull’s 2021 Women of the Year, The Hockey News’ Top 100 People of Power and Influence in Hockey (2019), Toronto Star’s Most Influential Women in Hockey (2018), and 2026 Western University Faculty of Arts Alumni of the year.
Jacquie currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Canadian Marketing Association and is a previous Board Director with the Michael Garron Hospital Foundation, and the Sponsorship Marketing Council of Canada.
