Ann-Marie Martello

The Conference Board of Canada

The Conference Board builds leadership capacity for a better Canada by creating and sharing insights on economic trends, public policy and organizational performance. - The foremost, independent, not-for-profit applied research organization in Canada. - Objective and non-partisan. We do not lobby for specific interests. - Funded exclusively through the fees we charge for services to the private and public sectors. - Experts in running conferences but also at conducting, publishing, and disseminating research; helping people network; developing individual leadership skills; and building organizational capacity. - Specialists in economic trends, as well as organizational performance and public policy issues. - Not a government department or agency, although we are often hired to provide services for all levels of government. - Independent from, but affiliated with, The Conference Board, Inc. of New York, which serves nearly 2,000 companies in 60 nations and has offices in Brussels and Hong Kong.