Beverley J. Oda (Co-Chair) served as a full-time Commissioner of the CRTC from 1987 to 1994. As a Commissioner she participated in a number of major regulatory decisions and policy reviews as well as chairing the Commission's Task Force reviewing Sex-role Stereotyping. Beverley also has over 25 years of experience within the commercial broadcasting sector holding a number of positions throughout her career. She has demonstrated a commitment to addressing issues of diversity and multiculturalism by serving on the boards of many professional associations and advisory councils including: member of the Advisory Committee to the President of the Treasury Board for Employment Equity of Visible Minorities in the Federal Public Service and Crown Corporations (1984-1987); advisor to the Secretary of State on multicultural issues in broadcasting (1986-87); member of the National Multicultural Committee of the Anglican Church in Canada; Chair of Canadian Women in Communication (CWC); Vice-Chair of the Television Board for the Canadian Association of Broadcasters (CAB); and Vice-Chair of the North American Broadcasters Association (NABA). She has also served on the Board of Directors of the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre, the Banff Television Festival, the Media Awareness Network, Women in Film and Television (WIFT), and the Canadian Film Institute. Beverley was also a member of the Board of Governors of Renison College at the University of Waterloo from 1986 to 1994. In 2003, Beverley was inducted into the CAB Broadcasters Hall of Fame.

Sarah Crawford, Vice-President, Public Affairs for CHUM Limited, has a 20 year history in broadcasting championing diversity. Sarah helped develop CHUM Television's Statement of Cultural Diversity Best Practices (the first of its kind in Canadian broadcasting), and the company's Corporate Action Plan for Cultural Diversity. Sarah also helped organize the CHUM Television National Colloquium on Cultural Diversity and the Media, televised nationally on all CHUM stations, APTN and CPAC in 2001. She presents regularly at conferences in support of equity, diversity, accessibility and human rights, such as the Human Rights and Race Relations Centre Conference on Race Relations, D-Codes' Social Innovators Conference, the INDICO/Reel World conference, and Carleton University's Dialogue on Diversity: Media's Role in Fostering an Inclusive Society 2002. Sarah is active in the broadcasting industry and the community, promoting diversity through numerous organizations with which she is involved. She is a member of the Board of Directors for the Media Awareness Network (MNet), the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC)--where she is also Vice-Chair of the National Specialty Adjudication panel--and the Jesuit Communication Project. She is a member and past chair of the CAB's Joint Societal Issues Committee, co-Chair of the CAB's Gold Ribbon Awards, and a member of Advisory Committees for both Innoversity Creative Summit celebrating diversity in the media, and Rethink Breast Cancer. Sarah is also a member of the Alliance for Aboriginal Participation in Broadcasting, and a tutor/mentor with Frontier College's homework club for inner-city youth. She has received a Gold Medal for work in the areas of diversity and equality from the Employment Equity Council of Canada, and the CAMEO Award for outstanding contributions to the development of Canadian media education.

Pierre Lampron, Vice-président, Relations institutionnelles, Quebecor Media et président de TVA films. TVA is the largest private-sector producer and broadcaster of French-language entertainment, news and public affairs programming in North America, and one of Canada's leading distribution companies. He has been part of Groupe TVA since 2000. From December 1999 to July 2000, Pierre was President of TV5 America (TV5 Quebec Canada, TV5 Latin America and TV5 USA). Prior to joining TV5 America, Pierre was the President of la Société de développement des entreprises culturelles (SODEC) where he improved the management by establishing dialogue and strong collaborations with the cultural industries. From 1989 to 1995, Pierre managed Telefilm Canada's office in Paris and also managed its London office from July 1994 to March 1995. Prior to that he worked at the ministère des Communications du Québec where he held several positions, including that of General Manager of Coordination and Politics, from 1987 to 1989. Prior to his position at Telefilm Canada's Paris office, Pierre had already carried out many important achievements, which shaped Quebec's cultural landscape, notably his determinant role in setting up the TV5 Consortium and the access to information law.