Meet Your Support Network
Our team members are ready to guide you through the process of locating and starting your business here in Burlington. You can call us directly at 1.905.332.9415.
Executive Leadership
Anita Cassidy
Executive Director
anita.cassidy@discoverburlington.ca
Languages Spoken: English, French, Italian
Destination Development & Marketing
Claire Green
Director – Destination Development and Marketing
claire.green@discoverburlington.ca
Languages Spoken: English
Shane Ropp
Lead – Marketing and Brand Communications
shane.ropp@discoverburlington.ca
Languages Spoken: English
Myla Wakem
Economic Development Officer – Destination Development
myla.wakem@discoverburlington.ca
Languages Spoken: English
Ricky Zhao
Destination Sales Specialist
ricky.zhao@discoverburlington.ca
Languages Spoken: English, Mandarin
Shamily Shanmuganathan
Destination Experience Specialist
shamily.shanmuganathan@discoverburlington.ca
Languages Spoken: English, Tamil
Samantha Newton
Visitor Experience Coordinator
samantha.newton@discoverburlington.ca
Languages Spoken: English
Sydney Milan
Digital Marketing Coordinator
sydney.milan@discoverburlington.ca
Languages Spoken: English
Business Development, Data and Customer Experience
Andrew Elliston
Manager – Business Development
andrew.elliston@discoverburlington.ca
Languages Spoken: English
Matthew Walker
Economic Development Officer – Investment Attraction
matthew.walker@discoverburlington.ca
Languages Spoken: English
Kemi Ituludiegwu
Lead, Business System
905.332.9415 ext: 7250
kemi.ituludiegwu@discoverburlington.ca
Languages Spoken: English, Igbo
Burlington Lands Partnership
Mark Steffler
Corporate Strategic Lead – Burlington Lands Partnership
Languages Spoken: English, Spanish, Portuguese
TechPlace
Izabela Goclik
Manager – Innovation and Entrepreneurship
289.337.5505 ext: 106
Izabela@techplace.ca
Languages Spoken: English, Polish, Italian