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// Catharine Saxberg - Executive Director, Canadian Music Publishers Association
Catharine Saxberg has been the executive director of the Canadian Music Publishers Association since May of 2005, where she has been focused on expanding the profile for music publishers both domestically and internationally, their issues and their value to the music industry. Catharine represents publishers and their interests on the FACTOR National Advisory Board, the music section of the Cultural Human Resources Council, and the Music Café Committee for the Toronto International Film Festival. Prior to that, she was the executive director of the Radio Starmaker Fund, where, as part of the overall responsibility for the day to day management of the fund, she guided the expansion of the fund to include international touring and marketing programmes, and prepared policy recommendations for the Board of Directors. Catharine also worked as a consultant for the Canadian Country Music Association, executing an extensive research project of their members, and writing eight policy papers on their behalf on issues of key importance to the music industry.
Catharine’s experience before working primarily for the music industry was in content development, strategic planning, marketing and research for the broadcast industry, where she worked in progressively senior positions for over twenty years for a number of major broadcasters. She has also worked as a media executive for a major international advertising agency, and has taught at the Harris Institute of the Arts for the past nine years.
Catharine has demonstrated a keen understanding and interest in issues of board governance and process for non-profit organizations, both within her professional life, and volunteer work outside of the music industry, and is known for a management style that is both consultative and decisive. She can also function effectively in both official languages.
Catharine holds an undergraduate degree from Ryerson University in radio and television arts, an honours BA (double major of history and English literature) and a masters degree in cultural history from the University of Toronto, and did her doctoral studies in cultural history at York University.
Chatharine Saxberg 自2005年5月起成为了加拿大音乐出版协会的执行理事。上任以来她一直注重于扩大音乐出版商在当地及全球的能见度，使他们所关心的问题及他们对音乐行业的价值观得到更多人的认识。Catharine 在FACTOR 国家咨询委员会、文化人力资源委员会的音乐部、以及多伦多国际电影节的音乐咖啡厅委员会上代表了出版商及他们的利益。在这之前，她曾经担任 Radio Starmaker 基金的执行理事，在当任期间她不仅负责管理基金的日常运作，还指导了基金的项目扩展使其包括了国际巡演及营销项目，并且为董事会准备了政策建议。 Catharine 还曾担当加拿大乡村音乐协会的顾问，为协会的会员们执行了一项大范围的调查项目，并且代表协会书写了八份政策文件有关音乐行业中及其重要的问题。
在 Catharine 加入音乐行业之前她曾经在许多大型广播公司担任各种高层职位，过去她的专业范围为内容开发、策略性规划、营销及广播行业的调查项目。她还曾经在一家大型的国际广告代理公司当任媒体主管，并在过去九年任教于Harris 艺术研究所。
