Stephanie fosters environments where change- making creativity can thrive. She is recognized as an exceptional mentor and strong collaborator, galvanizing teams to deliver both brilliant work and business results. Stephanie returned to The Bloc in 2023 to lead the network as global chief creative officer. Prior to this, she held chief creative office roles at Hill Holliday Health and McCann Health New York, where she led her team to Agency of the Year wins at Clio Health, The Creative Floor, London International Awards, and The One Show.
For the last 2 decades she has focused exclusively on health and wellness, where she loves to partner with clients who believe in great work and its tremendous potential to do good. Frequently invited to participate in award show juries, she served as jury chair at Clio Health and LIA in 2025.
Originally from the UK, Stephanie has been based in the US for more than 25 years.
Kate is an events and client services leader in life sciences. She’s currently helping to expand PharmaBrands, delivering high-impact industry events, education and training. Previously, she led client services at AMP27 and held senior leadership roles at Havas Lynx, guiding complex pharma accounts and cross-functional teams. Earlier in her career, she co-founded CreateHealth.io, an open innovation platform designed to connect industry, patients, caregivers and clinicians to turn real-world insight into better healthcare products and services. She also served as Managing Director at eyeforpharma, owning P&L responsibility, leading a 30+ person team, opening new markets, and scaling flagship events with strong commercial growth.
Joy began her career right out of OCAD as a writer. Working in agencies both big and small, Joy has contributed to big brands like Labatt, Johnson & Johnson, Porsche, Walmart, and Mazda. Her enthusiasm for creative problem solving and working with multi-disciplinary teams has led to noteworthy accomplishments, particularly the award-winning Music for Memory Project for the Toronto Alzheimer’s Society. Conceptualizing and executing this awareness campaign sparked her curiosity, leading Joy to Health advertising. Working in Health has reinforced her belief that placing the human being at the centre of the solution is key. She has led creative in a number of therapeutic areas and across many brands. From Walmart to NovoNordisk and mass consumer to pharma, Joy is continually inspired to go past “good” to get to “great.” And, when she’s not thinking of the next big idea, she’s probably in a spinning class or planning her next trip.
