Compass Rose - Government relations and public affairs experts united by common purpose

Our deep bench sets Compass Rose apart. With decades of experience in public affairs, our team can help you anticipate challenges, identify opportunities and deliver results that align your goals with the common good.

Meet your team

To find the common good, we need the right experts asking the right questions at the right time: now. Compass Rose has assembled a brilliant team of experts who are quietly going about finding the rare and uncommon solutions others miss.

Our Public Affairs Counsellors are trusted experts navigating your path through Canada’s political landscape. Public Affairs Counsellor is more than just a title, it’s an ethos, a commitment to Canadians, and a promise to our clients to work with them to find the common good in uncommon ways.

  • Marci Surkes

    Chief Strategy Officer & Managing Director

  • Ross Lemieux

    Chief Financial Officer

  • Kristina Davis

    Communications and Public Relations Practice Lead

  • Michael Edwards Portrait

    Michael Edwards

    Campaigns & Creative Practice Lead and Creative Director

  • Kelly Hutchinson

    Digital Government and Procurement Practice Lead

  • Jeffrey Brandys

    Public Affairs Coordinator, Government Relations

  • Melissa Cable

    Melissa Cable

    Public Affairs Counsellor, Digital Government

  • Kai Eckford-Vea

    Public Affairs Counsellor, Digital Government

  • Jessica Eritou

    Public Affairs Counsellor, Communications and Public Relations

  • Louise Girouard

    Public Affairs Counsellor, Digital Government

  • Tajwar Mazhar

    Lead Public Affairs Counsellor, Monitoring

  • Ciaran McCullough

    Public Affairs Counsellor, Monitoring

  • Graham Milner

    Lead Public Affairs Counsellor, Government Relations

  • Julia Mills

    Public Affairs Counsellor, Digital Government

  • JC Raitt

    Public Affairs Coordinator, Government Relations

  • Tina Romito

    Public Affairs Counsellor, Communications and Public Relations

  • Andrea Sarkic

    Lead Public Affairs Counsellor, Government Relations

  • Trevor Stewart

    Public Affairs Counsellor, Government Relations

  • Samantha Thompson

    Acting Lead Public Affairs Counsellor, Government Relations

  • Kathleen Walsh

    Lead Public Affairs Counsellor, Government Relations

  • Bea Vongdouangchanh

    Editor-in-Chief, Means & Ways

  • Alexandra Potapova

    Senior Accountant

  • Heather Williams

    Lead, Corporate Affairs

  • Shirlee Engel

    Strategic Advisor

  • Ken Polk

    Strategic Advisor

  • Christian Roy

    Strategic Advisor

  • Lucy van Oldenbarneveld

    Strategic Advisor

  • Jacquie LaRocque

    Founder & Chief Executive Officer

  • James Patsula

    Founder & Principal