Valerie Creighton
President and CEO
Canadian Television Fund
Valerie Creighton joined the Canadian Television Fund (CTF) in 2006. In her role as President and CEO she successfully managed the transition of the CTF’s program administration to Telefilm Canada, developed a national stakeholder outreach program, and restructured the CTF to focus on policy development, research, and communications. Ms. Creighton is currently leading the organization as its programs transition into the new Canada Media Fund, to be launched on April 1, 2010.
Before joining the CTF, Ms. Creighton was the CEO and Film Commissioner for the Saskatchewan Film and Video Development Corporation and Manager of the Arts Section for the Province of Saskatchewan.
Ms. Creighton has also produced radio dramas for CBC Saskatchewan, sat on numerous CBC juries, and won several awards, including the Deputy Minister’s Recognition Award for her role in the creation of SaskFilm. She has participated in trade missions led by the Prime Minister and Premier of Saskatchewan to Germany, Los Angeles, and China. She has sat on 12 boards from 1979 to the present, and currently serves as a volunteer Chair of the Saskatchewan Foundation for the Arts.