About Sarah Louise
DIRECTOR – ACE AWARDS
Sarah Louise is an award-winning strategic communications leader with more than 20 years of experience advising Canadian and global organizations on brand reputation, stakeholder engagement, and public affairs. She has led communications across a wide range of industries, including financial services, retail, real estate, healthcare, technology, government, pensions, and not-for-profit.
In 2025, she launched Gardiner Communications, her own consultancy, where she continues to drive results for both brands and agencies through data-driven, multi-channel communications strategies.
Prior to Gardiner Communications, she served as Head of Public Relations for Specsavers Canada, where she developed multi-channel communications strategies that elevated the brand nationally and delivered measurable, award-winning results across consumer and industry audiences.
Previously, Sarah Louise was Director of Communications and Investor Relations at Bridgemarq Real Estate Services (Royal LePage brand), where she led multi-channel consumer campaigns and investor engagement. Earlier in her career, she rose to Associate Vice President at FleishmanHillard HighRoad (FHR), providing counsel to C-suite executives in highly regulated industries on communications strategy, executive leadership, corporate communications, consumer campaigns, reputation management.
She holds a BA in Media and Social Sciences from Western University and an Honours Diploma in Public Relations from the Irish Academy of Public Relations, with further professional designations in digital marketing and investor relations. As a board director, she leads the association’s CPRS ACE awards program with the goal of strengthening industry reputation and bringing the industry together to celebrate excellence in communications.