Marnie Lapierre is a Certified Festivals and Events Expert and Certified Tourism Industry Specialist with 25+ years of accumulated experience in delivering excellent customer service, fundraising, grant writing, and managing small- and large-scale events.  With extensive volunteer development experience, department and event budgeting, administration, and media relations (including marketing tourism and events regionally, provincially, and nationally), Marnie possesses the tools to build the path to your organization's goals.

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OPTIS Certification (Ontario Professional Tourism Industry Specialist) Lakehead University

Event Management - School of Hospitality, Tourism & Culinary Arts Centennial College 

Certified Travel Industry Specialist - University of Indiana

Certified Festival Event Expert - IFEA

Certification - From Risk to Resilience: The Fundamentals of Risk Management for Festivals & Events​

Certificate - Event Safety Access Training - Event Safety Alliance

Completion - Sponsorship Mastery (Paula Beadle)

Certificate - Indigenous Canada (University of Alberta)

Certificate - Project Management (Fundamentals, Application) University of Waterloo

Certificate -  Working Together:  The Ontario Human Rights Code and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act

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Canadian Comedy Hall of Fame

2025 - Interim Executive Director

2024 - Production Assistant

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Stardust Industries -

Anangokaa Festival - 2024 - Event Manager

Conference Coordinator - 2024/2025

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BOARD MEMBER - 

Festivals & Events Ontario 2020- Present

• 2024 -  Vice President of Festivals

•  2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 Conference Chair

• Presenter (Volunteer Development, Event Management 101)

Ontario Culture Days 2020 - Present

• 2022 Tourism Taskforce

Timmins Multicultural Society 2022 - Present

• President

Timmins Multicultural Festival 2021 - Present

• Co-chair 2021 - Present

​Timmins Rotary Ribfest - 2024 

• Co-chair

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MEMBER - 

Event Safety Alliance - 2022

Network of Municipal Event Planners 2019 - Present

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PAST MEMBER - 

Great Canadian Kayak Challenge & Festival - 2009-2020

• Chair - 2018-2020

Northeastern Ontario Borders Covid Taskforce - 2020

Stars & Thunder International Fireworks Music Festival

• Volunteer Chair 2017-2018

Sudbury Celtic Festival

• Highland Dance Competition Chair