Adrian Thatcher is a Toronto-based animated series director and has worked in animation for over 22 years at both Walt Disney Television Animation and Nelvana. In 2010, Adrian won a Daytime Emmy Award for individual achievement in art direction in recognition of his work on the Nelvana Series Willa’s Wild Life.

Adrian’s most recent directing credits include Ollie’s Pack, Bravest Warriors, Ranger Rob and Oh No, it’s an Alien Invasion!.

Originally from Ottawa, Daniel Clermont graduated from Sheridan College’s Classical Animation Program then the Computer Animation Program (2001-2002).

After having worked at several studios doing design, clean up, and 2D animation in Flash and Harmony he moved to Toronto in 2004 to start work at Nelvana where he worked in 2D and 3D doing animation, modelling, and rigging on various productions.

Daniel became an animation supervisor in 2016 and for his first show as supervisor, he moved to the Philippines for 3 months to oversee the animation.

Judy Leung has been working in animation industry for over thirty years. She began her animation career in Hong Kong as an animator and producer at an animation commercial company.

Judy has been with Nelvana since 1993 where she started as a production manager and currently holds the position of Senior Manager of Studio Operations, overseeing 3D and 2D animation production and managing staffing, recruiting, carrying out studio policies, guidelines and studio planning for the studio.

Judy continues to provide a vision for the Studio Operations team providing support and managing the studio’s resources and establishing relationships with the industry partners.

Rose-Ann Tisserand is the Founder and Executive Producer of Women in Animation Vancouver’s National Animation Career EXCELerator Program (ACE). ACE’s mission is to advance mid-career women into 8 key creative roles while making a short film and telling their authentic stories. The ACE program has been a passion project for Rose-Ann for over 6 years, successfully completing 3 award-winning short films and advancing 19 women from across Canada in the roles of Writer, Producer, Director, Art Director, Animation Director, Story Supervisor, Editor and Composer.

Rose-Ann is also Co-Founder and Executive Producer of Flying Kraken Creative Studios, a boutique studio that creates original animation content and specializes in award-winning animation design services.

Rose-Ann has worked as a production executive for 23 years in film and television production. She was a supervising producer at Bardel Entertainment and a consulting creative producer with the National Film Board of Canada on Zeb’s Spider. She is currently Executive Producer/Co-Creator of a series in development with Sony Entertainment.

Rose-Ann has been active in the animation industry and women-led initiatives for over 10 years, including sitting on the Spark Animation Leadership Board, Chair of Drawn Together Vancouver, and Executive Advisor and Co-Chair on the WIA Vancouver Board.

Vanessa Esteves is a supervising creative producer, writer, content creator and showrunner with a passion for storytelling.

Having over 17 years of experience in the animation industry, Vanessa has worked in multiple genres with a strong focus on bridge-preschool comedy. Vanessa has most recently overseen Agent Binky: Pets of the Universe, Max & Ruby, and Ranger Rob along with Nelvana’s own series of digital music videos Toon Bops. She is also currently showrunning Super Wish, a comedy series that the co-created.

When she’s not helping create animated content, she is often found watching it alongside the audience: her two young kids.