Past Winners
2006 Winner Ryan Davies
Carleton University
In just three years of work in the Department of University Advancement at Carleton – most recently as a Marketing and Communications Specialist – Ryan Davies has proven himself an indispensable member of the Advancement team. His flair for innovative marketing and strategic communications has been instrumental in the university winning a number of awards from both CCAE and CASE for website, magazine and marketing excellence.
Ryan’s skills and talents are quickly evident to the many habitués of the Carleton Café, a “communications juggernaut? that encompasses e-commerce, events management, electronic communication, affinity services and data collection in a one-stop site that serves the needs of over 12,000 Carleton alumni.
Communication to alumni has been greatly enhanced through Ryan’s work on the Carleton University Magazine and its e-mail supplement, Campus Connection. Fundraising has also benefited from Ryan Davies’s touch. He created customizable donor information kits for individual faculties, and has coordinated both national and international alumni events for Carleton.
Ryan – a graduate of both the University of Alberta and Grant MacEwan Community College – also project managed the design and creation of the CCAE 2006 conference website. His is an impressive range of achievements truly worthy of a CCAE Rising Star