Elaine Ali has over 25 years of experience in the broadcast industry and is currently the senior vice-president, CTV Stations Group with overall responsibility for all of CTV’s 27 owned-and-operated local stations. Until recently, she was both president of WTN, as well as vice-president and general manager of CKY-TV, the CTV affiliate in Winnipeg. Her passion for the Canadian broadcast industry and more specifically, for the development of women in that industry has made her one of Canada’s true pioneers.
She has been a member of Canadian Women in Communications since its inception and was the first woman nominated to the board of the Broadcasters Association of Manitoba in 1988.
She is dedicated to community work and sits on the board of the United Way of Winnipeg, where she is also vice-chair of the Marketing Committee. She is chair of the Lieutenant-Governor’s Youth Experience Program and served on the St. Boniface General Hospital Board from 1997 until 2002.
