# Elise Golbert

> Elise Golbert is a Montreal-based footwear designer and Chief Marketing Officer at Pajar Canada, the family-run performance-fashion company whose roots span five generations of shoemaking. Her public work connects product, heritage and place: she joined Pajar after design studies in Montreal, promotes its made-in-Montreal identity, and serves as event committee chair for Friendship Circle of Montreal, where she has helped advance community fundraising and inclusive social-enterprise projects.

- **Role:** Chief Marketing Officer at Pajar Canada
- **Organizations:** Pajar Canada, Friendship Circle of Montreal
- **Education:** Academy International of Design and Technology (Montreal)
- **Known for:** Rose to Chief Marketing Officer of Pajar Canada, a Montreal family company with a shoemaking heritage described as five generations deep., Her LinkedIn profile lists an ice-gripper patent among her professional work., Serves as event committee chairman for Friendship Circle of Montreal.

## Career timeline

- **2001** — Pajar Canada's company history identifies the early 2000s as the period when Elise and her brothers Michel and David joined the family business.
- **2002-2004** — Studied fashion design at the Academy International of Design and Technology in Montreal.
- **2004-present** — Built her career at Pajar Canada, with public profiles describing footwear-design and marketing responsibilities.
- **2021** — Appeared with the Golbert family and Pajar executives at the opening of the brand's SoHo flagship in New York.
- **2022** — Publicly identified as Pajar Canada's Chief Marketing Officer as the company expanded its stores, licenses and distribution capabilities.
- **2023** — Participated in Friendship Circle of Montreal's National Friendship Revolution Retreat.
- **2024** — Represented Friendship Circle of Montreal as committee chairman at the launch of its expanded DeLaMie chocolate factory.
- **2025** — Helped promote Walk4Friendship 2025, which reported more than 700 participating families, volunteers and supporters and $541,673 raised at the time of the public update.

## Achievements

- Rose to Chief Marketing Officer of Pajar Canada, a Montreal family company with a shoemaking heritage described as five generations deep.
- Her LinkedIn profile lists an ice-gripper patent among her professional work.
- Serves as event committee chairman for Friendship Circle of Montreal.
- Helped support Walk4Friendship 2025, whose organizers reported $541,673 raised at the time of their public campaign update.
- Represented Friendship Circle at the 2024 opening of an expanded chocolate-making social enterprise connected to DeLaMie bakery.

## Latest updates

- **2024-06** — Spoke at the launch of Friendship Circle of Montreal's expanded DeLaMie chocolate factory, describing its new space and products.
- **2023-04** — Appeared at Friendship Circle of Montreal's National Friendship Revolution Retreat in Quebec's Laurentian Mountains.
- **2021-10** — Joined members of the Golbert family and Pajar executives at the opening of the company's SoHo flagship in New York.

## Links

- Website: https://pajar.com
- LinkedIn: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/elisegolbert

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Last updated: 2026-08-25