# Lisa Clements

> Lisa Clements is a Canadian communications and marketing executive whose career has moved through Ontario government, the Art Gallery of Ontario, and University of Toronto Scarborough. Now Executive Director, Marketing & Communications at UTSC, she brings experience in public affairs, cultural brand-building, audience engagement, and institutional storytelling to a campus serving a broad public mission.

- **Role:** Executive Director, Marketing & Communications at University of Toronto Scarborough
- **Organizations:** University of Toronto Scarborough, Art Gallery of Ontario, Government of Ontario, McMaster University, Habitat for Humanity International
- **Education:** BA in Canadian politics, McMaster University, MA in public policy and administration, McMaster University
- **Known for:** Advanced through multiple communications and public-affairs leadership roles at the Art Gallery of Ontario before becoming Chief, Communications & Brand., Held an AGO portfolio spanning marketing and design, communications, government relations, visitor experience, membership, database marketing, and digital services., Helped communicate the AGO’s first-of-its-kind Canadian art-museum crowdfunding effort to acquire a permanent Yayoi Kusama Infinity Mirror Room.

## Career timeline

- **Before 2009** — Worked for the Government of Ontario for more than 11 years, including as Chief of Staff to the Minister of Culture, Chief of Staff to the Government House Leader, and Senior Advisor for Issues Management to the Minister of Children and Youth Services.
- **2009-2012** — Served as Corporate Secretary at the Art Gallery of Ontario.
- **2013** — Served as Director, Corporate & Public Affairs at the Art Gallery of Ontario.
- **2017** — Appointed Chief, Communications & Brand at the Art Gallery of Ontario after holding several increasingly senior communications and public-affairs roles there.
- **2018** — Helped communicate the AGO’s public campaign to acquire Yayoi Kusama’s Let’s Survive Forever Infinity Mirror Room.
- **2020** — Represented the AGO in a Toronto reopening discussion and described the gallery’s timed-entry approach and reduced visitor capacity.
- **2022** — Led brand communications as the AGO prepared a campaign for the Leonard Cohen: Everybody Knows exhibition.
- **2024** — Hired as Executive Director, Marketing & Communications at University of Toronto Scarborough.
- **2025-2026** — Named to the University of Toronto bicentennial planning working group.

## Achievements

- Advanced through multiple communications and public-affairs leadership roles at the Art Gallery of Ontario before becoming Chief, Communications & Brand.
- Held an AGO portfolio spanning marketing and design, communications, government relations, visitor experience, membership, database marketing, and digital services.
- Helped communicate the AGO’s first-of-its-kind Canadian art-museum crowdfunding effort to acquire a permanent Yayoi Kusama Infinity Mirror Room.
- Joined the senior team at University of Toronto Scarborough as Executive Director, Marketing & Communications in 2024.
- Selected for the University of Toronto’s bicentennial planning working group.

## Latest updates

- **2025-12** — Shared U of T Scarborough’s holiday campaign and praised the Marketing & Communications team’s creative work and the principal’s participation.
- **2026-08** — Listed as a member of the University of Toronto bicentennial planning working group.
- **2024-05** — Her hiring as Executive Director, Marketing & Communications at U of T Scarborough was reported to Campus Council.

## Links

- Website: https://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/principal/lisa-clements
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisa-clements

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Last updated: 2026-08-24