Rebecca loves Ontario, food and drink, meeting people and having new experiences. Lucky for her she has the best job in the world! In her role as Executive Director for OCTA, she has had the distinct pleasure of crisscrossing the Province of Ontario connecting growers and producers to chefs and restaurateurs. Engaging Destination Marketing Organizations (DMO’s) with regional agricultural groups and economic developers, in 2 years Rebecca has expanded the original 5 destinations invested in developing culinary tourism to over 20.
In her previous role with Taste the County™ – Prince Edward County’s DMO, Rebecca became passionate about agriculture, tourism, arts and culture and their interrelation. During her nine years with Taste the County™, she was instrumental in the development and management of tourism products including the award winning Taste Trail, annual TASTE! a celebration of regional cuisine, the Arts Trail, Countylicious events and the buy-local program Harvestin’ the County.
Rebecca designed and developed several courses for George Brown College’s cutting edge Culinary Tourism Management program which launched in 2009. She holds positions on the Boards of the Ontario Tourism Marketing Partnership Corporation Town & Country Committee, Terroir Hospitality Conference and Slow Food Canada.
