Lindsay Hamilton joined TSN in September 2016 and is currently an anchor for SportsCentre, bringing viewers the most up-to-date news from the world of sports.  

Hamilton started working in broadcasting at a young age, becoming the first host of the Family Channel in 2008. For more than five years she interviewed some of the biggest entertainment icons, athletes, and musicians across North America. 

In 2012, Hamilton hosted events during the 100th Grey Cup Anniversary Week and by 2014 she joined Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment as a host for Toronto Marlies, IIHF World Juniors, and Toronto Maple Leafs games and team events. 

She’s also hosted a variety of major events during her time on TSN including: The Masters, CPKC Women’s Open, FIFA Women’s World Cup, The Grey Cup, Queen’s Plate and Curling Day in Canada. 

Hamilton competed in a variety of sports while growing up in Mississauga, Ontario, including playing varsity lacrosse at McMaster University and competing on Team Ontario. Today, Hamilton keeps busy with golf, squash, tennis, water-skiing, and running. 

Jayna Hefford is one of the most decorated Canadian Olympians of all-time. She has won multiple medals at the Winter Olympics and IIHF World Women’s Championships, as well as titles in the National Women’s Hockey League and Canadian Women’s Hockey League. Hefford helped Canada win four-straight Olympic gold medals from 2002 to 2014 and famously scored the gold-medal winning goal at the 2002 Winter Olympics. At the professional club level across three leagues, she scored 439 goals in 418 competitive games including a CWHL record 44 goals in 2008-09. 

Hefford was selected as only the sixth female in history to be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame on June 26, 2018. Raised in Kingston, Ontario – her childhood #15 jersey has been retired by the Kingston Minor Hockey Association and hangs from the rafters in all their arenas.  

In 2019, Hefford was inducted into the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame and was the recipient of the Order of Hockey in Canada. 

Hefford now holds the position of Senior Vice-President, Hockey Operations for the Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) and has been one of the leading voices of the PWHL movement over the last decade. 

Kate Hussmann has over a decade of experience working in strategy and operations across the sports industry, including stints with the National Football League (NFL), National Basketball Association (NBA), and Major League Baseball (MLB). 

At the Buffalo Bills, Hussmann leads the Strategy and Analytics team and oversees long-term strategic initiatives like the Bills’ efforts in Southern Ontario, components of the New Stadium, and mixed-use development and master planning. 

Hussmann joins the Bills from the MLB league office, where she was hired in 2021 to launch MLB’s first cross-functional Club Advisory Group. Hussmann partnered with all 30 MLB Clubs to aggregate and standardize data across ticketing, sponsorship, and marketing, leveraging strategic insights to drive revenue and fan engagement across the League. 

Prior to her time in baseball, Hussmann built and led the strategy team at Hornets Sports and Entertainment (HSE). While in Charlotte, she worked at the intersection of sports and technology, managing a portfolio of unique, large-scale projects for HSE, ranging from All-Star 2019 to the Hornets’ first Global Games appearance in Shenzhen and Shanghai, China, to the Time Warner Cable/Spectrum Center rebrand.  

Hussmann graduated with honours from Boston University’s Questrom School of Business and earned her MBA from Wake Forest University. She grew up a three-sport athlete, constantly competing with her older brothers and cousins, and loves working in the industry that helped shape who she is and provided her with so many fond memories.   

Trace Molson joined the Ontario Provincial Board in 2020. She is active in speaking to bring awareness about women’s heart health.

Molson is the Director of Programs and Procurement, Operational Excellence, at BentallGreenOak. Previously, Molson ran her own firm providing management services. Prior to that, she was with Bentall Kennedy, managing one million square feet of office and industrial space for a leading Canadian financial institution. Molson’s management experience includes banking facilities, residential long-term care and student housing.

Like many of us, Molson has numerous family members and friends who have been impacted by heart disease and stroke. Two of her children were born with congenital heart defects, one of whom required reconstructive heart surgery. Molson is deeply grateful for Heart and Stroke’s long-standing commitment to research and development; funding in the 1960s directly contributed to the development of repair techniques for congenital defects, saving thousands of children.

Molson earned a BA from the University of Waterloo and an MBA in Finance from Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto.

Cassandra Quach began her career at the railway 19 years ago and has since made incredible strides in the industry. She began as legal counsel, handling litigation and commercial disputes, before overseeing the regulatory team. Quach advanced through several senior leadership roles before her appointment as Vice-President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary for CPKC.

As a leader and a legal expert, Quach exemplifies excellence in all she does. Drawing on years of legal expertise and experience, Quach’s involvement in the CPKC combination was critical to our success as a company. She successfully defended the benefits of the combination to the Surface Transportation Board against opposition from other Class 1 railroads, various governmental agencies, industry associations and other interest groups.

Quach serves on CPKC’s Pension Committee and the Diversity and Inclusion Council. She is also an active member in the Women’s Leadership Network, demonstrating her personal commitment to fostering an environment of inclusion, growth and inspiration at CPKC.

Quach was honored with INTERNATIONAL Railway Journal’s Women in Rail Award in 2025.