Get To Know Us
Our Mission
We amplify the voices of the people and organizations that make the world better
Our Origin Story
In 2009, ConnectAd founder Simon Choy found a summer job in the digital marketing industry where he learned about managing Google Ads. His work with for-profit companies gave him an appreciation for how complicated campaigns could get.
Later that summer, he discovered the Google Grants program, but was surprised to find out that nobody was out there helping nonprofits. Agencies serving for-profit companies were everywhere, but why wasn’t anyone assisting nonprofits in taking advantage of $10,000 per month in free ads?
Always having had a passion for social enterprise, he decided to be that person and opened ConnectAd in 2010 with the mission of helping nonprofits. Since then, ConnectAd has remain committed to only working with nonprofits, managing their Google Grants. We proud to say we’ve helped almost 200 nonprofits get their Google Ad Grant. Using the grant, we’ve generated over 50 million dollars in ads and 1.8 billion ad impressions!
Our Team
Meet our friendly and passionate team of nonprofit digital marketing experts!

Simon Choy
Founder & CEO

Steph Vesely
Director of Client Services

Stella Tran
General Manager

Ilia Khairetdinov
Businesss Development Manager

Annie Hinan
Senior Account Manager

Claire Frizelle
Senior Account Manager

Denise Flood
Senior Account Manager

Jenna Bucholtz
Senior Account Manager

Emily Bowers
Senior Account Manager

Meryl Gosch
Senior Account Manager

Amparo Wu
Account Manager

Nathaniel Roizen
Account Manager

Ricardo Jimenez
Account Manager

Sarah Ahmed
Account Manager

Adrian Schaap
Account Manager

Stephen Davies
Operations Specialist

Jackie Allan
Account Manager

Kelsey Horton
Business Development Rep

Sofia Kozachenko
Account Manager

Shayne Sadler
Account Manager

Jason Liu
Account Manager

Lucy Sun
Digital Marketing Analyst
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Land Acknowledgement
At ConnectAd, we recognize the land on which we work as the traditional territories shared by the Anishinaabe Nation, the Haudenosaunee, the Senecas, the Huron-Wendat, the Petun, and is the present-day treaty lands of the Mississaugas of the Credit.Tkaronto, meaning the place in the water where the trees are standing, is now home to a diverse community of First Nation, Inuit, Metis, and non-Indigenous peoples. While our work is rooted in the digital space, we recognize the ways in which our physical presence on these lands upholds colonialism and reproduces the dispossession of Indigenous people.
We commit to working and learning more about how we can prioritize upholding the treaties of these lands, and invite others to consider how they may contribute to Indigenous-led movements toward true reconciliation.
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