Event Speaker: Kirstyn Brown

Kirstyn Brown brings over 15 years of editorial experience across both consumer and trade media. After earning a BA in Journalism from Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson), she began her career interning at magazines while working in catering to pay the bills. Her break came as a fact checker at Oxygen Magazine, where she later became a section editor. She went on to co-create STRONG Fitness Magazine, a women’s health and fitness publication, serving as Editor-in-Chief for nine years. Today, Kirstyn is the editor of Plant and MRO, two trade publications from Annex Business Media serving Canada’s manufacturing sector.