Allison Gifford is Senior Manager of Public Policy for Amazon Canada, where she oversees trade, border, workplace, operations, and sustainability policy. She has held senior in-house roles advising Fortune 50 companies, national health organizations, non-profits, and labour unions on public affairs strategy, and worked on Parliament Hill as a speechwriter and press secretary for the New Democratic Party of Canada. An active member of the Canadian trade community, Allison serves on the boards of the Future Borders Coalition, the Canadian Association of Importers and Exporters, and AmCham Canada, and is a fellow with the Canadian Global Affairs Institute.