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Donald Hayes - Chair
Donald P. Hayes is President and principal shareholder of Hayes Group of Companies with interests in forestry, retail and real estate. Hayes is the third generation of his family involved in the forest industry. His grandfather founded Hayes Manufacturing, which designed and built some of the first logging trucks in British Columbia. Hayes received a Bachelor of Commerce degree from UBC in 1982. He became a Chartered Accountant in 1985 and maintains his designation. Hayes is currently a Director of the British Columbia Ferry Corporation and is Past Chairman, Cowichan Valley Economic Development Commission, Past Chairman, Associated Logging Congress, Past Vice Chairman, Truck Loggers Association and Past Director, Forest Renewal BC and the New Relationship Trust.
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David McMillan - Past Chair
David McMillan became General Manager and CEO of Island Farms Dairies Co-operative Association in 1991 and retired in September 2004. As well as being Past Chair of the Royal BC Museum, he is currently a member of the Thrifty Foods Advisory Board, the AERS Board of Directors and the Boards of several other private corporations. He has also served on the Boards of the Salvation Army, the Victoria Hospice Society and the Victoria Hospice Foundation.
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Peter Gustavson
Peter Gustavson is the President and CEO of Gustavson Capital Corporation. He was the Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Custom House Global Foreign Exchange, the largest non-bank foreign exchange provider in North America. Custom House now has 50 branches in Australia, Canada, Italy, New Zealand, Singapore, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Previously, Gustavson was a Partner with Gustavon Shaffer, Chartered Accountants. Active in the community, he is a member of the UVic Faculty of Commerce Board of Advisors, Chair of the UVic Business Distinguished Entrepreneur of the Year Award Dinner and President and Chair of the Canadian Foreign Exchange Dealers' Association. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of BC in 2006, a recipient of the Business Examiner Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005 and Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the Year in 2002. Gustavson holds his Bachelor of Commerce with Honours in Accounting and Marketing from the University of Manitoba.
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Susan Knott
Susan Knott was born in Vancouver, and after a long and varied career in all levels of government (municipal, provincial, federal), she began her next career as an Organization Consultant specializing in event management with a focus on organizing, motivating, and directing volunteers. Previously, Ms. Knott was actively involved as a member of the British Columbia Board of Parole and the National Parole Board of Canada. Active in her community, with a particular focus on non-profit organizations, most recently a past director of Gastrointestinal Society of Canada. Ms Knott attended Vancouver City College and the Dubrulle Culinary Institute.
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Graham S. Lee
Graham Lee is president, CEO, founder and sole shareholder of RG Properties Ltd, an award-winning diversified real estate company that started as a university project and now employs more than 4,000. Lee’s major development projects include Planet Ice (Coquitlam, Delta and Maple Ridge), Capri Shopping Mall/Hotel and Prospera Place (Kelowna), Vector Aerospace Facility (Vancouver Airport) and the Save On Foods Memorial Centre (Victoria). In addition to holding past directorships with the Vancouver Board of Trade and the original Vancouver Olympic Bid Corporation, Lee serves as Governor for the Vancouver Aquarium; he’s a member of the Advisory Board for the Centre for Urban Economics and Real Estate at UBC; and he is involved with several charitable causes.
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Bud Smith
Bud Smith, QC, is a UVIC graduate who obtained his law degree from UBC in 1974. He is an active Kamloops-based businessman with ownership interests in engineering, construction, lending and travel companies operating in BC and Alberta. A former Attorney General, Smith brings experience as Kamloops MLA (1986 - 1991) and Cabinet Minister (Regional Economic Development, 1988 - 91). Smith has served on a number of Crown Corporation boards, including Canada Post Corporation (1991 – ‘94), BC Development Corporation (1979 - 1983), Prince Rupert Port Authority (2007 - 2009) and Ridley Terminals Inc. (2009 - present). Smith has given his time to a number of community services and programs, including the Diocese of Cariboo (Chancellor), the Kamloops Chamber of Commerce and the Western Canada Theatre Company (Trustee).
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Neil Sterritt
Neil Sterritt is Gitksan, a member of the Fireweed clan of Kispiox, BC. He is president of Sterritt Consulting Ltd. and is a consultant specializing in aboriginal and indigenous issues in Canada, Southeast Asia and Australia. He was leader of the Gitksan-Wets’uwet’en Tribal Council from 1981 to 1987 and worked as a treaty negotiator for the Gitksan Treaty Office at Hazelton. Sterritt played a major role as a key strategist and spokesperson on constitutional issues for the Assembly of First Nations, and was appointed Co-Chair of the Aboriginal Table by the four national aboriginal organizations of Canada: the Assembly of First Nations, Inuit Tapirisat of Canada, Metis National Council and Native Council of Canada. Sterritt is an authority on aboriginal governance provincially and nationally and author of the First Nations Governance Handbook: A Resource Guide for Effective Councils. He is past governor and current fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographic Society, and past director of the Canadian Aboriginal Minerals Association. He has presented governance papers at two aboriginal governance conferences in Canberra, Australia. Sterritt was awarded an honorary degree June 11, 2008 from U of T in recognition of his lifetime contributions to the understanding and expression of aboriginal citizenship in Canada.
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Margaret Vandenberg
Ms. Vandenberg was the Executive Director of The Arthritis Society, BC & Yukon Division. She was the Director of Advancement in the Faculty of Business Administration at Simon Fraser University. Prior to working at SFU, Vandenberg was the Chairperson for the Employment Insurance Commission for the BC Regional Division, a marketing and fundraising consultant with MSV Consulting, and an Associate Campaign Director Consultant with Navion Financial Development Systems Inc. She was also the former Executive Director of the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada; and the former Director of Development and Communications and Associate Executive Director with the Canadian Diabetes Association. She has been involved in a variety of community activities including a former Director on the CKNW Orphans Fund, former member on the City of Port Moody's Economic Development Committee, a member of the Eagle Ridge Hospital Capital Campaign Committee, and the former Vice Chair of the Salvation Army Red Shield Appeal.
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Lillian White
Lillian White is an accounting professional with over 30 years of experience. A Certified General Accountant, White recently acquired the industrial safety supplies company Treen Safety (WorkSafe) Inc. Prior to that, she was the Vice President of Finance for GFS British Columbia Inc. (formerly Neptune Food Service) for over 34 years. White sits on the Board for Columbia Power Corporation and is Chair of the Audit and Finance Committee. She was appointed to the Board of BC Assessment Authority in 2003 and served as Board Chair from 2006 to 2009. White is a mentor and member of the Forum for Women Entrepreneurs, a member of the Association for Women in Finance (AWK) and a member of the Women in Foodservice Association. In 2002, White was recognized by the AWF with the PEAK award for Performance and Excellence.
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John Williams
John Williams was Executive Vice President of Fairmont/Raffles Hotels, responsible for the operations and transition from a domestic Canadian hotel company to the largest luxury hotel group in the world, in 30 countries, which included such iconic historic properties as the Plaza in New York, the Savoy in London, Raffles Hotel in Singapore, Le Montreux Palace, Switzerland, Le Royal Monceau, Paris, the Norfolk, Nairobi, and Victoria's own Empress Hotel. Retiring after a 45 year career in January 2009, John was honoured by Fairmont Hotels through the establishment of two annual post graduate scholarships in his name, for colleagues’ children globally. He has served on various boards, including Chair Tourism Vancouver, Chair Tourism British Columbia, Chair Vancouver Hotel Association, Chair Crofton House School Vancouver, Canada/United Kingdom Chamber of Commerce, Victoria Hospital Foundation, International Fellow Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, and Commander Sovereign Order of St John.
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