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Current Mentors and Champions

Sponsor Mentors

BCIT

  • Teg Brar, Principal, Alpina International  Blog: Personal Branding Edge
  • Robin Hemmingsen, Dean — School of Business
  • Max Jarrar, ARLO Business Advisor — Commercial Assistance Program
  • Angela Kelleher, Instructor and Independent Consultant
  • Herman Mah, Manager — BCIT Downtown Campus

BC Hydro

  • Michelle Brenton, Sector Manager Key Account Management
  • Larina Lopez, Manager Community Investment & Outreach
  • Theresa Li, P. Eng. Growth Capital Planning
  • Al Mithani, Project Manager
  • Grace Mok, Finance Professional — Policy & Internal Control
  • Derek Wilson, P. Eng. Office of the Chief Technology Officer
  • John Wou, Commercial Manager

HSBC Bank Canada

  • Megan Gower, Manager — Internal Communications
  • Pehlaj Malhotra, Chief Risk Officer
  • Sarah Munro, Sourcing Segment Lead — Human Resources
  • Mark Shandro, Account Manager — Business Banking
  • Kristy Todd-Millar, Relationship Manager
  • Stephanie Vicic, Marketing Manager
  • Amber Weland, Senior Business Account Manager

Labatt

  • Chris Blake, Retail Key Account Manager
  • Jay Osier, District Sales Manager — Vancouver Whistler
  • Justin Parlato, Customer Marketing Manager

London Drugs Limited

  • Brian Best, Director, Warehouse & Distribution
  • Clayton Dean, Learning and Development Manager
  • Susan Kellock, Store Manager
  • Laurie Lowes, Manager, Health & Safety
  • Liz McNally, Manager, Training & Development
  • Dan Moy, Buyer
  • Ken Vannucci, Buyer
  • Mark Walman, Store Manager

Scotiabank

  • Bruce Arthurs, Director, Regional Banking
  • John Cairns, Regional Vice-President, Investment Counsel
  • Rob Edwardsen, Branch Manager — UBC
  • Christine Lim, Branch Manager — Richmond
  • Michel Proulx, District Bank Manager
  • Rob Wilkins, District VP

Simon Fraser University

  • Sam Thiara, Manger of Student Engagement

Vancouver Board of Trade

  • Grayden Hayward, FCA, Senior Advisor

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Vancouver Board Of Trade Members 

  • Tracey Arnish, SAP Canada Inc.
  • Rob Arthurs, Arthurs Ventures Inc
  • David Baxter, KPMG
  • Bruce Campbell, Best Buy Canada Tech Group
  • Daniel Chu, Silkstart Technology
  • Tara Cree, Knightsbridge Human Capital Solutions
  • Ian Cruickshank, Wishpond
  • Tracy Dallas, Total Staffing Solutions
  • Yvonne De Valone,  Downtown U-Lok - LOT Program Chair
  • Glen Dorey, Lilly Canada
  • Fiona Douglas-Crampton, Minerva Foundation
  • Roy Ellis, Penskie
  • Barry Fenton, Consultant
  • Rosetta Ferrari, Burgess Cawley Sullivan and Associates
  • JC Fraser, Vancouver Canadians
  • Sandy Gerber, NEXT Marketing & Design Agency
  • Cindy Graves, Kids up Front
  • Keena Hicken-Gaberria, KPMG 
  • Barbie Hislop, The Bariety Club of British Columbia – The Children’s Charity
  • Adam Houghton, MaxHire Solutions, Inc.
  • Jennifer Johnstone, Central City Foundation
  • Tara Landes, MRSI Benchmarking
  • Marg Latham, Corporate Consultant
  • Alex Lee Behan, Edgewater Casino
  • Alexa Loo, Entrusts Chartered Accountants
  • Christopher Lythgo, Business Development Bank of Canada
  • Colin Macrae, Electronic Arts.
  • Brian Mathae, Pacific Blue Cross
  • Dawn McKenna, Down Syndrome Research Foundation
  • Dennis Mee, Part Time CFO Inc and Colossal Resources Corp
  • Aaron Nakama, Fujitsu Consulting (Canada) Inc.
  • John Nesbitt, Nesbitt Enterprises
  • Elaine Ng, HLC Mortages
  • Warren Pears, Vancouver Coastal Health
  • Brent Perry, Corvus Energy Limited
  • Richard Procter, Edgewater Casino
  • Blair Qualey, New Car Dealers Association of BC
  • Allan Racey, Accenture
  • Rob Reagan-Polluck, Invis
  • Michael Sadovnick, STS Partners LLP
  • Sandeep Sandhu, IBM Canada
  • Jen Schaeffers, CKNW Orphans’ Fund
  • Rebecca Schalm, Finning International Inc.
  • Kelly Schmidt, Telus
  • Blake Scott, Beachcomber Hot Tubs 
  • Carla Shore, C-Shore Communications Inc.
  • Leah Stack, Wireless Sales
  • Calla Strain, Fraser Health Authority
  • Connie Sue, Management Consultant
  • Doug Turner, True Balance Coaching
  • Heidi Vanroon, HVR Strategies
  • Abdul Walli, Park n Fly
  • Terry Whitehead, Hays Resources & Mining
  • Ray Williams, Success IQ University and Ray Williams Associates
  • Leo Wilson, The Bowra Group
  • Jack Wong, Real Estate Foundation of BC
  • Julia Yan, Canadian Western Bank Group
  • Marty Yaskowich, Tribald DB

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Program Champions 

  • Ash Abhyankar, Professional Engineer
  • Charles Achampong, VANOC 2010
  • George Affleck, Curve Communications
  • Carlo Alfonso, HSBC Bank Canada
  • Adrian Baker, Canadian Western Bank
  • Francine Barrie, HSBC Bank Canada
  • Frank Bassett, Electronic Arts
  • Neil Belenkie, Ray & Berndtson
  • Jon Bishop, GVA Devencore
  • Chad Born, Cantest
  • Maria Braungart, The Vancouver Board of Trade
  • William Burns, Quantum Innovative Dynamics
  • Simon Canning, Sabre Inc.
  • Lav Chadha, PWC
  • Iris Chen, Hamazaki Wong Marketing Group
  • Peggy Chiu, Scotiabank
  • Robert Chorner, Vancouver Board of Trade
  • Allison Coates, HSBC Bank Canada
  • Ian Cruickshank, Vancouver Sun and Province
  • Susan Danard, BC Hydro
  • Tiff Daniels, Corporate Solutions, Canadian Outback Adventures & Events
  • Antonio Da Luz, Canwest Media
  • Vivian De Bloeme, Scotiabank
  • Richard Deacon, The Globe and Mail
  • Carl de Jong, Primerica Financial
  • Chris Dennis, TheSenseMakers.com
  • Dave Diebolt, Manning Elliot Chartered Accountants
  • Maninder Dhaliwal, Lumiere Concepts
  • Tahira Dhanji, Grant Thornton
  • Sue Drinnan, Insight Leadership
  • Jim Dunnigan, TD Financial Group
  • Lisa Eng, Institute of Chartered Accountant of British Columbia
  • Chris Fairclough, BC Lottery Corporation
  • Mark Faubert, Canlan Ice Sports Corp
  • Luke Ferdinands, Energy Advantage
  • Cindy Ferrie, KPMG
  • Cam Fleming, Ernst & Young LLP
  • Jay-Ann Fordy, Coast Capital Savings
  • Jim Francis, Marketing Consultant & Trainer
  • John Gartland, Ricoh Canada
  • Shane Gibson, Socialized
  • Neil Godin, Neil Godin International Inc.
  • Anna Grimes, Vancouver Board of Trade
  • Terry Hadley, The Vancouver Board of Trade
  • Sarah Hayward, KPMG
  • Mathew Hieydt, The Personnel Department
  • Lauren Innes, Labatt Breweries of Canada
  • Pharid Jaffer, PNJ Solutions
  • Stephen Jagger, Founding Partner, Reachd.com (Marketing)
  • Vesna Janic, Cantest
  • John Kageorge, AMEC BC & Alberta
  • Bilal Kathadra, Johnsen Archer
  • Faiz Karmally, GRANT THORNTON LLP
  • Michael Kennedy, Stantec, Principal
  • Karin Kirkpatrick, Real Estate Foundation
  • Christine Klar, Youth Business Foundation
  • Neil Klompas, Zymeworks Inc
  • Scott Lamon, London Drugs
  • Claire Lamont, SMAK
  • Niall Langmaid, HSBC Bank Canada
  • Bob Laurie, CB Richard Ellis
  • Ray Leung, Happy Planet
  • Al Leonard, BC Hydro
  • Keith Liedtke, Remax
  • Keith Lloyd, The Osborne Group
  • Yale Loh, BC Hydro
  • Wendy Ma, University of British Columbia
  • Tina Maciejewski, Labatt Breweries of Canada
  • Bernie Magnan, Vancouver Board of Trade
  • Clint Mahlman, London Drugs
  • Michelle Mawhinney, Vancouver International Airport Authority
  • Kerry McGaffney, Electronic Arts
  • Maureen McKinnon, McKinnon Consulting, Consultant, Past LOT Chair
  • Leslie Meingast,The Personnel Department and Galt Group of Companies
  •  Brooke Morris, Ernst & Young LLP
  • Faye Nelicat, Filipino Canadian Marketing
  • Peter Nielsen, PCL
  • Jim O'Hara, VGH & UBC HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
  • Norma Page, Lifelabs
  • Dennis Pang, Motive 8 Media
  • Collin Phillip, BC Hydro
  • Davd Poole, Scotiabank
  • Bill Reny, Principal Centerline Marketing
  • Darcy Rezac, The Vancouver Board of Trade
  • Krista Richmond, BC Hydro
  • Barbara Ross-Denroche, Principal, The Refinery Leadership
  • Mike Rowlands, Octopus
  • Sukh Salh, BC Hydro
  • Carly Seddon, Dean, BCIT
  • Chris Selvaragu, Datacreatives
  • Todd Shewfelt, RBC
  • Michelle Simpson, London Drugs
  • Connie Siu, CDC Synetics
  • Arnold Singh, KPMG
  • Jim Skinner, London Drugs
  • Cory Smith, Ernst & Young LLP
  • Paul Stinson, President, Capra International
  • Gary Sveinson, BC Hydro
  • Martin Talbot, Electronic Arts
  • Nupur Talwar, Syscon Justice Systems
  • Craig Terada, Scotiabank
  • Shannon Thompson, CMA Canada
  • Ronald Thiessen, Hunter Dickinson Inc.
  • Mike Tibbles, London Drugs
  • Craig Tonini, Labatt Breweries of Canada
  • Steve Vanagas, BC Hydro
  • Jason Vantomme, Electronic Arts
  • Hans Vingtoft, Lifelabs
  • Ellen Wallace, Electronic Arts
  • Sean Wang, Labatt Breweries of Canada
  • Shirley Webster, RBC
  • Nilmini Wijewickreme, Maxxam Analytics
  • Richard Wilburn, London Drugs
  • Cameron Willis, Scotiabank
  • Felicity Withington, KPMG
  • Derrick Wong, Future Shop
  • Jack Wong, Vancouver Board of Trade
  • Sam Wong, Pathway Capital Ltd.
  • Dick Yin, HSBC Bank Canada

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