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Current Mentors and Champions

Sponsor Mentors

Scotiabank

  • Bruce Arthurs, Director, Regional Banking
  • John Cairns, Regional Vice-President, Investment Counsel
  • Vivian deBloeme, Bank manager
  • Rob Wilkins, District VP

BC Hydro

  • Michelle Brenton, Sector Manager Key Account Management
  • Susan Danard, Manager Issues Management and Media Relations
  • Karin Yeung, Manager Business Development
  • Larina Lopez, Manager Community Investment & Outreach
  • Shannon Miles Halliday, Powertech Labs
  • John Wou, Commercial Manager

BCIT

  • Doug Turner, True Balance Coaching
  • Teg Brar, Principal, Alpina International + Swiss Hospitality Training

HSBC Bank Canada

  • Carlo Alfonso, Account Manager, Business Banking
  • Francine Barrie, Employee Relations Consultant HR Solutions - Canada
  • Alex Gray, AVP, Trade and Supply Chain
  • Pharid Jaffer, Senior Director, HSBC Technology and Services
  • Sarah Stover, Assistant Manager, Public Affairs

Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia

  • Lisa Eng, Director of Practice Review and Licensing

Labatt

  • Ashik Bhat, BC Marketing Manager
  • Brad Pennefather, Regional Director
  • Sean Wang, BC Finance Manager

Lifelabs

  • Norma Page, Director of Analytical Services
  • Hans Vingtoft, Manager of Business Improvement

London Drugs Limited

  • Dave Bull, GM, TLD Computers Inc
  • Brian Best, Director, Warehouse & Distribution
  • Laurie Lowes, Manager, Health & Safety
  • Liz McNally, Manager, Training & Development
  • Sharlie Niessen, Employee Relations Manager
  • Jim Skinner, GM Human Resources
  • Mike Tibbles, Assistant Manager, Compensation and Benefits

Simon Fraser University

  • Sam Thiara, Manger of Student Engagement

University of British Columbia

  • Wendy Ma, Assistant Dean & Director

Vancouver Board of Trade

  • Bernie Magnan, Chief Economist
  • Fiona Douglas-Crampton, Director Membership Marketing
  • Jack Wong, Assistant Managing Director & Controller
  • Anna Grimes, Events Manager
  • Robert Chorner, Account Executive

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Vancouver Board Of Trade Members 

  • Ash Abhyankar, Professional Engineer
  • George Affleck, President & Ceo, Curve Communications
  • Nabil Bashour, Athena & Bashour Aquisitions Inc.
  • Dave Diebolt, Manning Elliot Chartered Accountants
  • Tiff Daniels, Corporate Solutions, Canadian Outback Adventures & Events
  • Carl de Jong, Primerica
  • Yvonne De Valone, President, Downtown U-Lok; LOT Program Chair
  • Richard Deacon, The Globe and Mail
  • Chris Dennis, Consulting Partner, TheSenseMakers.com
  • Adele Edwards – Sutton Group – West Coast Realty
  • Jim Francis, Marketing Consultant & Trainer
  • John Gartland, VP Business Development Ricoh Canada
  • Shane Gibson, Knowledge Brokers International Ltd.
  • Raj Hara,  Wolrige Mahon LLP
  • Keena Hicken-Gaberria, Senior Manager Advisory Service, KPMG 
  • Mathew Hieydt, The Personnel Department
  • Stephen Jagger, Founding Partner, Reachd.com (Marketing)
  • Faiz Karmally, Grant Thornton LLP
  • Chris Kelly, Former Superintendent of Schools for Vancouver
  • Colin Macrae, Account Group Manager QUAY STRATEGIES INC.
  • Aaron Nakama, Hays Specialist Recruitment
  • Andrew Parkes, Success Questions
  • Blair Qualey, CEO New Car Dealers Association
  • Carl Queton, MacKay LLP
  • Bill Reny, Principal Centerline Marketing
  • Barbara Ross-Denroche, Principal, The Refinery Leadership
  • Paul Stinson, President, Capra International
  • Blake Scott, Beachcomber Hot Tubs 
  • Todd Shewfelt, RBC
  • Calla Strain, Human Resources Specialist
  • Heidi Vanroon, HVR Strategies
  • Dave Wallensky, THEO BC
  • Amber Weland, Vancity
  • Nilmini Wijewickreme, Cantest
  • Ray Williams, Co-founder, Success IQ University; President, Ray Williams Associates
  • Leo Wilson, The Bowra Group

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Program Champions 

  • Charles Achampong, VANOC 2010
  • Owen Anderson, Hawthorne, Managing Director
  • Adrian Baker, Canadian Western Bank, VP & COO, Trust Services
  • Frank Bassett, Electronic Arts
  • Neil Belenkie, Ray & Berndtson
  • Jon Bishop, GVA Devencore, Vice President
  • Chad Born, Cantest
  • Maria Braungart, The Vancouver Board of Trade
  • William Burns, Quantum Innovative Dynamics
  • Simon Canning, Sabre Inc.
  • Iris Chen, Hamazaki Wong Marketing Group
  • Peggy Chiu, Scotiabank
  • Antonio Da Luz, Canwest Media
  • Dave Diebolt, ERNST & YOUNG 
  • Jim Dunnigan, TD Financial Group
  • Chris Fairclough, BC Lottery Corporation
  • Mark Faubert, Canlan Ice Sports Corp
  • Cindy Ferrie, KPMG
  • Cam Fleming, Ernst & Young LLP
  • Jay-Ann Fordy, Coast Capital Savings
  • Neil Godin, Neil Godin International Inc.
  • Terry Hadley, The Vancouver Board of Trade
  • Sarah Hayward, KPMG
  • Vesna Janic, Cantest
  • John Kageorge, AMEC BC & Alberta
  • Faiz Karmally, GRANT THORNTON LLP
  • Michael Kennedy, Stantec, Principal
  • Neil Klompas, Zymeworks Inc
  • 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, Treasurer, BC Hydro
  • 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
  • Faye Nelicat, Filipino Canadian Marketing
  • Jim O'Hara, VGH & UBC HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
  • Collin Phillip, BC Hydro
  • Davd Poole, Scotiabank
  • Darcy Rezac, The Vancouver Board of Trade
  • Mike Rowlands, Octopus
  • Chris Selvaragu, Datacreatives
  • Cory Smith, Ernst & Young LLP
  • 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.
  • Steve Vanagas, BC Hydro
  • Jason Vantomme, Electronic Arts
  • Ellen Wallace, Electronic Arts
  • Richard Wilburn, London Drugs
  • Cameron Willis, Scotiabank
  • Felicity Withington, KPMG
  • Derrick Wong, Future Shop
  • Dick Yin, HSBC Bank Canada

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