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Gordon Ruth has been appointed CEO of the Certified General Accountants Association of BC. He was previously CEO of the Greater Vancouver Regional District (now Metro Vancouver).
Bernardo Robledo has been named marketing manager at Graham Hoffart Mathiasen Architects. He previously worked as a marketing consultant.
Michael Cunningham has joined Busby Perkins+Will (BPW) as senior designer. He was previously a principal at Patkau Architects. Kirsten Reite has joined BPW as health-care market sector leader. She was previously with CEI Architecture. Joyce Drohan has joined BPW as director of urban design.
Kirsten Jenkins of RBC Dominion Securities has been elected board chair of the Vancouver Community College (VCC) Foundation. Gottfried Muench is secretary-treasurer and Malcolm Hunter, Deeley Harley-Davidson Canada, is past chair. Other board members include: Mark Andrew (Fairmont Hotels & Resorts); Fares Boulos (INSEAD); Kathy Kinloch (VCC); Dorothy Sitek (Weber Shandwick Worldwide); Tom Wong (PricewaterhouseCoopers); and Kay Wong-Alafriz.
Colleen Bessel has joined Grow Communications as director of operations and business development. She was previously vice-president of retail and small-business banking, Scotiabank.
Anson Lee has joined Longview Communications as a client partner. He was previously director of customer experience strategy, Karo Group.
Allan Zingeler has joined GrowthPoint Group as a full equity partner. He was previously vice-president of global marketing and business development, CryoCath.
Nicolas Slobinsky has been named marketing communications manager, PacBlue Printing. He was previously marketing communications manager, Mobileye Vision Technologies.
Pam Ratner has been elected chair of the board, College of Registered Nurses of BC. She is currently a professor within the faculty of applied science at UBC.
Eric Stefanson has been appointed to the board of Paragon Pharmacies Ltd. He was previously managing partner, Central Canada region, BDO Canada LLP Chartered Accountants and Advisors.
Robert Hedley has been appointed senior vice-president of Seaspan International Ltd. He was previously founder of RHBC Global Technologies Inc. and vice-president of Teekay Shipping’s marine and technical service group.
Rupy Khera has been appointed director of account planning at Media Experts, where she was previously media supervisor.
Alice Young has joined Frontline Real Estate Services as office manager. She was previously a project analyst at Colliers International and research manager at Grass Ridge Realty. Garth White has joined Frontline as associate broker, industrial. He was previously an analyst with Northwest Atlantic Brokerage. Josh Turner has joined Frontline as associate, residential home sales and development land opportunities. He was previously with Sutton Group - West Coast.
Stella Price has joined RE/MAX Sabre Realty Group as an agent. She was previously with Prudential.
Michael Sonnenreich has been appointed to the board of Tyhee Development Corp. He is currently chair and CEO of Kikaku America International; chair and CEO of Williams Creek Explorations; vice-chair of PharMa International Corp.; and a director of Wi2Wi and Amorfix Life Sciences Ltd.
Blair Mayes has been appointed COO of Conifex Timber Inc. He was previously general manager at Dunkley Lumber Ltd.
George Brack has joined the board of Aurizon Mines Ltd. He was previously managing director and industry head of Scotia Capital’s mining group and president of Macquarie North America Ltd.
William Begley has joined LNG Energy Ltd. as executive vice-president. He was previously president of Stone & Webster Management Consulting.
Robert Anderson has been appointed CFO of Alto Ventures Ltd., replacing Leonard Schmidt, who has resigned. Anderson was previously a corporate controller for Hamilton Resource Group.
Vanessa Pickering has been appointed manager of corporate communications, ATAC Resources Ltd. She was previously manager, corporate communications, for Laurentian Goldfields Ltd. and StrataGold Corp.
Robert Collette has been appointed to the board of Apella Resources Inc. He was previously the ambassador to Switzerland and worked with Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada.
David Greenway has resigned as a director of El Tigre Silver Corp. to focus on other business activities.
Boyd Payne has retired as senior vice-president, coal, Teck Resources Ltd.
Ian Warner has been named president and CEO of APRIO, Inc. He was previously COO of Vancity, president and CEO of Citizens Bank of Canada and a currency trader with RBC.
Jordan Kirkness has joined Lawson Lundell LLP’s labour and employment group as an associate. He was called to the B.C. and Ontario bars in 2010.
David Jarrett has joined Bernard & Partners. He previously clerked in the Court of Appeal of Alberta prior to joining the litigation practice of Brownlee LLP. Jarrett was called to the Alberta bar in 2008 and B.C. bar in 2010.