Education
Jennifer Chung, Phil Goulet and Abby Thorsell have joined Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) as controller, chief safety officer and associate vice-president, human resources, respectively. Chung was most recently responsible for overseeing financial reporting and accounting operations at TransLink; prior to that, she worked in audit services for KPMG. Goulet previously served 29 years with the RCMP, including serving as the RCMP’s technical operations team lead for the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games. Goulet was commissioned in 2012 to the rank of inspector, in which he co-ordinated the organizational and administrative, physical, information technology, personnel, and communications security programs for the 151-detachment Pacific region. Thorsell has more than 15 years of experience in leadership, human resources and customer service. Prior to joining KPU, she was at WestJet Airlines, where she specialized in strategic talent acquisition, recruitment, onboarding, diversity and inclusion, and was instrumental in the creation of a student co-op program.
Cheryl Eason has been appointed vice-president and chief financial officer at Victoria’s Royal Roads University, effective February 27. Eason has more than 25 years of financial management experience with 15 years at an executive level. She joins the university from the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS), where she directed CalPERS financial accounting and reporting for a pension fund of more than $300 billion, an operating/capital budget of $1.8 billion and 2,800 employees as chief financial officer since 2012. Eason’s previous roles include vice-president, financial and plan board services, for BC Pension Corp. as well as executive vice-president and CFO for Manitoba Lotteries Corp.
Eugene Fiume has been appointed dean of applied sciences at Simon Fraser University. Fiume, a computer science professor and internationally recognized leader in visual modelling and computer graphics, most recently worked at the University of Toronto, where he served as chair of the department of computer science (1998-2004) and was the inaugural director of the Master of Science in Applied Computing program (2010-16).
Non-profit
Rob Chiarello has been appointed vice-president, human resources, and chief privacy officer at Pacific Blue Cross. Chiarello has more than 17 years of experience, has extensive knowledge of private and public health-care plans in Canada and has held progressively more senior roles at Pacific Blue Cross, including director of claim services and director of group services transformation. He is an active member of the Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association and a director at Burnaby Family Life, a non-profit that provides social programs, child-care services and workforce re-entry training.
Resources
John Wright has been appointed to the board of directors of SilverCrest Metals Inc. Wright was a founder, director and former president and chief operating officer of Pan American Silver Corp. He has also been a director of Lumina Copper Corp., Northern Peru Copper Corp., Regalito Copper Corp. and Capstone Mining Corp.
Maryse Saint-Laurent has been appointed as an independent director to the board of Turquoise Hill Resources. Saint-Laurent has almost 20 years of experience in the energy and electricity sectors and has served as a legal and governance adviser since 2015. Prior to that, she served as vice-president, legal, and corporate secretary (general counsel) for TransAlta Renewables Inc.
Henry Park, chief investment officer, Foundation Capital, has been appointed to the board of directors of AsiaBaseMetals Inc. Park was previously an advisory board member for AsiaBaseMetals.
Sales/Marketing
Colby Fackler has been appointed vice-president, sales and service, for Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Fackler joined the club in 2012 as a member of the sponsorship sales team; prior to that, he held corporate sales positions with the Abbotsford Heat, Sport BC and the Vancouver Canucks.
Technology
Mary Lynn Tardelli, chief financial officer, Progressa, is taking medical leave from the business at the end of January 2017. Kiya Hushyar has been appointed as Progressa’s new chief financial officer. Prior to this role, Hushyar was an executive consultant with Coast Capital Savings during its effort to grow into a national credit union; he has also held positions with companies such as Deloitte, First West, VanCity, Marsh and Phillips, Hager & North.
Hats Off
Champers Salons recently hosted its fourth annual ’Tis the Season, a charity event that provides free haircuts, lunch and a Christmas gift bag for about 150 adults and children. Proceeds from the event go primarily to support the Options Community Services clubhouses, where adults living with a mental illness find a sense of belonging in a safe, supportive environment. They can socialize, participate in fun recreational activities, learn employment skills and increase their community involvement.
Corporations and individuals donated more than $3 million to St. Paul’s Foundation for its 19th annual Lights of Hope campaign. The funds will support St. Paul’sHospital’s greatest needs, including more than 50 enhanced patient-care programs across the hospital.
Meetingmax, provider of group housing reservation technology, donated $10,000 to the Vancouver Police Foundation. The funds will support the Streetfront marathon team, a Britannia Secondary School program that engages teens facing challenging life circumstances as they train for a number of runs, including the Vancouver and Seattle marathons. Brandon Steele, a constable with the Vancouver Police Department (VPD), and other members of VPD’s Youth Services Section have been training and running with Streetfront students and alumni for the past five years. Students in this program have completed approximately 170 full and half-marathons.
The Burnaby Elks donated $1,000 to Children of the Street Society in support of the society’s prevention workshops delivered in Burnaby schools. To date, the Burnaby Elks have donated $3,000 to help the society keep young people safe from sexual exploitation.
H.Y. Louie, through its September 2016 Top Up at the Till in-store campaign at IGA stores in B.C., donated $7,500 to One to One Literacy Society. The society provides free weekly one-to-one tutoring by trained volunteers to elementary school students who struggle with reading. Last year, more than 1,600 volunteers provided reading assistance to 3,300 students in 198 schools throughout the province. The funds will be used to further expand the program and benefit more students.
The Surrey Hospital & Outpatient Centre Foundation donated a $15,000 grant to theRonald McDonald Family Roomto help provide support to Surrey families with hospitalized children.
G&F Financial Group donated $6,000 to the Justice Institute of British Columbia Foundation for the purchase of pediatric simulation equipment for students in the JIBC Paramedic Academy. As pediatric cases are quite different but less common than adult patients, the equipment will be invaluable in JIBC’s scenario-based training to help keep paramedic students’ skills sharp when dealing with sick and injured children. •
