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Previous winners

2009:

2009:

Julia Kim, vice-president*, Phillips Hager North Investment Management

Tracey McVicar, managing director, CAI Capital Management

Colleen Nystedt, president and CEO, MovieSet Inc.

Jane Peverett, corporate director

Tamara Vrooman, CEO, Vancity

Carole Taylor, former finance minister of B.C. and BC MLA; BIV Lifetime Achievement Award winner

2008:

Laura Hansen, president, Image Group Inc.

Catherine Roome, COO, BC Safety Authority

Lisa Pankratz, president, chief compliance officer, Mackenzie Cundill Investment Management

Patrice Pratt, chair, Vancity board of directors

Wanda Costuros, corporate director

Barbara Rae, co-founder, Dekora Staging, corporate director and BIV Lifetime Achievement Award winner

2007:

Shushma Datt, founder, president and CEO, i.t. Productions Ltd.

N.J. (Dee) Millerz, vice-president, finance, administration and human resources, JJM Group

Elise Rees, partner, Ernst and Young LLP

Elizabeth Watson, owner, Governance Advisory Services

Sue Adams, co-owner, Bevendale Enterprises Inc.

Grace McCarthy, former politician and BIV Lifetime Achievement Award winner

2006:

Kazuko Komatsu, president, Pacific Western Brewing Co.

Roslyn Kunin, principal, Roslyn Kunin and Associates

Alice Laberge, former president and CEO, Fincentric Corp.

Judy Rogers, city manager, City of Vancouver

Anne Stewart, partner, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Lis Welch, vice-chair, the Welch Group

Wendy B. McDonald, BC Bearing Group and BIV Lifetime Achievement Award winner

2005:

Debra Lykkemark, owner, Culinary Capers

Sandra Stevenson, CEO and president, Sport BC

Karen Flavelle, owner, Purdy's Chocolates

Pat Jacobsen, CEO, TransLink

Eva Lee Kwok, CEO, Amara International Investment

Doreen McKenzie Sanders, executive director of Women in the Lead, BIV Lifetime Achievement Award winner

2004:

Barbara Maple, general manager, Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre

Nancy McKinstry, vice-president, Odlum Brown

Catherine Osler, communications consultant

Sue Paish, managing partner, Fasken Martineau

Faye Wightman, vice-president, external relations, University of Victoria

2003:

Jill Bodkin, founder, Golden Heron Enterprises

Anne Lippert, founder, Lippert Investments

Martha Piper, president, University of British Columbia

Anne Sutherland, head, B.C. and Yukon division, RBC Royal Bank

Naomi Yamamoto, founder, Lasercolour

2002:

Judy Bishop, founder, Bishop and Company

Frances McGuckin, consultant, owner of SmallBizPro.com

Carole Taylor, chair, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Linda Thorstad, executive director, Vancouver Economic Development Corp.

Shannon Byrne, president and CEO, Paradata Systems

2001:

Mobina Jaffer, president, YWCA of Canada

Lucille Johnstone, head, B.C. and Yukon division, St. John Ambulance

Wendy Lisogar-Cocchia, president and founder, the Absolute Spa Group

Susan Mendelson, owner, the Lazy Gourmet

Lynn Warren, radiologist, founder of the Vancouver Breast Centre

2000:

Nancy Greene, co-owner of Sun Peaks' Nancy Greene Cahilty Lodge

Maureen Chant, Jim Pattison's assistant

Julia Levy, president and CEO, QLT Inc.

Gerri Sinclair, president and CEO, Ncompass Labs Inc.

Nancy Stibbard, owner and general manager, Capilano Suspension Bridge