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John Ingram - Board Member
John
has been a Board Member for 2 years. John is a professional community
planner who has worked across Canada and abroad. He is founder
and principal of a small urban planning and design collective.
Some of his hobbies include photography, cooking, soccer and his
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Christine
Baerg - Board Vice Chair
I have been involved in the child care field for more than 20
years, beginning when my oldest son was in preschool. Running
a family daycare for 8 years and being involved as a board member
of the Marpole Community Centre for 9 years during the 1980s,
gave me the tools I needed to work at Westcoast Child Care Resource
Centre in Vancouver for the last 10 years. My other areas of
interests are: reading, hiking, gardening and singing. I decided
to take a work break this year, so look forward to finding interesting
volunteer opportunities such as supporting Aunt Leah's as a
board member. |
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Nancy
Hill - Board Member
Nancy Hill is serving her 3rd term as a board member after having
taken 3 years off to live with her husband in Paris. Nancy is
a project manager with Earth Tech Canada and focusses on sustainable
municipal infrastructure and effective project management. Outside
of work she enjoys the outdoors with her husband David Helliwell
and their daughter Gillian. |
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Omar
Kassis - Board Secretary
Born and raised in Vancouver, Omar has been committed to working
with youth since Aunt Leah's gave him his start in 1992. He
currently works as a teacher in two different but complementary
environments: at an alternative program for Aboriginal youth
involved with the justice system, and at a private tutoring
agency based on psycho-educational principles. Along with experience
working with at-risk youth, street-involved youth, Aboriginal
youth, elementary and high school students, Omar brings to Aunt
Leah's his skills in writing and editing, fundraising, and bicycle
tour guiding! |
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Rachel
McKendry - Board Chair
Rachael is a project manager with the Centre for Health Services
and Policy Research at UBC. She has a keen interest in population
health and women's health. In her spare time, Rachael enjoys
traveling, reading and learning how to speak Spanish. A 3-time
veteran of Aunt Leah's Christmas Tree Lot, this is her first
year on the Board of Directors. |
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Kira
Gerwing – Board Member
Kira is a currently working on urban planning issues for the City
of Vancouver Current Planning Department in Downtown Vancouver.
She also has extensive experience in regional planning, concentrating
on conservation planning along British Columbia’s coast.
Her background is in geography, specialising in natural resource
management and Geographic Information Systems. She holds an MScP
in Community and Regional Planning from the University of British
Columbia. Kira’s core area of expertise is working with
marginalised communities to develop bioregional plans that synthesize
their social, cultural, and biophysical resources with community
values. She has provided community and professional workshops
on Downtown revitalisation, mapping, regional land use planning,
economic development, and government-to-government consultation.
She has also consulted with environmental non-government organisations
on the design and implementation of regional conservation programs.
She is a provisional member of the Planning Institute of British
Columbia and a mother of a lovely baby girl (and another one on
the way!). |
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Marty Frost – Board Member
Marty has been a board member since November of 2005 but has worked
with Aunt Leah's many times over the years. Marty is self employed
in the field of cooperative and non-profit development and training
in a company called Human Ventures. Among the things he is most
proud of include his role in the creation and success of a number
of co-op organizations, most notably the Canadian Worker Co-op
Federation. |
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Megan Halprin
I have been a volunteer for over 40 years. I have sat on many different boards: community theatre, sports, social services, religious, service club. I was chairperson of the FCSS (Family and Community Support Services) board in Banff for 5 of the 6 years I was on the board and was appointed to the FSCC provincial task force (1990-1992). I have been active in Soroptimist - an international organization for women in business, management and the professions who make a difference for women and girls in local communities and throughout the world - for over 20 years. Currently I am the Chief Financial Officer of Company: Snowflake Trading Corp. Ltd. Other interests include: family, cooking, baking, travel, reading, crossword puzzles, sudoku, clowning and .. I bring a diverse skill set to the board. Being almost totally ambidextrous, I am both creative and technical. I am a firm believer in rules - "if we don't have them, how can we break them or change them?" |
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John Blackmer
John is the President & CE0 of Solus Trust Company Limited. He is a lawyer and has worked for over 20 years in various positions in the wealth management industry across Canada and overseas. He also has experience in the charitable sector from his position as Estate Planning Manager at Vancouver Foundation where he worked before launching Solus Trust in 2005. In his spare time, he enjoys running, swimming and yoga with his partner, Mark Oldham. |
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