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Board of Directors for the Central City Foundation John Swift - Chairman
john.swift@centralcityfoundation.ca Jennifer Johnstone - President and CEO Jennifer Johnstone has an extensive background in non-profit management and community resource development, including experience as a fundraiser, marketing and communications manager and non-profit executive for more than 19 years. Jennifer has held key leadership positions with organizations such as the Vancity Community Foundation, Battered Women’s Support Services, the Vancouver Status of Women, and for the past 2 years, Jennifer has been the Executive Director of Ballet British Columbia, Canada’s pre-eminent contemporary ballet company, where she focused her efforts on building a sustainable non-profit dance company grounded in artistic excellence and community relevance. Jennifer began her career in the non-profit sector as the founding program coordinator with the Whistler Centre for Business and the Arts in the late 1980’s. Jennifer has also maintained a successful private consulting practice in fundraising, organizational and strategic planning, and workshop facilitation and is an instructor in the Fundraising Certificate Program in the Faculty of Business at BCIT. Jennifer holds a BA Hons. in political science from Queen’s University and pursued graduate studies at the Institute of Soviet and East European Studies and in Women’s Studies at Carleton University. Jennifer remains passionately committed to social justice and community investment and, throughout her life, has served as a volunteer in many capacities with various organizations at the local, provincial and national level. She is a founding member of the Vancouver Women’s fund and most recently has served on the Boards of the Alliance for Arts & Culture, Battered Women’s Support Services, Yaletown House Foundation, Westcoast LEAF and the Aurora Institute. She also volunteers as a trainer with the Leadership Development Program of Volunteer Vancouver. jennifer.johnstone@centralcityfoundation.ca Gary Ley “Public affairs is all about transforming ideas into action in light of the circumstances of the day and specific and strategic objectives.” A Vancouver native, Gary Ley is one of Canada’s most experienced public affairs consultants, with 20 years of expertise devoted to a range of clients and issues. He has been a senior consultant with major national and international professional service firms, and founded his own practice to focus on providing counsel and expertise to a core group of clients. In his public affairs consulting career Gary’s work has been recognized by awards from the Canadian Public Relations Society and the International Association of Business Communicators. He has spoken at the Banff School of Advanced Management, the Young President’s Organization, the American Marketing Association, and the MBA programs at UBC, SFU, and the University of Calgary. He has been interviewed by CBC TV, CBC Radio, BCTV, TIME magazine, CKNW, The Globe & Mail, The Vancouver Sun, The National Post, and Associated Press. Gary has managed more than 60 crises for corporate clients, provided media skills and presentation skills training to more than 300 executives, and worked extensively in the resource, telecommunications, transportation, and food service industries. Gary is a member of the campaign cabinet for the BCIT Aerospace Campus project, a member of the Vancouver Symphony Foundation cabinet, an advisor to World Wildlife Fund Canada, and served on the Boards of Arts Umbrella and Canuck Place Children’s Hospice for five years. Gary, Jill, and their three children live in North Vancouver. Gary will be joining the Communications Committee of the Board of Central City Foundation and will take a leading role in the Foundation’s fundraising initiatives. gary.ley@centralcityfoundation.ca James Hatton James Hatton is a commercial solicitor with 20 years experience in assisting companies to exploit the value of their intellectual property assets, focussing on licensing and related transactions. James is the partner responsible for the Technology Group at Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy LLP. James is a member of the Governing Council of the National Research Council of Canada, a member of the Board of Governors of Royal Roads University and is involved in numerous organizations in BC's research and technology industries. James has been active community volunteer and was the President of The Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society for six years, and remains an honorary life director of that organization. Mr. Hatton will assist the Central City Foundation with its partnering efforts and work with other not-for-profit and community organizations. james.hatton@centralcityfoundation.ca Nancy Kwok Ms. Nancy Kwok is currently an Equities Trader at Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management and will be offering her extensive expertise to the Finance and Investment Committee of the Central City Foundation Board. Nancy graduated from UBC in 2002 with a Bachelor of Commerce Degree in Finance. While attending UBC, Nancy was the Fund Manager for the UBC Portfolio Management Foundation, a prestigious university program where she managed a balanced portfolio as part of a seven-member student team. Nancy spent the next three years in New York with UBS Securities where she worked as an analyst, in cash trading and equities and became an Associate Director in Statistical Arbitrage and Equity Prop Trading. In addition to her volunteer contribution to the Central City Foundation, Nancy is an avid tennis player, a former 1st rank player from BC in the Junior Tennis Nationals, and has recently taken up skiing! nancy.kwok@centralcityfoundation.ca JoAnne Chase Central City Foundation is pleased to announce the recent appointment of Ms. JoAnne Chase to its Board of Directors. Ms Chase is currently Vice President, Administration Western Region for BFL Canada Insurance Services Inc. As Chair of the Projects Committee of the Board of Directors, Ms. Chase will oversee the Foundation’s program for the review of grant applications and the awarding of grants to projects in support of the Foundation’s mission. joanne.chase@centralcityfoundation.ca
Robin Elliott A Senior Partner at Manning Elliott, Robin brings more than thirty years of accounting experience to the firm. His practice is primarily with small to medium sized owner-managed businesses and family holding and investment companies. Robin formed Manning Elliott's predecessor firm in 1976, having previously worked for a Jim Pattison company and Coopers & Lybrand (now PriceWaterhouseCoopers) in Vancouver and San Francisco. He received his Chartered Accountant designation in 1969, and holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of British Columbia (1965). Heavily involved with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia affairs, Robin is a member or past member of a number of their committees, including Discipline Tribunal, Professional Liability Task Force, FCA Nominating, Regulatory Policy, Professional Development, and is a past President (2003) of the Institute. He is currently a member of a National Committee for professional liability insurance. He was elected a Fellow in 1991. He is also a member of the Trust and Estate Practitioners Society as well as the Canadian Tax Foundation. When not at the office, Robin is very involved in the community. He is a Director and past President of the Central City Mission Foundation and Central City Mission Society, as well as past President and former Director of the Arthritis Society of British Columbia and the Vancouver Lawn Tennis and Badminton Club. He is a past Director of the City Centre Care society, past Advisor to Leave a Legacy of British Columbia, and is a current member of the Sovereign Order of St. John. Robin is also a director of a large real estate development company and a privately held media organization. Recreationally, Robin continues to play basketball once a week, plays golf and tennis and enjoys retreating with his wife, Eleanor, to their property on the Sunshine Coast of BC. robin.elliott@centralcityfoundation.ca Fred Inglis Fred Inglis has served as a board member of Central City Mission since 1983, serving as board chair from 1988 to 1990, and is a founding member of the Central City Mission Foundation, serving as board chair from 2000 to 2003. Like most volunteers he joined the board because he was asked, and in common with the other board members findsa feeling of guilt that the personal satisfaction received exceeds the energy and time committed. He encourages anyone who can find time to consider doing volunteer work. Mr. Inglis is a graduate of UBC and a Chartered Accountant. fred.inglis@centralcityfoundation.ca
Tracey McVicar Tracey McVicar is a lifelong Vancouverite and graduate of UBC (B.Comm., Finance). She joined the Central City Mission Foundation Board in 2002 and is a member of the Investment and Fundraising Committees. Tracey's background includes 11 years of investment banking experience in Vancouver and Toronto, and a summer spent volunteering with children and families in the South Bronx, New York City. The South Bronx area in which she worked in 2001 is the poorest congressional district in America and it is this experience that led to her appointment as a Director of the Central City Mission Foundation. Tracey is a Chartered Financial Analyst and a Managing Director at CAI Capital Management Co., a private equity firm with investments across North America. She is also a director of the Forum for Women Entrepreneurs (BC). tracey.mcvicar@centralcityfoundation.ca Barbara Shason Barbara has been on the Board of the Central City Mission Society and the subsequent Central City Mission Foundation Board for over 22 years. Barbara's background is in the Human Resources field. She is the current office manager of Gastown Printers and is a real estate agent for the Sutton Group. Born in Berlin, Barbara has been in Vancouver for 37 years, has been married for many years and has two wonderful daughters. Her hobbies include reading, traveling and languages. Barbara was asked to sit on the Central City Mission Society Board because she worked in the Gastown area and the Board at the time was looking for someone who actually worked in the community. Barbara's main focus now is the implementation and realization of the Youth Residential Treatment Facility while the Foundation is pursuing this extremely worthwhile and desperately needed intervention. Barbara is a past president of the Central City Mission Society and past president of the Central City Mission Foundation barbara.shason@centralcityfoundation.ca Peter Spencer - Immediate Past Chair Peter is a founding partner of the law firm of Gourlay Spencer Wade in Vancouver, and has practiced in the area of commercial and civil litigation since 1975. Peter was born and has spent all of his life in Vancouver except for a four year period in Seattle where he attended the University of Washington. Peter is married and has three children. He is active in both the professional and local community. He has been a presenter and course leader at continuing legal education programs, has taught at the bar admission course, and is immediate past-president of the Law Courts Inn. He competed internationally and has coached national and international level athletes in track and field and, more recently, community sports programs. He has been a director of the Central City Mission Society and subsequently, the Central City Mission Foundation for more than twenty years and is a former President. For the past five years, Peter has led the Youth Residential Addiction Treatment Committee which, with a coalition of two other community groups, has spearheaded the development in B. C. of a long-term residential facility for youth suffering from serious addictions. It will be the first of its kind in the Province. peter.spencer@centralcityfoundation.ca Bob Stanlake - Vice Chair Bob Stanlake is a professional engineer by trade. He graduated from UBC in 1971 and is the current Vice-President and General Manager of AMEC America's Mining and Metals Business Unit. AMEC is a global engineering and construction company. Bob's work has taken him around the world. Bob has been the Chairman of "Mining for Miracles" the BC Mining Industries Fundraising Campaign for B.C's Children's Hospital. Bob and his wife Lea have 3 children and have made Vancouver their home for 30 years. He has been on the Board of the Central City Mission Foundation for over 5 years and it is his love of Vancouver and a desire to help those less advantaged that inspire Bob to continue giving of his time. Bob is on the Investment, Finance and Youth Residential Treatment Facility Committees. In his spare time he likes to golf. |
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John J. Swift is a lawyer in Vancouver, British Columbia, with an independent practice centred on starting-up, organizing, financing and advising knowledge-based businesses and on technology transfer from public institutions and universities. Formerly a partner at Farris & Co., Mr Swift has served as Counsel to several technology based corporations including Microtel Pacific Research Limited, NCompass Labs Inc. NeuroMed Technologies Inc. and, currently, on a part time basis Apparent Networks, Inc and CellFor Inc. From 1984 to 1986 John Swift was Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of Canada and Chief of Staff to the Leader of the Opposition. From 1973 to 1975 he was Executive Assistant to the Canadian Minister of Finance. A co-founder of Neuromed Technologies Inc. and of Ultrasonix Medical Corporation, Mr. Swift currently serves as a Director of BioFuture Fund, Connotative Reference Corporation, TerraMarique Shellfish Corporation, as a member of the Advisory Board of the University of British Columbia New Ventures Program, as a member of the BCIT Technology Management Program Advisory Committee and as Chairman of the Central City Foundation.