Board of Governors
Vancouver Community College is a public post-secondary education institution. The Board of Governors administers the college, on behalf of the government of British Columbia and the Ministry of Advanced Education, and determines policy and reviews the college's performance as detailed in the College and Institute Act, Part 4, Section 19.
Members of the Board
Don Fairbairn, ChairAppointed: July 31, 2006 — term ends: July 31, 2012
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Don Fairbairn has 30 years of leadership experience in the infrastructure industry, which includes electricity generation, light-rail transportation, water treatment and natural gas utilities. Fairbairn has been an active member of many community organizations and is currently President of DCF Consulting. He is a board member for the Streetohome Foundation. |
Pamela Aikman, Vice-Chair; and Chair, Human Resources Committee
Appointed: July 31, 2006 — term ends: July 31, 2012
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Pam Aikman has worked as a senior leader in multi-site health-care organizations for more than 10 years. Aikman is currently the Provincial Director of Stroke Services B.C. She also has her own leadership consulting and executive coaching practice. She is associate faculty, Royal Roads University where she teaches in the Masters of Leadership program and MBA program. |
Kathy Kinloch
President, Vancouver Community College
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Under Kathy Kinloch's leadership as President of VCC, a highly consultative process has led to the development of a dynamic, student-focused strategic plan which is guiding VCC's evolution 2011-2014. Prior to joining VCC, Kathy's senior leadership positions have included serving as Dean, BCIT School of Health Sciences; Senior Advisor, British Columbia Ministry of Health Services; and Chief Operating Officer, Fraser Health. Kathy holds a BSc (Nursing) from University of Alberta, as well as a Masters degree in Leadership and a Graduate Certificate in Executive Coaching both from Royal Roads University. Kathy's current community involvement includes serving on the Coast Mental Health Board, Chair Academy Presidents International Advisory Board, as Associate Faculty Royal Roads University and Co-Chair of the BC Academic Health Council, and as a member of the International Women's Forum, a body promoting the advancement of women's leadership across careers, cultures, and continents. |
Edward McGurk, Chair, Finance Committee
Re-appointed: July 31, 2010 — term ends: July 31, 2012
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Edward (Ted) McGurk is currently Vice-President and Director for TD Securities. He is a previous director of RBC Capital Markets. He has worked on projects for Xantrex Technologies, Boston Pizza, Royalties Income Fund, Finning, Ballard Power, MacDonald Dettwiler and Columbia Power Corp. McGurk has an MBA from the University of B.C. and a Bachelor of Science in biochemistry from the University of Ottawa. |
Jim Storie, Chair, Governance Committee
Re-appointed: October 31, 2008 — term ends: October 31, 2014
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Jim Storie is President and CEO of the Vancouver Trolley Company. He is current Chair of the Vancouver's Arts Club Theatre Company and a board member with Action Line Housing. Storie received his Bachelor of Hospitality Management at Vancouver Community College. He also completed the Institute of Corporate Director's Governance essentials program and obtained his ICD.D designation. |
Re-elected: November 1, 2010 — term ends: October 31, 2012
| D. Bates began her affiliation with Vancouver Community College in 1993 as a student in the Library Technician program. She has worked in academic, public, and special libraries and performed surveillance for the Vancouver Stock Exchange. She currently works at the VCC library and Vancouver Public Library. |
Karen Cook
Re-appointed: July 31, 2011 — term ends: July 31, 2012
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Karen Cook is current Principal of Cook Public Relations Inc. and Vice-President of Client Services at Hoggan and Associates. She has provided communications counsel for many Canadian companies including QLT Inc., A&W Food Services of Canada Ltd., the District of Squamish, and PCI Group. Cook is a frequent speaker for the Canadian Public Relations Society and a member of the International Association of Business Communicators. |
Susan Ewanick
Appointed: December 1, 2011 - term ends: October 31, 2013
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Susan Ewanick joined the VCC Board of Governors on December 1, 2011, bringing to the Board an extensive background in Finance and the Financial Services Industry. Susan joined CIBC in 1990 and has held various leadership roles in Branch Banking and Commercial Banking, culminating in her current role as Vice- President, Retail Distribution with leadership responsibility for 98 branches in British Columbia and the Northern Territories, including 1300 employees and 450,000 clients. Susan holds a BA in Economics from SFU, and a MBA in Executive Management from Royal Roads University, which also included international business studies at the University of Grenoble in France. Susan's many active community involvements include her current role as Board Chair of the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation, BC & Yukon Region, membership on the CBCF's National Board, serving as Chair of the Canadian Bankers Association - BC Region, membership with the Vancouver Board of Trade, and involvement with the Women's Executive Network. |
Sally Gibson
Elected: December 2009 — term ends: December 2012
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Sally Gibson is department head responsible for VCC's Bachelor of Hospitality Management program. In 2007, Gibson was awarded the Canadian Library Trustees' Association Award of Merit for distinguished service. She is a former chair of North Vancouver District Public Libraries and past president of the B.C. Library Trustees' Association. She was also secretary-treasurer of the Canadian Library Trustees Association. |
Ana Mateescu, Student representative
Elected: November 1, 2011 — term ends: October 31, 2012
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Ana Mateescu was born in Romania and immigrated to Vancouver in 2010. Ana worked in a Romanian TV station for14 years as a correspondent, producer, and reporter, and following several years of doing research for documentaries produced by the ARTE Channel, she began to work in documentary production in 2000. Ana's first documentary "Live and let others live" won an award in Rotterdam and Chisinau (Moldavia). In 2005 Ana traveled to Iraq to make a documentary about the Abu Ghraib prison, to the USA for "Catalin Dima's Story", the story of a Romanian who died in Iraq the day he became an American citizen, and to Syria for a story about Muslim women.
A recent graduate of the Langara College Documentary Production Program, Ana is currently a student at VCC in the EPA program. A lifelong volunteer for nonprofit organizations, Ana first began to learn English while working as a volunteer for the Union Gospel Mission in the Downtown East Side of Vancouver. Ana welcomes the opportunity to serve as a student representative on the VCC Board of Governors because she believes in the power of giving back to the community, and in particular hopes to use her skills to help new immigrant students. |
Linda Parsons, QC
Appointed: October 18, 2011 — term ends: October 31, 2013
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Linda Parsons, Q.C. is a senior partner with the firm of Davis LLP and has over 30 years corporate legal experience acting for a variety of private and public corporations. Her practice, which has centered on project finance and health law, has involved extensive corporate governance experience in a variety of settings. Parsons is an active member of many community and professional organizations, including the Law Foundation of British Columbia, the Law Society of BC, the Canadian Bar Association and Big Sisters BC Lower Mainland. She is currently an honorary board member of Big Sisters BC Lower Mainland and on the UBC Law Dean's Advisory Committee. |
Rick Stokes
Appointed: December 1, 2011 — term ends: October 31, 2013
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Rick Stokes joined the VCC Board of Governors on December 1, 2012. Rick is currently Vice President Sales and Marketing for TELUS International, where his responsibilities include the expansion of TELUS services to large enterprise customers outside of Canada. Rick brings to the VCC Board over 30 years of broad international experience leading teams across data, IP, wireless and business process outsourcing. He is a member of the Toronto Board of Trade and has completed the Queens University Executive Development Program and the Canadian Board Diversity Council (CBDC), Governance Education Program. |
Charmaine Waters, Student representative
Re-elected: November 1, 2011 — term ends: October 31, 2012
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Charmaine Waters is in her third year of the Bachelor of Science in nursing program. Waters is actively involved in VCC's strategic planning process and serves on a variety of VCC committees. |
Cathy Young
Re-appointed: October 18, 2008 — term ends: October 31, 2014
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Cathy Young is Principal of Young Strategies Ltd. She is a practising chartered accountant and member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of B.C. Young is a former associate at Farris, Vaughan, Wills & Murphy LLP and former manager of consulting at KPMG. Young has a Bachelor of Business Administration in accounting from Bishop's University in Quebec and a Bachelor of Law from the University of B.C. |
Janet Zlotnik, Faculty representative
Re-elected: November 1, 2008 — term ends: October 31, 2012
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Janet Zlotnik is currently head of VCC's College Preparatory English department. She is a current board member for the Charter for Public Education and HUGGS Canada. She has a Bachelor of Arts from Queen's University, an MA in English from McMaster University, and a TESL certificate from the University of B.C. |
Appointments
Government-appointed board members are appointed by the Province of British Columbia. For information on appointment processes and guidelines, please visit the B.C. Board Resourcing and Development Office website.
Board Committees
The Board has three standing committees, and Board members may sit on more than one committee. The standing committees are as follows:
- Governance Committee
- Finance Committee
- Sub-committee: Facilities Development Committee
- Human Resources Committee
Agendas & Meeting Minutes
All Board meetings are held on the first Thursday of the month at 5:30 p.m. except where noted.
Please note: all persons or groups wishing to make a presentation to the Board must submit their request in writing to the Executive Assistant to the Board of Governors (mmurray@vcc.ca) at least 14 days in advance of the meeting date.
There are no scheduled meetings for June, July, August, and December.
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Board of Directors Attendance and Provision for Honoraria Report 2010/2011
Contact
If you would like more information on the VCC Board, please contact:
Maggie Murray
Executive Assistant to the Board of Governors
604.871.7158
mmurray@vcc.ca