Co-Chair

Suzanne Girard

Community Liaison
Pacific Yacht Charters

Co-Chair

Sherry Zhao

CEO
Kalino Bio

Vice Chair

Joel Peterson

Founder and Managing Director
Arbutus Search Group

Vice Chair

Golriz Fattahi

Chief Executive Officer
Alacrity Canada

AJ Beaudry

Partner, National Leader, Executive Search & Professional Recruitment
MNP

Matt Borck

Partner
The One Group Agency

Angela Cengarle

Principal
Ladder Up

Doug Chiu

Partner
Hammerco

Amy Fell

Program Head, Corporate Training
BCIT

Jose Hernandez

CEO, Corporate Training
TTT Studios

Trevor Koot

CEO
BC Real Estate Association

Marguerite Laquinte Francis

Principal
Tectonic Architecture

Simone Lis

President & CEO
Better Business Bureau

Marcelo Mora

Senior Advisor, Business Development
Mitcas

Jason Nelson

CEO
Edge Consultants

Martin Parry

Business Centre Manager
BDC

Melanie Ramsey

Chief Operating Officer
Rubicon Organics

Alain Rivère

Senior Vice President
CBRE

Ramin Shadmehr

Associate Provost, Academic Affairs
FDU

Devon Thompson

Vice President, Business Markets
RBC

Co-Chair

Giselle Blackman

Vice President, People & Culture
Fit Foods

Co-Chair

Chris May

General Manager
BC Place

Vice Chair

Yat Li

Associate Director
Accessible Employers

Vice Chair

Kristin Wilkes

Vice President, BC
Long View Systems

Olatunji Alewenje

Communications Manager
Habitat for Humanity

Doramy Ehling

CEO
Rick Hansen Foundation

Chandan Johal

Board Director – FEI Canada Vancouver Chapter

Hermina Khara

Partner
Odgers Berndtson

Brenda Knights

CEO
BC Indigenous Housing Society

Chantelle Krish

CEO
Big Sisters of BC Lower Mainland

Amy Lam

Vice President - CFS
RBC

Simon Lam

Director, Respect, Diversity, and Inclusion
BCIT

Anja Lanz

Founder
Global Women in STEM

Melissa Lee

Chief Executive Officer
Chinese Canadian Museum

Mary Martin

Director, Learning and Engagement
Pacific Blue Cross

Omar Rawji

President and CEO
Prism Construction

Laura Sanchez

Executive Assistant
United Flower Growers

Sheh Shojaee

Founder and Chief Impact Officer
A Brave Thought

Joy Walcott-Francis

Director, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI)
Langara College

Natasha Westover

Director, Community Relations and External Affairs
Western LNG/Ksi Lisims LNG

Co-Chair

Lester de Guzman

Director, Marketing and Communications
Fairleigh Dickinson University

Co-Chair

Lucy Day

Director, Indigenous Collaboration
DP World

Vice-Chair

Travis Joern

Director of Communications
Council of Forest Industries

Vice-Chair

Moni Manhas

Management Consultant
PwC Canada

Vanessa Case

Senior Manager, Training Services
BC Hydro

Connie Chong

Dean of Continuing Studies
Langara College

Neshay D’Silva

Advisor and Instructor
BCIT

Gina Iuliano

Innovation
BEEM Credit Union

Catherine Kang

Director, Quality and Risk
Ascenda School of Management

Chelsea Kidd

Manager, School Operations
BCIT

Yvette Lauer

Manager of Digital & Direct Sales
Purdys Chocolatier

Emma Macklem

Founding Partner
Framepoint Public Affairs

Graeme Majury

Director, Risk Management
Provincial Health Services Authority

Connor Marwick

Senior Manager, Employee Experience, Learning & Talent Development
TransLink

Andrew Procknow

Director of Development
First Nations Health Foundation

Nikita Sachar

Director, Cabin Crew Experience
Air Canada

Karnpreet S.

Communications Professional

Amol Thind

Business Management Advisor
Coast Capital Savings

Andy Tran

Manager, Employee Experience
YMCA BC

Anastasia Zarusskaia

Project Training Lead
BC Securities Commission

Chair

Sam Thiara 

Chief Motivating Officer
Ignite the Dream Coaching and Consulting

Vice-Chair

Sharon Hummel 

Associate Director, Employer Relations & Talent Development
CPABC

Vice-Chair

Simran Minhas 

Senior Accountant
MNP

Immediate Past Chair

Sarah Munro 

HR Director
Canfor

Alyssa Bautista

Server
Fairmont Hotel Vancouver

Nazmul Hasan

Marketing and Communications Assistant
Fairleigh Dickinson University - Vancouver

Jasleen Kaur

Rajveer Kaur

Accounting Technician
HM Tax

Victoria Lamela

Business Administration Professional

Angell (Junhua) Qu

Assistant Facilitator
Fresh Air Learning

Anu Rosebell

Director
Onflap Technologies

Laura Sanchez

Executive Assistant
United Flower Growers Co-op Association

Dhaara Thakkar

Marketing Coordinator
PGDIA 2025