Board of Directors
Executive Committee
David Garofalo, VSS Board Chair
Chairman & CEO, Gold Royalty Corp
Suzanne Anton, Q.C., VSS Board Vice Chair / Government Relations Committee Chair
Corporate Director
James Carter, VSS Board Vice Chair
President, Carter GM Northshore
Dr. Holden Chow, Marketing Committee Chair
Family Physician
Manijeh Colabella, Co-Chair, Governance, Nominating & HR Committee Chair
Partner, Watson Advisors
Feisal Dedhar, Integrated Development & Events Committee Chair
President, Capital Now Financial Inc.
Jaci Edgeworth, Co-Chair, Governance, Nominating & HR Committee Chair
Chief People Officer, ICBC
Andrew Gubbels, VSS Board Treasurer / Finance Committee Chair
CFO, Gold Royalty Corp.
Board Members
Nez Aquino
Chief Risk Officer, Vancity
Jonathan Berkowitz
President, Berkowitz & Associates Consulting Inc.
Timothy Cuffe
Director of Marketing, Nicola Wealth
Vincent Kam Sun Yip
Partner, McCarthy Tetrault LLP
Jan Laishley
Chief People Officer, General Fusion
Ben Mink
President, Ben Mink Inc.
Beverley Pao
Board Member, Deloitte
Rianna Ritchie
Partner, Blake Cassels and Graydon LLP
Jill Schnarr
Chief Communications Officer, TELUS
Yuan Shi
Principal and Co-founder, The 51Food and AgTech Fund
Dennis Thomas-Whonoak
Snr. Business Development, TWN Economic Development, Elected Councillor
Jill Tipping
President & CEO, BC Tech Association
Edward Wang
Partner, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Musician Representatives
Dylan Palmer, Chair, Orchestra Players’ Committee
Principal Bass
Hung-Wei Huang, Chair, Artistic Advisory Committee
Principal Viola