Board of Directors
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President
Paul Holden
Publisher-BIV custom publishing,
Group Publisher-Visitors' Choice Publications
Paul has almost 30 years of publishing experiance including stints in his native London, England and Hong Kong, where he met his Canadian wife. Paul, his wife and two childeren live in Port Moody, where they are actively involved in numerous sports, social and fundraising groups. |
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Vice-President, Co-Director of Speakers & Venues
Trevor Roald
Independent Consultant
Trevor is a Vancouver native and a recent graduate of the Capilano College Tourism Management program. Trevor previously worked for the Canadian Tourism Commission and was responsible for the groundbreaking E-Connect Conference which explored digital media and emerging technology in the tourism and travel industries. |
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Vice-President
Kimberly Lejarzo, Director of Special Events
Sales Manager
Four Seasons Hotel & Resorts - Vancouver & Whistler
Born and Raised in Winnipeg, Kimberly is a true prairie girl at heart who left her roots because of her love for Latin America. She has lived in Mexico, the Domincan Republic, and Costa Rica but now calls our beautiful West Coast home. She is a graduate of th McRae institute of International Managment and holds a degree in Psychology and Spanish from the University of Manitoba. She has been in the hospitality and events industry for the last seven years and currently works as a Sales Manager for both the Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver and Resort Whistler properties. When Kimberly isn't dancing up a salsa storm or training for her first marathon, she can be found fundraising for the 24-hour Easter Relay with her friends on the Bobbleheads Team! |
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Past President
Vivian Farkas
President,
Rare Indigo Ventures Inc.
An expert At Rare Indigo Ventures Inc., Vivian works closely with business of any size to help them deliver meeting and incentive trips with flair and creativity. Among her many successes, Vivian hosted a Fortune 500 telecommunications company in Banff for a five-day, top-tier, multi-million dollar sales incentive trip for 280 business professionals.
Managing corporate events and travel is second nature to Vivian. Raised in Vancouver and having lived throughout BC and Alberta, this BCIT graduate has a true passion for Western Canada. With more than eight years of experience in sales and marketing, travel promotion, destination and event management, her expertise is in demand across North America. |
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Director of Public Relations
Leanne Gillespie
President,
Shift Designs
New this year to the Vancouver AM board, Leanne Gillespie is the creative force behind Shift Designs, a Graphic Design studio that offers expertise in branding, print & web design. Formally, the Art Director with Momentum Media Marketing, she now operates her own studio helping clients throughtout BC, Alberta and Washington State create unique, customized solutions for their particular marketing needs. Leanne has been involved with a charity relay team the past 6 years which has raised an outstanding $197,000 and has chaired such notable events as the Bobblehead Bachelor and Bachelorette Auction which grossed close to $16,000 in May 2008. |
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Co-Director of Sponsorship & Fundraising
Randy Vannatter,
Owner
City Passports
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Director of Newsletter
Kate Brown
Designer,
Lifestylewest
An experienced traveller, Kate is the designer of the Vancouver Raincoat and the 5 Essentials for Travel. She uses her experiences to develop designs for living. She encourages local manufacturers to try different projects and promotes BC made products internationally. In her Granville Island store, Lifestylewest, Kate sells unique, BC made products for the West Coast lifestyle to tourists from around the globe. Kate believes Vancouver AM is a great organization to keep us informed of what is going on in Vancouver. |
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Co-Director of Sponsorship & Fundraising
Kerry O'Donoghue
Owner,
Ceroc Canada
Kerry moved to Vancouver from the UK in December 2005, and LOVES her new home! Originally a science nerd and lab rat, she swapped bacteria for dance partners and now runs Ceroc Canada, a social dance party club wildly popular in the UK and now in Canada. Ceroc has several venues in Vancouver and Calgary with expansion plans in development for other cities across the country.
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Director at Large
David Clark-Wilson
President,
Second Stream Marketing Inc. and Ultimate Gift Card Inc.
David is an expert in the Gift Card and Prepaid Card business. He is currently writing the book “How to Make Money from Plastic cards in the 21st Century". He has two wonderful children, Charlotte and Oliver.
David is helping the HSBC Celebration of Light develop a Legacy Funding program for sustainability. |
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Co-Director of Venues
Allison Johnston
President,
Viva Recruitment
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Co-Director of Speakers
Sarah Haffey
Sales Manager,
The Vancouver Trolley Company
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Treasurer
Wes Wenhardt
The Maritime Museum
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Executive Director
Lenore Rattray
Independent Event & Sponsorship Manager
Lenore's company, planITgirl Enterprises, is involved in a variety of events including not-for-profit fundraisers, corporate client appreciation functions and large-scale consumer trade shows.
Lenore has been with Vancouver AM for six years and, as the new Executive Director, she looks forward to growing the organization and diversifying the membership of this long-standing, well-respected tourism networking association.
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Director of Membership Marketing
Brenda Jacobsen
Brenda was born and raised in Winnipeg but always loved British Columbia’s natural rugged beauty. It didn’t take long before she moved here in 1989 to first join Vancouver AM and use her communications skills to promote ‘the spirit of Vancouver’. A Communications Specialist, Brenda has spent 25 years developing communications programs for a diverse clientele base. She has a background in corporate communications, special events, and marketing – and also has a media background as a broadcast writer producer and freelance tourism writer. Whether it’s creating crisp copy for news releases and ads, strategizing a communications roll out, or presenting information to stakeholders, Brenda is positive and action-oriented. She lives with her fiancé and blended family of four in charming and historic Steveston. In her spare time, she loves hiking the lush local mountains, cycling and enjoying Vancouver’s vibrant arts and entertainment culture. |
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