For this lifetime of work, Ric has received numerous awards in Canada, the US and BC, where he is a recipient of the Order of British Columbia.Ī lawyer by profession, Dan is a conflict prevention and resolution specialist who deals with a wide range of complex, multi-party, aboriginal, commercial, environmental, land use and public policy issues. His consulting company, Ethos Environmental, has specialized on wilderness conservation and ecotourism policy formulation and strategy. Ric is the chair of the campaign for BC Parks, a multi-organizational alliance concerned with improving the resourcing of our province’s park system, and is also president of the BC Parks Elders Society. Since 1989, he has served as the executive director of BC Spaces for Nature. Ric co-founded the Sierra Club of British Columbia in 1970, as well as the BC Wilderness Tourism Association in the 1990’s. During this time, he led citizen campaigns that have protected four million hectares across British Columbia including: the Spatsizi – Stikine, Purcell Mountains, Babine Mountains, Height of the Rockies, Tatshenshini, Chilcotin Mountains, Cathedral-Snowy and Nitinat Triangle in Pacific Rim National Park. In 2014, Barbara received the Business in Vancouver Influential Women in Business Lifetime Achievement Award.įor over almost 50 years, Ric has been a passionate advocate for British Columbia’s world class parks and wilderness. She was on the board of Legal Services Society and the West Vancouver Police Board, and is a consultant in governance and in resource development. Barbara has also chaired the VGH and UBC Hospital Foundation, was two-year chair of the United Way Campaign, founder of Leadership Vancouver, and vice chair of the Laurier Institution.
Thanks to her leadership, the gala remains in the top three list of events in BC and has raised more than $10 million since its inception. She previously founded and chaired the West Vancouver Community Centres Society.īarbara also serves as co-chair of the Business Laureates of BC Hall of Fame Cabinet. Warren is an avid outdoor enthusiast and actively participates in all that the BC outdoors has to offer.īarbara is a Member of the Order of Canada and the Order of British Columbia. She was the founder, chair, CEO and driving force behind the creation of Science World in Vancouver, and currently sits on the boards of Junior Achievement of BC and Architectural Institute of BC. Previously he served a Cabinet Co-Chair of the United Way. Warren is currently Vice Chair of the Board for the BC’s Women Health Foundation, he serves on the Board of the Boys and Girls Clubs Foundation of South Coast BC, serves on the “Gold For Life” organization supporting rowing at the University of British Columbia, and serves as a mentor/coach with the Forum for Women Entrepreneurs. From there, Warren continued to stand at the helm of many successful organizations, working as CFO for TimberWest, Aritzia and Hold It All Inc., before serving in his role as CEO for Hold It All Inc. He is now President & CEO of Augusta Capital.
before working directly with their parent firm Golden Gate Capital as an operating executive. After receiving his bachelor of arts in political science from the University of British Columbia and gaining certification as a Chartered Accountant, Warren held the position of CFO of Sierra Systems Group Inc.
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