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Lois Hollstedt, Chair
Lois comes to us from the YWCA of Vancouver where she served as CEO for 15 years. Lois has worked for charitable and non-charitable organizations and served two terms as a Kamloops municipal councillor. She has also served as a member of the provincial Legal Services Board, a director for BC Children and Women's Hospital and president of the former Kamloops Society for the Mentally Handicapped. Lois says she is involved in CLBC because of her "belief in community based structures to build the kind of communities we all want to live in." In her spare time she enjoys gardening, watercolour painting and reading.
Teresa Azak
Teresa was born and raised in Prince Rupert, BC. She is a member of the Nisga’a Nation and currently lives in Gitwinksihlkw – a community of about 200 people, 60 kilometres north of Terrace. Teresa is on Community Living BC’s Board of Directors to help deliver support and services for First Nations people. She is a Nisga’a language support staff at the Gitwinksihlkw Elementary School, is a fisherwoman in the summer for the Nisga’a Fisheries and has also worked School District #92. Teresa volunteers with various tourist and local organizations within her community, including the Home League. She has three adult children: two sons, Keith and Harry, and a daughter, Marcia, who has a developmental disability. Teresa and her husband own a candy and variety store in Gitwinksihlkw called, “Clyde and Teresa’s Wilp Ha Foods.” Teresa takes care of the bookkeeping, while Marcia runs the front of the store.
Kenneth Crump
Ken spent 25 years in the telecommunications industry in a variety of senior management roles, retiring from BC Tel as Senior Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer in 1999. During most of his career he has been active in community affairs, serving on the United Way, Junior Achievement and 12 years with BC Children's Hospital Foundation, including eight years on the foundation's board. He now divides his time between board activities and pursuing his interests in travel and golf. In addition to his involvement with CLBC, he is chairman of Norsat International Inc. and participates on the advisory board of Axonwave Software Inc. Ken has spent most of his career managing organizational change and enjoys the opportunity to share this experience in the creation of CLBC and to help to bring about a better future for the developmentally disabled citizens of BC.
Lee Doney
Lee Doney attended the University of Victoria where he received his BA in economics. He then continued his education at Queen’s University in Ontario where he completed his master’s degree in economics.
Over the last 25 years, Lee has had extensive contacts with representatives from all sectors of the province. In his various roles, his responsibilities have covered such diverse areas as labour relations, forest policy, environment, skills and training, labour market research, treaty negotiations with a broad impact on the economy and environment.
In addition to his new role with CLBC, Lee is an independent consultant working in government relations, policy and strategic advice. He sits on the Western Forest Products Board of Directors and chairs the board’s Environment and Safety Committee. He is also chair to the Columbia Power Corporation.
Rod Gunn
Roderick and his wife Eva have been married for 39 years and have two adult children and two grandchildren. Their son Kristian was born with a developmental disability and now, 32 years-old, lives in a group home near his family. During a 35-year broadcasting career, Rod held a variety of senior executive positions and served on a range of boards. He initiated the BC Broadcasters Humanities Award given each year to deserving BC community service groups. Recipients include BCACL and PLAN. He and his wife have traveled extensively, and along with all his family, have spent years sailing in the Gulf Islands. In his spare time Rod reads and enjoys his audio/video and book collections.
Darryl Harand
Darryl Harand from Kelowna is a self-advocate who has a long history in working at the local and provincial levels of the developmental disability community.
In addition to his new position on the CLBC Board, Darryl also sits on the board of the BC Self-Advocacy Foundation and is a Society Liason for the Kelowna and District Association for Community Living.
He has assisted and supported people with developmental disabilities to advocate for themselves. Darryl has also worked on editing documents and publications into plain English to make it accessible for people with limited language skills.
In addition to his work in the community living movement, Darryl likes to keep up with current events. He follows politics from around the world right down to the municipal level.
Colleen Hay
Colleen is a registered nurse and has worked in health care for 35 years. Her experience has been in acute care, in a variety of specialties with positions ranging from staff nurse to nursing management. She is currently with Northern Health and has worked in the north for 25 years. She has held board positions locally with the Registered Nurses Association of BC and the local golf course. She is married with two adult children, a son John and a daughter Erin, with a developmental disability, who transitioned from home to her own apartment with support, three years ago. Colleen enjoys golfing and curling.
Amanda Lennard
Amanda has worked for eight years at the Venture Training Centre workshop in Vernon, British Columbia. She also works for the Sal Mart (the Salvation Army Thrift Shop) and serves on the Board of Directors of the North Okanagan Community Life Society. Through Venture Training Amanda has participated in handicraft projects, community volunteering as well as numerous other activities. She has also been employed as a housekeeper and caregiver to the elderly.
Maurice Mourton
Maurice has had a life long commitment to working for non-profit organizations and since coming to BC has served many such entities. He is currently Chair of the BC Research Institute for Children's and Women's Health, The Arthritis Society, the BC Transplant Research Institute, the Canadian Genetic Diseases Network, and a Director of the College of Physicians and Surgeons. As well, Maurice has over 40 years experience in the banking industry and has held a wide variety of senior executive positions. He and his wife Anne have one daughter who they adopted from Vietnam during the war in that country. They are particularly proud of her success in life. As a family they enjoy travel and skiing. Maurice is delighted to serve CLBC and provide whatever direction and assistance he can by utilizing the various lessons he has learned during his life.
Joan Rush
Joan is the parent of a child with developmental disabilities and an independent legal practitioner, specializing in health law, medical ethics, and corporate governance matters. She joined the CLBC board because she is "committed to helping create the most inclusive society possible for the developmentally disabled." Joan is married and has two children, a daughter Elizabeth who is studying in England, and a son Graeme who lives with autism. In her spare time Joan enjoys running, riding and long walks with Graeme and his dad, Dennis.
Harvey Venier
Harvey is a retired partner/chartered accountant of BDO Dunwoody Chartered Accountants and worked with various accounting organisations, including Collins Barrow Chartered Accountants, over his 37 year career. Harvey was born and raised in Cranbrook, BC, where he has lived his entire life with the exception of periods spent in other provinces acquiring his education. A graduate of the University of Ottawa, he completed his professional education in Ontario and Alberta before returning home. He is an acting board member for the Gyro Club, Cranbrook and District Community Foundation and Colombo Lodge. CLBC represents an opportunity for Harvey to lend his experience to an organisation involved in major transformational change and to positively impact and expand the opportunities for individuals with developmental disabilities. Harvey has been married to his wife Charlene for 37 years and they have two adult children, Robert and Carla, and one grandchild, Jackson. |
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