Advisors

  • Anthony Shelton

    President's Advisory Committee

    Director, Museum of Anthropology, Vancouver

  • Nathalie Bondil

    President's Advisory Committee

    Director General, Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal

  • John Zeppetelli

    President's Advisory Committee

    Director and Chief Curator, Musée d’art contemporain, Montreal

  • Pierre Trahan

    President's Advisory Committee

    President, Arsenal, Montreal

  • Susan Thompson

    President's Advisory Committee

    Founding President and CEO of The University of Winnipeg Foundation, 40th Mayor of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Manitoba

  • Peter Ladner

    President's Advisory Committee

    Board chair at the David Suzuki Foundation, author, former Vancouver city councillor, Vancouver

  • Richard Raisler

    President's Advisory Committee

    President, trueHUE Enterprises Inc., Vancouver

  • Lucille Pacey

    President's Advisory Committee

    Principal Consultant at PaceyGroup Consulting and Management Services

    Chair, Board of Directors, Vancouver International Film Festival

    Past-Chair, National Board of Directors; Founding Member, Culture Days

    Vancouver

  • Jim Balsillie

    President's Advisory Committee

    Co-founder of the Institute for New Economic Thinking, former Chairman and co-CEO of Research in Motion, Waterloo, Ontario

  • Steven Biller

    President's Advisory Committee

    Editor-at-large of Palm Springs Life magazine, Palm Springs, California

  • Donna Molby

    President's Advisory Committee

    President, Chief Executive Officer, Senior Wealth Advisor and owner of OmniVita Custom Wealth Management Inc., Vancouver

  • Saeedeh Salem

    President's Advisory Committee

    Owner, Enotecca Wineries and Resorts, Vancouver

  • Oribu Yokota

    Community Engagement Advisory Committee

    Director and Co-founder of 3×9 Planning and Design, Owner and Producer of pla-net inc, Vancouver

  • Leah Nelson

    Community Engagement Advisory Committee

    Partner and Creative Director, Giant Ant Media, Vancouver

  • Jill Greenwood

    Community Engagement Advisory Committee

    Director of AFAR experiences at AFAR Media, Vancouver

  • Chepximiya Siyam’ Chief Janice George

    President's Advisory Committee

    Co-founder of L’hen Awtxw Weaving House

  • Skwetsimeltxw Willard "Buddy" Joseph

    President's Advisory Committee

    Co-founder of L’hen Awtxw Weaving House

  • Shahrzad Khatami

    Arts and Culture Creative District Advisory Committee

    Architect/designer with Rafii Architects Inc.

    Vancouver

  • Virginia Bremner

    Cultural Liaison

    Program Coordinator, World Trade Centre Vancouver/Greater Vancouver Board of Trade

    Vancouver

  • Ammar Mahimwalla

    Arts, Culture & Tech (ACT) Creative District Advisory Committee; Special Projects Advisor

    Arts, Culture and Events Liaison at City of Victoria

    Victoria, British Columbia

  • Mark Busse

    Arts and Culture Creative District Advisory Committee

    Director of Brand, Culture, and Community at MG | Michael Green Architecture

    Host, Creative Mornings Vancouver

    Vancouver

  • Julien Mainguy

    Arts and Culture Creative District Advisory Committee

    Executive Director, Foreigners Talents Society

    Co-Founder, Best of France

    Freelance Industrial Designer, BOCCI

    Vancouver

  • David McCann

    Arts and Culture Creative District Advisory Committee

    President, WIIFM Management Ltd.

    General Manager, Creekhouse Industries Ltd.

    Vancouver

  • Bernd Petak

    President's Advisory Committee

    Co-Founder and Investment Partner, Northmark Ventures, Vancouver/Whitehorse