Our People

Staff Team

Duane Elverum

Duane Elverum

Executive Director and Co-Founder

Miriam Esquitín

Miriam Esquitín

Director of Vancouver Program and Finance Manager

Patricia Pon

Operations Manager

IIeana Costrut

IIeana Costrut

Senior Program Coordinator

Kelly Gardner

Kelly Gardner

Program Coordinator

Emily Gorham

Emily Gorham

Program Coordinator

Renée McMillen

Communication and Engagement Coordinator

Alix Linaker

Business Development Lead

Suparna Gupta

Marketing and Sales Coordinator

Claudia Salazar

Claudia Salazar

Administrative Assistant

Board of Directors

Bill Dow

Bill Dow

Chair

Dr. Natasha Mrkic Subotic

Vice-Chair

Paul Moore

Paul Moore

Treasurer

Veronika Bylicki

Veronika Bylicki

Secretary and Privacy Officer

Andrea Reimer

Andrea Reimer

Director

Holly Schmidt

Holly Schmidt

Director

Derek Gent

Derek Gent

Director

Brady Yano

Brady Yano

Director

Mandeep Sidhu

Director

Doug Smith

Doug Smith

Director, City of Vancouver Sustainability Group & Board Ex-Officio

Brad Badelt

Brad Badelt

Assistant Director, Sustainability Group & Board Ex-Officio

City of Vancouver Advisors

Doug Smith

Doug Smith

Director, City of Vancouver Sustainability Group & Board Ex-Officio

Brad Badelt

Brad Badelt

Assistant Director, Sustainability Group & Board Ex-Officio

Founders Circle

Duane Elverum

Duane Elverum

Executive Director and Co-Founder

Janet Moore

Janet Moore

Co-Founder, and SFU Professor of Professional Practice

Mark Winston

Mark Winston

Academic Director, SFU Centre for Dialogue

Sadhu Johnston

Sadhu Johnston

Former City Manager, City of Vancouver

Moura Quayle

Moura Quayle

Professor, UBC Sauder School of Business and Director, Liu Institute for Global Issues

Andrea Reimer

Andrea Reimer

Former Vancouver City Councillor

Eesmyal Santos-Brault

Eesmyal Santos-Brault

Serial Social Entrepreneur

John Tylee

John Tylee

Principal at Tylee Consulting

Ron Kellett

Ron Kellett

Director, UBC School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture (SALA)

Lindsay Cole

Lindsay Cole

Solutions Lab Manager, City of Vancouver