2010 Women of Distinction Nominees
YWCA Vancouver is pleased to announce 67 extraordinary nominees for its 27th annual Women of Distinction Awards.
This year’s nominees are:
Arts, Culture & Design
Sponsored by TD Waterhouse
Ardell Brophy - Founder and Producer, Laff Riot Girls Comedy; VP, USW Local 2009
Dr. Jane Kenyon - President, Craft Council of BC
Heather Redfern - Executive Director, Vancouver East Cultural Centre
Rena Sharon - Professor, Collaborative Piano, CollaborativeUBC; Artistic Director of Vancouver International Song Institute; Artistic Co-Director, Young Artist Experience
Amanda Tapping - Actress; Executive Producer, Sanctuary 3 Productions
Savannah Walling - Artistic Director, Vancouver Moving Theatre
Mirna Zagar - Executive Director, The Dance Centre
Business & The Professions
Sponsored by BC Hydro
Sylvia Corning - Program Head, International Business Management, BCIT
Rhonda Davis - Owner and Operator, Changes Clothing & Jewellery Bar
Sandra Enticknap - Partner, Miller Thomson LLP
Debra Hewson - President and CEO, Odlum Brown Limited
Barbara Hislop - Executive Director, Variety – The Children’s Charity
Anita Huberman - CEO, Surrey Board of Trade
Karen Keilty - Partner, Deloitte & Touche LLP
Lisa Kershaw - Partner, Odgers Berndtson
Kathy Leavens - Partner, Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd.
Lianna Mah - VP Business Development, Associated Engineering Group Ltd.
Michelle Pockey - Partner, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
Sandy Sigmund - Director of Marketing and Development, Encorp Pacific Canada
Community Building
Sponsored by Industrial Alliance Pacific
Amber Anderson - Executive Director and Head Instructor, H.A.V.E Culinary Training Society
Sxwelhchaliya Julie Baker - Squamish Nation Chief and Council, Squamish Nation
Renée Chadwick - Chair, Port Coquitlam Spirit of BC Committee
Patti MacAhonic - Advocate for survivors of workplace fatalities, Canadian Injured Workers Alliance
Beth Scott - Founder, Past President and CEO, ACCES (African Canadian Continuing Education Society)
Donna Stewart - Founding Board Member, A Place to Call Home Housing Society
Roxane Vachon - Partner; Gaffar Cooper Vachon Lawyers
Education, Training & Development
Sponsored by Port Metro Vancouver
Dr. Lorna Bennett - Teacher and School Psychologist, North Vancouver School District; Compliance Auditor, Ministry of Education
Mona Berciu - Associate Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, UBC
Lora Bird - Teacher, Tecumseh Annex Elementary School
Dr. Anne Condon - Professor, Computer Science and Associate Dean, Department. of Computer Science, UBC
Dr. Nancy MacKay - President, MacKay & Associates
Sheila Stenzel - Director, Mineral Resources Education Program of BC
Iona Whishaw - Principal, David Thompson Secondary
Dr. Dawn McArthur - Senior Research Development Facilitator, Child & Family Research Institute and
Dr. Sara Swenson - Senior Research Grants Facilitator, SFU (Co-nomination)
Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Sponsored by Vancouver Foundation
Linda Coady - VP Sustainability, VANOC for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games
Brenda Martens - Principal, Recollective Consulting
Trish Sare - Owner and Founder, BikeHike Adventures Inc.
Mandy Shintani - Owner, Urban Poling Inc.
Seana Wade - CEO, Survivor Bootcamp Inc.
Health & Active Living
Sponsored by Teck Resources Limited
Dr. Janice Eng - Professor, Department of Physical Therapy, UBC
Ginny Golding - CPGA Class A Professional, Ginny Golding Golf
Surjit Lalli - Advocate for South Asian seniors transitioning into Canadian society
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Non-Profit & Public Service
Sponsored by BC Housing
Janice Abbott - CEO, Atira Women’s Resource Society & Atira Property Management Inc.
Shirley Chan - CEO, Building Opportunities with Business Inner City Society
Marcy Cohen - Research and Policy Director, Hospital Employees' Union
Faith Garriock - Provincial Director, BC Original Minds Association (BC Destination ImagiNation)
Judy Graves - Coordinator, Tenant Assistance Program, City of Vancouver
Kathy Kinloch - President, Vancouver Community College
Leslie Lewis - Program Coordinator, Act II Child and Family Services
Sally Livingstone - Founder, Spectrum Support Group
Debra McPherson - President, BC Nurses' Union
Sandra Menzer - Executive Director, Vancouver Society of Children’s Centres
Cheryl Prepchuk - CEO, The Greater Vancouver Food Bank
Rita Thodos - Regional Manager, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
Micheal Vonn - Policy Director, BC Civil Liberties Association
Lesley Woodman - Executive Director, DIVERSEcity Community Resources Society
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Technology, Science & Industry
Sponsored by Goldcorp Inc.
Dr. Catherine Aczel Boivie - CEO, Inventure Solutions Inc.; Senior VP, Information Technology and Facilities, Vancity
Karimah Es Sabar - President, LifeSciences BC; Senior VP, Business and Strategic Affairs, The Centre for Drug Research and Development
Irene Jeremic - Corporate Executive Advisor; CIO and Head of Commerce, IT and Sales, Stork Craft Manufacturing Inc.
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Young Women of Distinction
Saara Bhanji - Board Member and Researcher, Justice for Girls International
Jane Harbottle - Founder, Trustee and fundraiser for 2008 Vision Sisters Trust
Jamie Keast - Director and Co-Founder, Quinn Keast Foundation
Annalea Krebs - Founder and CEO, TheChange.com
Paulina Lipska - President, Young Women in Business
Andrea Morgan - Advocate, Save UBC Farm Campaign
Innovative Workplace
Nurse Next Door Home Healthcare Services
University of British Columbia
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