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The Vancouver Board of Trade Governors' Banquet and Rix Center Awards honourees David McLean, chair and founder of the McLean Group; and Ken Martin, former chair of The Vancouver Board of Trade (2012-2013) and former president and CEO at Pacific Blue CrosThe Vancouver Board of Trade Governors' Banquet and Rix...
The Vancouver Board of Trade Governors’ Banquet and Rix Center Awards honourees David McLean, chair and founder of the McLean Group; and Ken Martin, former chair of The Vancouver Board of Trade (2012-2013) and former president and CEO at Pacific Blue Cross.
Elio Luongo, Vancouver Board of Trade chair; Ken Martin, honouree; and Iain Black, Vancouver Board of Trade president and CEO.
From the Vancouver Board of Trade: Lisa Kaisers, partnership development manager; Peter Marsh, account executive; Rebecca James, events manager; Pangus Kung, account executive renewals; Amelia Wong, events co-ordinator; Austin Nairn, member programs direc
Richard Pomeroy, Seamount Technologies president, and his wife, Jeanie.
Dr. Kate Moran, Ocean Networks Canada president; Beverly Van Ruyven, University of Victoria vice chair of the board of directors; and Andy Van Ruyven.
Rob Jones, West Coast Reduction Ltd. director of sales and marketing; and Grant Saar, West Coast Reduction sales and marketing rep.
Terry Wright, Terry Wright Consulting president; Ian Anderson, Kinder Morgan Canada president; and Lizette Parsons Bell, Kinder Morgan Canada lead of stakeholder engagement and communications.
Matti Polychronis, Port Metro Vancouver corporate sponsorships; Carrie Brown, Port Metro Vancouver accounting director of environmental programs; and Gillian Behnke, Port Metro Vancouver manager of community relations and communications.
Catherine Armstrong and Brad Armstrong, Lawson Lundell LLP partner.
Megan Johnson, Edelman account director; Joy Jennissen, H+K Strategies general manager; and Bridgette Anderson, Edelman vice-president of corporate and public affairs.
Jonathan Fowlie, H+K Strategies account director; Jen Schaeffers, CKNW Orphans’ Fund executive director; and Wally Opal, Boughton Law counsel and former attorney general.
Morris Nord, Pacific Blue Cross senior vice-president of marketing; Leah Costello, Curious Mind Group of Companies principal; and Peter Armstrong, Rocky Mountaineer executive chair, and founder and principal of the Armstrong Group..
Neal Clarance, Ernst & Young partner; Morley Koffman, Lions Gate Entertainment board of directors and Koffman/Kalef LLP founding partner; and Peter Leitch, North Shore Studios and Mammoth Studios president.
Rosanna Luongo; Elio Luongo, Vancouver Board of Trade chair; Ken Martin, honouree; Kathy Martin; Iain Black, Vancouver Board of Trade president; and Chris Black.
The Vancouver Board of Trade Governors’ Banquet and Rix Center Awards was marked with a gala dinner and silent auction with almost 800 in attendance. This year honouree Ken Martin celebrated his investiture into the Council of Governors; David McLean was presented with the Engaged Community Citizenship Award; and Port Metro Vancouver was presented with the Engaged Corporate Citizenship Award.
The emcee for the evening was Jill Krop from Global TV and entertainment was provided by the UBC School of Music Brass Ensemble and the UBC Thunderbird Men’s Basketball Team. Proceeds from the evening will be used to fund young business leader develpment, advocacy and member programming. For 127 years, The Vancouver Board of Trade has worked on behalf of Metro Vancouver’s business community to promote prosperity through commerce, trade and free enterprise. The Rix Center is a special initiative of The Vancouver Board of Trade, founded by the late Dr. Don Rix and chaired by David McLean. Each year the Rix Center presents two prestigious awards at the Governors’ Banquet—the Rix Award for Engaged Corporate Citizenship and the Rix Award for Engaged Community Citizenship.