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Three new members have been
appointed to Tourism British Columbia’s board of directors for two-year terms,
effective March 31, 2008.
Laird Miller
Laird Miller
is the chief financial officer and chief privacy officer of London Drugs. He is
also the chief financial officer and chief privacy officer of Sonora Resort, a
B.C. luxury wilderness resort, and London Air Services, an executive charter
airline. With a background in forestry and over 10 years in public practice, he
brings a wide array of experience, including developing financial systems,
insurance, risk management and privacy compliance spanning the hospitality,
airline and retail industries. Miller received his chartered accountant
designation from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia.
Nancy Stibbard
Nancy
Stibbard is president and owner of the Capilano Group of Companies. She has won
numerous awards, including Business in Vancouver’s Influential Women in
Business Award in 2000, Ernst and Young’s 1996 Entrepreneur of the Year Award
for Hospitality/Tourism in Pacific Canada and the British Columbia Woman
Entrepreneur Award in 1992. In 2004, the Tourism Industry of Canada (TIAC)
named Capilano Suspension Bridge Innovator of the Year for the eco-attraction
Treetops Adventure, and Capilano Suspension Bridge was awarded Business of the
Year at TIAC’s inaugural National Tourism Excellence Awards in 2003.
Chris Zimmerman
Chris
Zimmerman is the president and chief executive officer of the Vancouver Canucks
and Canucks Sports and Entertainment. He joined the organization in late 2006
after three years as president and chief executive officer of Nike Bauer Hockey
Inc. Prior to this, Zimmerman was the general manager of Nike Golf USA, and
spent 16 years in a variety of senior advertising positions, including USA
advertising director for the Nike brand and senior vice-president at Saatchi
and Saatchi Advertising in New York. He has devoted many hours to community
initiatives and currently serves as a board member of the Canucks for Kids Fund
and Special Olympics BC and as an alternate governor for the National Hockey
League Board of Governors.
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