Board of Directors

Judy Rogers has served on the Alumni Association Board of Directors since 2009 and is currently Chair. Judy held the role of City Manager of the City of Vancouver from 1999 to 2008. She was the first woman to be appointed to the position. Judy’s notable achievements include winning two United Nations public service awards for City programs in which she was instrumental in creating. The first award was for the Neighbourhood Integrated Service Teams, a unique project that brings City departments and outside agencies together to help residents solve difficult issues in their neighbourhood. The second UN award was given for the Vancouver Agreement, a landmark urban development agreement with the federal, provincial and city government that has been instrumental in the revitalization of the city’s historic Downtown Eastside. It was also under Judy’s leadership that Vancouver won the right to host the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. She currently is the Chair of the Board of Lift Philanthropic Partners, a legacy from the 2010 games. Judy serves on the Board of Directors of BC Assessment Authority and is a member of the President’s Strategic Advisory Council.  She is Past President of the Institute of Public Administration of Canada, a member of the International City Management Association and the Local Government Management Association of BC.

Judy graduated from UBC in 1971 with a BRE and holds a Masters in Public Administration degree. She’s a recipient of the Lieutenant Governor’s Medal for Excellence in Public Service in BC. Since 2003 she has been recognized each year as one of Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women.

Dallas Leung has served on the UBC Alumni Association Board of Directors since 2007. He is currently the Association’s Vice Chair. Dallas is Vice President, Finance and Administration at TSI Terminal Systems Inc, Canada’s largest container terminal operator; here he is responsible for the accounting, budgeting, financing and risk management for the company.  Prior to joining TSI, he was a Senior Manager with Deloitte & Touche where his main focus was advising on mergers and acquisitions, providing strategic and financial advice, and performing financial due diligence.  He also gained valuable international experience with Deloitte & Touche, London, UK working on corporate finance assignments.  A Chartered Accountant (CA), Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and Chartered Business Valuator (CBV), Dallas received his Bachelor of Commerce from the University of British Columbia.  Dallas is currently on the Board of Directors for the YMCA of Greater Vancouver and is also the Chair of the Professional Development Committee of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia.

Ian Warner has served on the UBC Alumni Association Board of Directors since 2009. He is a member of the Executive Committee and is the current Chair of the Governance Committee. Ian is currently the President and CEO of APRIO Governance Information Software, and previously held roles as the COO for Vancity Savings Credit Union and the CEO of Citizens Bank. Ian has a Bachelor of Commerce from UBC, is a CFA and attended the Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program.

Robert Bruno has served on the Alumni Association Board of Directors since 2010 and is a member of the Finance and Audit Committee. As Senior Vice President Finance, Polygon Homes Ltd, Rob oversees all finance, accounting and administrative matters.

Rob holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of British Columbia.  He spent six years with the international accounting firm KPMG, earning both his Chartered Accountant and Chartered Business Valuator designations.  Rob placed 2^nd in British Columbia and 7^th in Canada on his Uniform Final Examination with the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accounts and also placed 2^nd in Canada on his final examination with the Canadian Institute of Chartered Business Valuators.  During his tenure with KPMG, Rob spent his final three years as a member of its Corporate Finance team, specializing the purchase and sale of privately held businesses.

Rob is involved with several committees, including working with the Urban Development Institute, Alzheimer’s BC, the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation and several community organizations.  In his spare time he enjoys time with his family, hockey and golf.

Michael Lee has served on the Alumni Association Board since 2010 and is Chair of the Community and Government Engagement Committee. Michael is currently the head of the Business Services Group at Lawson Lundell. He advises public and private companies regarding mergers and acquisitions, financings, restructurings and general corporate law matters. Michael also advises public company clients and their boards of directors on corporate governance, directors’ duties and responsibilities and securities regulatory compliance. In addition, he acts as counsel to special committees of boards of directors in related party transactions and other corporate transactions. Prior to obtaining his law degree, Michael worked as a special assistant to a federal cabinet minister in Vancouver and Ottawa from 1990 to 1993.

Mark Mawhinney has served on the UBC Alumni Association Board of Directors since 2003. He is currently co-chair of the Alumni Centre Committee, chair of the Alumni Centre Building Committee and a member of the Finance and Audit Committee. He also serves on the board of the Victoria Dragon Boat Festival and is a member of its Executive Committee.  Mark is a businessman who has founded two companies, firstly a large family restaurant and secondly a computer services firm targeting small and medium enterprises.  In 2009 he became a Certified Management Accountant and was awarded CMA BC’s province-wide Top Talent Award for exhibiting leadership and top academic performance.  Since 2006 he has been consulting privately on matters of corporate development and business planning.  One of his assignments includes the formation of entrepreneurship@UBC – a first of its kind campus wide program in entrepreneurship which includes a very early stage venture fund capitalized with alumni donations.

Aderita Guerreiro has served on the Alumni Association Board of Directors since 2006, chairing the Alumni Achievement Awards Committee from 2008 to 2010. Aderita is Vice President of Fund Development and Marketing for the Heart and Stroke Foundation. Her career spans twenty five years working for community, health, and education organizations in the areas of fund development, volunteer management, marketing and community relations. She has held senior level positions with a number of leading health care and post secondary organizations including Capilano University, BC Cancer, Vancouver General Hospital and Children’s Hospital Foundations. Aderita has also served on the boards of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, Vancouver Multicultural Association and chaired the Awards selection for the Association of Healthcare Philanthropy.

Ernest Yee has served on the Alumni Association Board of Directors since 2008 and is a member of the Governance Committee and Past Chair of the Community and Government Engagement Committee. Ernest is Vice President, Corporate Affairs of HSBC Bank Canada. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Arts Umbrella and has served as a member of the Board of Directors of Canada Lands Company Limited, the Federal Judicial Appointments Advisory Committee for British Columbia, the Granville Island Trust and the Asian Studies Advisory Board at the University of British Columbia.

Marsha Walden has served on the Alumni Association Board of Directors since 2008 and is Chair of the Communications Committee.  She is currently Vice President, Customer Strategy & Corporate Marketing for BCLC and has more than 25 years experience developing marketing and communications strategy for many of Canada’s flagship companies.  An active volunteer, Marsha previously served as President of Heart & Stroke Foundation of BC & Yukon and North Shore Female Hockey Association and as a board member with West Vancouver Soccer Club.  She holds a Bachelor of Commerce from UBC.

Blake Hanna has served on the Alumni Association Board of Directors since 2009 and is a key contributor to the Association’s strategy for enhancing the alumni engagement experience. He is currently a Partner at Accenture and has experience leading Accenture’s largest and most complex client assignment around the globe.  Blake holds an MBA from the University of British Columbia and a BSc from the University of Victoria. He is married with two adult children and is currently based in Vancouver.  He is a member of the 2010 Cabinet for the United Way of Vancouver and the Lower Mainland.

Brent Cameron has served on the Alumni Association Board of Directors since 2007. He is a member of the Executive Committee and Past Chair of the Governance Committee. Brent is a Partner in the Vancouver office of Odgers Berndtson, Canada’s largest executive search firm.  His clients include leading organizations in the education, financial services, retail, technology, and hospitality sectors, among others.  He has a BA from Queen’s University and an MBA from UBC.

Carmen Lee has been a member of the UBC Alumni Association Board of Directors since 2008. She first served on the board as the Young Alumni Representative and she is currently a member-at-large. Carmen is a Marketing Manager for Global Alliances at Deloitte, a global professional services firm providing audit, consulting, financial advisory, risk management and tax services to Fortune 500 and 1000 companies worldwide. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree from UBC.

Miranda Lam has served on the Alumni Association Board of Directors since 2007. She is current Chair of the Board and, as such, is a standing member of all board committees. Miranda recently chaired the Chancellor Reappointment Committee resulting in the successful reappointment of UBC Chancellor Sarah Morgan-Silvester.

Miranda Lam is a partner at McCarthy Tétrault LLP in Vancouver. Her practice comprises a wide variety of complex commercial disputes, including securities, employment and insurance coverage litigation, as well as class actions, shareholder and real property disputes. She is also experienced in dealing with commercial arbitration matters.

Miranda has written on the topics of insurance coverage and securities regulation, as well as participated in seminars on insurance issues. For the last four years, she has also been a contributor to the Annotated British Columbia Securities Legislation (now in its 5th ed.), published by CCH Canadian Limited.

Miranda received her LLB from the University of British Columbia in 2002, where she received the Honourable Ray Herbert Award as the All-round Graduating Student and the Alumni Association Achievement Award as Outstanding Student of the Year. After graduation, Miranda served as a judicial law clerk for five justices of the BC Supreme Court. She was called to the British Columbia bar in 2004.

In 2007, Miranda received the University of British Columbia’s Faculty of Law’s Outstanding Young Alumnus/Alumna Award, and in 2001, she was named YWCA Young Woman of Distinction. She currently serves as the Chair of the Board for the University of British Columbia Alumni Association and is a member of the Board of Directors of the United Way of the Lower Mainland and Imagine Canada. She is a frequent speaker at various events and conferences on board governance for not-for-profits, leadership, community building, and civic engagement.

Jeremy McElroy serves on the Alumni Association Board of Directors in his capacity as AMS President. Born in Vancouver and raised in North Delta, Jeremy became a student at UBC in 2006. In his final year of a Political Science and International Relations degree, Jeremy has taken a keen interest in Canadian public policy and arctic sovereignty. Jeremy believes that his extra time at UBC has allowed him to learn and experience more of his alma mater, taking advantage of every opportunity. Jeremy served as First Year Representative to the Arts Undergraduate Society where he helped run the last Arts County Fair and as Social Coordinator of the AUS where he developed an even greater appreciation of and passion for the social environment at UBC. Shortly after his second year, Jeremy took a hiatus from student government to resurrect the Radical Beer Faction, a just-for-fun political group on campus that advocated for more student events, student housing, and better student interface with the campus community.

A year as an Arts Councilor inspired Jeremy’s successful bid for the position of Vice President External Affairs. During his year in office Jeremy negotiated substantive improvements to the AMS/GSS Health and Dental Plan and initiated a campaign for much-needed rapid transit to UBC. He worked with student unions from across BC to establish a provincial lobbying organization, and his office has released new, long overdue reports, research and policy recommendations on every aspect of his portfolio, from childcare to student loan reform. Jeremy is most proud of the work he has done in reshaping the way we understand the cost of education during his time in office.

As AMS President, Jeremy looks forward to successfully passing the upcoming referendum, bringing about much needed financial and governance stability, and hopes to continue his work on bringing student unions from across BC together to advocate for more accessible and affordable post-secondary education. Jeremy has dedicated five years to serving the students of UBC, and greatly looks forward to one more.

Christopher L. Gorman has served on the Alumni Association Board of Directors as Convocation Senate representative since 2005.  He is Director of Operations & Strategic Initiatives at UBC’s Faculty of Management.  At the Faculty of Management, Chris holds day-to-day operational responsibilities, and is working on initiatives related to alumni relations, marketing, student recruitment, professional graduate programming, and business development.  He previously held the role of Director of Program Initiatives at the Faculty of Management.  In addition to working at UBC, Chris’ diverse professional experience includes working in Ottawa as Executive Assistant to the Minister of Foreign Affairs as well as holding various positions in the insurance and shipping industries in Canada and the United States. Chris holds a Diploma of Technology in Business Administration from the British Columbia Institute of Technology, a Bachelor of Arts from The University of British Columbia, and a Master of Business Administration from UBC’s Robert H. Lee Graduate School at the Sauder School of Business. He has also studied Law at the University of Ottawa and French at l’Université du Quebec à Chicoutimi, and is a Fellow, Chartered Insurance Professional (FCIP).  Chris served as a Student Senator from 1996 to 1999, and is currently a two-term Convocation Senator (2005 – Present).

Lesley Bainbridge has served on the Alumni Association Board of Directors since 2010 as the Faculty Representative. She is the Director, Interprofessional Education in the Faculty of Medicine s well as Associate Principal in the College of Health Disciplines at the University of British Columbia. Her areas of special interest are interprofessional health education (IPE), and collaborative practice. Specific areas of focus within IPE include leadership, evaluation, curriculum development, rural health, geriatrics and underserved populations. She holds a masters degree in education and an interdisciplinary doctoral degree with a focus on interprofessional health education and is involved in teaching and scholarship in areas such as health human resources and shared decision making as they relate to interprofessional collaboration.

Stephen Owen has served on the Alumni Association Board of Directors since 2008 as a Senior Administration Representative. A former Member of Parliament of Canada for Vancouver Quadra, Stephen was appointed Vice President, External, Legal and Community Relations of The University of British Columbia on August 15, 2007.

Stephen Owen was first elected to Parliament in November 2000, and re-elected in June 2004 and January 2006. In government, he served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice, Secretary of State for Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Minister of Public Works and Government Services and Receiver General for Canada, Minister of Western Economic Diversification and Minister of Sport.

Prior to his election to Parliament, Stephen Owen was the David Lam Professor of Law and Public Policy and Director of the Institute for Dispute Resolution at the University of Victoria; Commissioner and Vice President of the Law Commission of Canada; Deputy Attorney General, Commissioner of Resources and Environment, Ombudsman and Executive Director for Legal Services Society of British Columbia; and a practicing lawyer.

Stephen Owen has advised numerous governments and international institutions in Asia, Africa, Latin America and Eastern Europe on issues of human rights, governance, conflict resolution and environmental sustainability. He has investigated security force killings in apartheid South Africa, Northern Ireland/Gibraltar, Somalia, Kosovo and Cambodia.

As Vice President, External, Legal and Community Relations at UBC, Stephen Owen’s responsibilities include government relations, University legal counsel, public affairs and communications, University community engagement, the Robson Square Campus, the Learning Exchange and 2010 Olympics.

Stephen Owen received a J.D. from UBC, a LL.M. from UCL, University of London, and a M.B.A. from the University of Geneva.

Norma-Jean Thompson has served on the Alumni Association Board of Directors since 2010 as the Young Alumni Representative. Since graduating with a Bachelor of Commerce from the Sauder School of Business in 2008, she has remained an active alumna as a conference speaker, student mentor, teaching assistant and case competition coach. Currently, Norma-Jean is a consultant with McKinsey & Company in Calgary, Alberta.

Catherine Comben has served on the Alumni Association Board of Directors since 2007 and is the current Chair of the UBC Okanagan Alumni Chapter. Catherine is also current Past President of the Rotary Club of Kelowna and is a Past President of the Kelowna Chamber of Commerce. Over the years she has held several other chair and director positions in many other organizations. Catherine believes in serving the community in which she lives and works and for this was recognized with the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Award in 2002.

Jim Southcott has served on the Alumni Association Board of Directors since 2009 and is a member of the Communications Committee. Jim is Chief Strategic Officer at TBWA Vancouver and is well known in the Vancouver marketing community as a strong strategic planner who excels at helping clients create new market space for their brands.  He works closely with TBWA strategic planners around the world to bring global perspectives to his local and national clients.  Jim also has a passion for working with start-up ventures in the tech and clean energy markets.  He is currently involved at an advisory level with MovieSet, Adhack, REV and Tagga.

Jim’s community involvement is evidenced by past Board experience (BC chapter of the American Marketing Association, the Vancouver Symphony, Volunteer Vancouver, Big Brothers of BC).  He currently sits on three boards – Uniserve Corp., The YMCA of Vancouver and The UBC Alumni Association.

Rod Hoffmeister has served on the Alumni Association Board of Directors since 2008 and is a member of the Alumni Centre Building Committee. Rod has extensive experience in manufacturing and sales of building materials and consumer goods. For the past 5 years he has been consulting to green businesses. His current interest is in business development within the field of bio-energy.

Rod has been a UBC volunteer with UBC Rowing Gold for Life for the past 10 years.

Sarah Morgan-Silvester serves on the Alumni Association Board of Directors in her capacity as UBC Chancellor. Sarah’s nomination and election as Chancellor in 2008 and her recent reappointment in 2011 were recommended by the UBC Alumni Association. She is honorary co-chair of the Alumni Centre Fundraising Committee.

In addition to her role as Chancellor of UBC, Sarah Morgan-Silvester is Chair of the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority and Chair of B.C. Women’s Hospital & Health Centre Foundation. She is a Director of ENMAX Corporation, the CD Howe Institute, and Women in the Lead Inc., and a Member of the David Suzuki Foundation National Business Advisory Council.

She is past Chair of the Lower Mainland Port Amalgamation Transition Committee, which was responsible for overseeing the merger of the three ports in the Lower Mainland, including Canada’s largest port. Past affiliations include: Chair, Blue Ribbon Council on Vancouver’s Business Climate; Chair, HSBC Trust Company (Canada); Chair, HSBC Securities (Canada) Inc; Chair, HSBC Investment Funds (Canada) Inc; Director, Canadian Direct Insurance Inc; Member of the Faculty Advisory Board for Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia and Director, Family Services of the North Shore.

Sarah has extensive experience across North America in the financial services sector.  As past Executive Vice President, Personal Financial Services and Wealth Management for HSBC Bank Canada, Sarah had national responsibility for retail banking, full service and self-directed brokerage, asset management, trust, insurance and private banking.  She is also a Fellow of the Institute of Canadian Bankers.

Sarah was named as one of Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 in 1998, and in 2010, was chosen as an Honouree by Influential Women in Business and named a Lifetime Achievement Honouree by the Association of Women in Finance.

Sarah graduated from UBC in 1982 with a Bachelor of Commerce (honours) and as the Kiwanis Gold Medal winner for graduating top of her class.

Professor Stephen J. Toope serves on the Alumni Association Board of Directors in his capacity as UBC President. Professor Toope was named the 12th President and Vice-Chancellor of The University of British Columbia on March 22, 2006. He will begin his second five-year term in July 2011.

An International Law scholar who represented Western Europe and North America on the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances from 2002-2007, Professor Toope’s academic interests include public international law, legal theory, human rights, international dispute resolution, and family law.

Professor Toope is active with many associations, currently serving as Vice Chair of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC), Member of the Research Council of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR), and Chair of The Research Universities’ Council of British Columbia (RUCBC). He is a Past Chair, World University Services Canada (WUSC).

Prior to joining UBC, Professor Toope was President of the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation, a position he held since 2002. The Foundation is an independent, private, and non-partisan organization created to promote outstanding research and interaction between researchers in the social sciences and humanities and the wider society. From 1994-1999, Prof. Toope served as the dean of McGill University’s Faculty of Law. Previously, he served as Law Clerk to the Rt. Hon. Chief Justice Dickson of the Supreme Court of Canada from 1986-1987. He continues to conduct research on many aspects of international law and is currently working on issues of human rights and culture, and the origins of international obligation in international society. His latest book is Legitimacy and Legality in International Law: an Interactional Account, published by Cambridge University Press in the summer of 2010.

A Canadian citizen, Professor Toope earned his PhD from Trinity College, Cambridge, (1987), his degrees in common law (LLB) and civil law (BCL) with honours from McGill University (1983), and graduated magna cum laude with his AB in History and Literature from Harvard University (1979).

Barbara Miles serves on the Alumni Association Board of Directors as President’s Designate. Ms. Miles was appointed Vice President, Development and Alumni Engagement in January 2008. Ms. Miles is responsible for leading one of the most innovative and integrated development and alumni engagement portfolios in Canada. A current focus of this portfolio is the evaluation and planning of a major comprehensive fundraising and alumni engagement campaign for the university.

Prior to joining UBC, Ms. Miles was the Associate Vice President for Development and campaign co-director at the University of Florida Foundation (UF) where she supervised the fundraising programs for the Colleges of Business, Engineering, Law, Liberal Arts and Sciences and for the Foundation’s two regional offices. In addition, Ms. Miles shared responsibility for planning and implementing UF’s $1.5 billion campaign (2005-2012).

Before joining the University of Florida, Ms. Miles was senior fundraiser for the Florida Philharmonic and worked in senior fundraising, marketing and public relations positions for the New World Symphony (Miami) and the Florida Grand Opera. Prior to that, she was a high school teacher of Music and French in England and in the Bahamas.

Ms. Miles earned a BA in Music from the University of Southampton, UK, and a Post Graduate Certificate of Education from the University of London, Goldsmith’s College.

Jeff Todd is an alumni relations professional with more than 25 years of experience in both Canadian and US institutions. He assumed the role of ED/AVP Alumni at the University of British Columbia in September, 2010, and has quickly immersed himself in the life of the university and with alumni building on his experience with similar governance structures. He currently leads a professional team of 34, provides executive management to a volunteer board of 23, and actively balances the strategic plans and priorities of both the non-profit, independent Alumni Association and the university to better serve its over 250,000 alumni worldwide.  UBC Alumni Affairs is focused on doubling alumni engagement during the next five years and building an iconic, vibrant, and welcoming alumni centre in the heart of the Point Gray campus.

Prior to joining UBC, Jeff served as Executive Director, Alumni Association/Director of Alumni Relations, for Oregon State University.  He also served in senior alumni relations positions at both the University of Arizona, and The College of Wooster.

Active in the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), Jeff has served on the international board and alumni relations commission.  A frequent speaker at and chair of CASE conferences, he received a Crystal Apple Teaching Award in 2008.  He currently serves on the board of the Council of Alumni Association Executives (CAAE).