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Hope in Shadows 2009

 

 
Pivot Foundation board of directors

The Pivot Foundation is a charitable foundation independent of Pivot Legal Society whose directors and supporters use their personal resources to creative and effective ways of sustaining and advancing the lives of our society's most marginalized people.

Ed Levy (Chair) is adjunct professor at the W. Maurice Young Centre for Applied Ethics at UBC, bringing knowledge gained at the biotechnology company QLT. Prior to joining QLT he taught philosophy of science at UBC. He now serves on the boards of several philanthropic organizations and businesses.

Bruce Poon Tip is the founder and CEO of G.A.P. Adventures. Founded in 1991, G.A.P Adventures has become Canada's largest adventure travel company. Bruce was awarded the Entrepreneur of the Year Award in Canada in 2002. His company was recently recognized as one of Canada's 50 Best Managed Companies, Canada's Top 100 Employers and as one of Canada's fastest growing companies by Profit magazine.

Dana Bass Solomon is celebrating her sixth year as CEO of Hollyhock on Cortes Island, B.C. She brings over 21 years of senior management skills in the hospitality and social business arena to her work at Hollyhock. Hollyhock is an internationally renowned centre for cultivation of human consciousness, well-being, and social impact.

John Nicola (Past Chair) is the CEO and chairman of Nicola Financial – a firm which focuses on financial and estate planning for business owners and professionals. John's expertise is in the area of wealth accumulation and management through the use of trusts, creative pension and insurance arrangements and professional investment managers. John has been working in the financial services industry since 1974.

 

Katrina Pacey is a practicing lawyer who has contributed to Pivot Legal Society as a volunteer since 2001. She is president of Pivot Legal Society's board of directors. Katrina has worked on a wide range of Pivot projects, most recently the Sex Work Project, the Policing Project and the Pivot Legal Cooperative. Katrina is a co-author of three major Pivot reports: To Serve and Protect, Voices for Dignity, and Beyond Decriminalization.

John Richardson is a co-founder of Pivot Legal Society and its current executive director. A graduate of Pearson College and the University of Victoria Law School, John has a long history of social, environmental, and political activism. In 2005, John was awarded the prestigious Ashoka Fellowship for social entrepreneurship.

Enid Marion is a former partner with Harris & Company with over 16 years experience in employment and labour law. In addition to her advocacy and policy work, she is a well-known author and presenter on human rights, privacy, employment and labour law. Enid is active in pro bono work, Chairing the Board of the Option Youth Society which operated Picasso Cafe, which provided street youth with marketable skills, and the Alzheimer's Society, where she joined the 2003 Kilimanjaro Ascent Team. She currently serves as a Governor of Commissionaires B.C. and works on behalf of the Dalai Lama Centre for Peace and Education and the David Suzuki Foundation's Four Great Rivers Project.

 

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