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Influential Women in Business Awards

Previous winners

 

2012
Wendy Grant-John, executive adviser*, aboriginal client services, Deloitte
Jill Leversage, financial consultant
Lois Nahirney, executive vice-president, corporate resources, Teekay
Launi Skinner, CEO, First West Credit Union
Kari Yuers, President and CEO, Kryton International
Elizabeth Harrison, partner, Farris, Vaughan, Wills and Murphy LLP; BIV Lifetime Achievement Award winner

2011
Christine Day, CEO*, Lululemon
Tina Osen, president and CEO, HUB international Insurance Brokers
Evaleen Jaager Roy, principal, Jaager Roy advisory
Amiee Chan, president and CEO, Norsta International
Tracy Redies, president and CEO, Coast Capital
Bev Briscoe, owner, Briscoe Management; BIV Lifetime Achievement Award winner

2010
Janet Austin, CEO, YWCA Vancouver
Ida Goodreau, corporate director and former CEO, LifeLabs and Vancouver Coastal Health
Sarah Morgan-Silvester, chancellor, University of British Columbia
Cybele Negris, co-founder, Webnames.ca
Janine North, CEO, Northern Development initiative Trust
Julia Levy, corporate director, co-founder, QLT Inc.; B/V Lifetime Achievement Award winner

2009
Julia Kim, vice-president, Phillips Hager North Investment Management
Tracey Mcvicar, managing director, CAI Capital Management
Colleen Nystedt, president and CEO, MovieSet Inc.
Jane Peverett, corporate director
Tamara Vrooman, CEO, Vancity
Carole Taylor, former finance minister of B.C. and B.C. MLA; B/V Lifetime Achievement Award winner

2008
Laura Hansen, president, Image Group Inc.
Catherine Roome, COO, BC Safety Authority
Lisa Pankratz, president, chief compliance officer, Mackenzie Cundill Investment Management
Patrice Pratt, chair, Vancity board of directors
Wanda Costuros, corporate director
Barbara Rae, co-founder, Dekora Staging, corporate director; BIV Lifetime Achievement Award winner

2007
Shushma Datt, founder, president and CEO, i.t. Productions Ltd.
N.J. (Dee) Millerz, vice-president, finance, administration and human resources, JJM Group
Elise Rees, partner, Ernst and Young LLP
Elizabeth Watson, owner, Governance Advisory Services
Sue Adams, co-owner, Bevendale Enterprises Inc.
Grace McCarthy, former politician; BIV Lifetime Achievement Award winner

2006
Kazuko Komatsu, president, Pacific Western Brewing Co.
Roslyn Kunin, principal, Roslyn Kunin and Associates
Alice Laberge, former president and CEO, Fincentric Corp.
Judy Rogers, city manager, City of Vancouver
Anne Stewart, partner, Blake, a Cassels & Graydon LLP
Lis Welch, vice-chair, Welch Group
Wendy B. McDonald, BC Bearing Group; BIV Lifetime Achievement Award winner

2005
Debra Lykkemark, owner, Culinary Capers
Sandra Stevenson, CEO and president, Sport BC
Karen Flavelle, owner, Purdy’s Chocolates
Pat Jacobsen, CEO, TransLink
Eva Lee Kwok, CEO, Amara International Investment
Doreen McKenzie Sanders, executive director of Women in the Lead; BIV Lifetime Achievement Award winner

2004
Barbara Maple, general manager, Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre
Nancy McKinstry, vice-president, Odlum Brown
Catherine Osler, communications consultant
Sue Paish, managing partner, Fasken Martineau
Faye Wightman, vice-president, external relations, University of Victoria

2003
Jill Bodkin, founder, Golden Heron Enterprises
Anne Lippert, founder, Lippert investments
Martha Piper, president, University of British Columbia
Anne Sutherland, head, B.C. and Yukon division, RBC Royal Bank
Naomi Yamamoto, founder, Lasercolour

2002
Judy Bishop, founder, Bishop and Co.
Frances McGuckin, consultant, owner of SmaIIBizPro.com
Carole Taylor, chair, Canadian Broadcasting Corp.
Linda Thorstad, executive director, Vancouver Economic Development Corp.
Shannon Byrne, president and CEO, Paradata Systems

2001
Mobina Jaffer, president, YWCA of Canada
Lucille Johnstone, head, B.C. and Yukon division, St. John Ambulance
Wendy Lisogar-Cocchia, president and founder, Absolute Spa Group
Susan Mendelson, owner, Lazy Gourmet
Lynn Warren, radiologist, founder of the Vancouver Breast Centre

2000
Nancy Greene, co-owner of Sun Peaks’ Nancy Greene Cahilty Lodge
Maureen Chant, Jim Pattison’s assistant
Julia Levy, president and CEO, QLT Inc.
Gerri Sinclair, president and CEO, Ncompass Labs Inc.
Nancy Stibbard, owner and general manager, Capilano Suspension Bridge

 Thank you to the many nominators and nominees. We are proud to be associated with you.
* Honourees’ tittles indicate their positional at the time they were awarded.

Source: Business in Vancouver