Announcing newly elected Directors for 2010
Announcing the newly elected members of the Board of Directors for 2010
At the Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce Annual General Meeting held on Thursday, November 19, four new nominees were elected to hold vacant positions on the 2010 Board of Directors. In addition to the four, one is a Returning Director:
New for 2010
Brad Alden
Director, Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce
Canwest Community Publishing
Brad Alden is a Regional Publisher for Canwest Community Publishing responsible for their newspaper and distribution operations in Coquitlam, Burnaby and New Westminster. This includes The NOW in Coquitlam, the Burnaby NOW and The Record in New Westminster. Additionally he is responsible for a regional classified call centre and centralized production facility which serve other Metro Vancouver markets. Alden has been in the newspaper business since 1988. Previously he held various owneroperator, franchise owner and senior operating partner roles with Keg Restaurants in both Canada and the U.S.
Alden is currently a member of the following boards: BC and Yukon Community Newspaper Association, Canadian Community Newspaper Association, Burnaby Board of Trade, Tourism Burnaby and the Fraser River Discovery Centre Foundation. He is past-chair of the Burnaby Board of Trade, Burnaby Board of Trade Board of Governors, BC and Yukon Community Newspaper Association and the Burnaby Association for Community Inclusion Foundation.
He was recognized as the Business Person of the Year at the Burnaby Board of Trade Business Excellence Awards in 2005.
Peggy Hunt
Director, Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce
Municipal Relations, Translink
Peggy Hunt has over 25 years of experience as a public relations and communications specialist, in addition to 14 years as an entrepreneur; owning and operating retail, wholesale and franchise businesses in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. She is a former director and
executive committee member of the Surrey Board of Trade, having served on that Board for some 8 – 9 years. She has participated on the Public Safety and Transportation and Infrastructure Committees and also participated on other committees such as the Police Officer of the Year Awards Committee. She is a member of the Canadian Public Relations Society and has her IAP2 Certification in Public Participation.
In her current position as Manager, Municipal Relations, with TransLink’s corporate and public affairs Peggy has responsibility for supporting public consultation/government relations, corporate communications, the Executive Team and Board Chair in planning and executing strategic stakeholder engagement initiatives.
Peggy resides locally and is a member of Port Coquitlam’s ‘Mayors Action Team on Homelessness’ (MATH) Taskforce. She has held various senior positions in private and crown corporations as well as owning her own strategic communications
consulting firm.
In addition to her professional life Peggy enjoys boating, running and traveling. She had the good fortune of being part of
a team of 10 and successfully summated Africa’s Mount Kilimanjaro as a fundraiser for the Alzheimer’s Society.
Richard Pasin
Director, Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce
Sprott-Shaw Community College
Richard Pasin is a Director of Education at Sprott-Shaw Community College. Headquartered in Port Coquitlam, BC, Sprott-Shaw Community College is the largest and oldest private college in British Columbia. It is now the largest practical nursing school in western Canada and the third largest in all of Canada. He is very proud of his recent nursing graduates (September 2009) from the Tri-Cities area who achieved a 100% pass rate on the national exam.
Having taught at the collegiate level for several years he took over the post of business department head where he was responsible for helping develop sales, marketing, e-commerce, human resources, customer service, management and communications curriculum to a team of instructors located throughout British Columbia. Since assuming his executive position in 2003, Pasin has overseen the growth and development of three different campuses and helped oversee the start-up of the trades programs.
Pasin has committed to advancing the Tri-Cities Chamber’s agenda, which is designed to help strengthen the local economy by ensuring we have a strong and vibrant business community. He believes education (public and private) is a very important component to continually developing a local workforce and set of entrepreneurs capable of meeting the challenges posed by a recovering economy.
He has years of experience working with local, provincial, and national regulatory bodies, and with local businesses to accomplish goals set by the college. His efforts have led to the successful education and job placement of thousands of adult students.
Pasin serves on two different boards of directors-Sprott-Shaw Community College and Cliff Avenue United Football Club.
Born in Burnaby in 1970, Pasin earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of British Columbia and later earned his executive and teaching credentials at the UBC Sauder School of Business and at Vancouver Community College.
Richard and his wife, Anthea, live in Coquitlam, BC. They have one daughter.
Brenda Phillips
Director, Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce
First Services Hospitality
Brenda Phillips, is the owner of First Services Hospitality, a full service hospitality company that specializes in, supplying event staff for corporate and private events, hospitality consulting specializing in hotel conversions and food and beverage solutions, food and beverage training, and simple yet elegant catering, providing outstanding food for corporate and private events.
With over 20 years in the hospitality industry, Brenda’s has held positions of General Manager, of Holiday Inn Express and Ramada, Director of Food and Beverage in both hotel and casino settings, and General Manager of Food & Beverage Services Student Society at SFU.
Brenda has received recognition from Intercontinental Hotels Group for outstanding service in new hotel openings. Certifications both past and present include certification for Wyndham Worldwide and Intercontinental Hotels Group, Food Safe, Serving-it-right, Consulting and as a certified trainer for Food and Beverage Programs.
Brenda is a member of the Vancouver Consultants, BC Restaurant Food Service Association and International Special Events Society.
Brenda resides in Port Moody with her fiancé Phil, and her daughter Mariza who is attending SFU.
Returning Director
Mark Pettie
Director, Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce
Pettie Insurance & Financial
Mark has been an active resident of the Tri Cities for over 30 years. He is married to Tina and they have 2 children Kyle 14 and Jordan 12. Mark operates Pettie Insurance & Financial Services and is a broker of insurance products such as term life and employee health benefit plans.
“I have enjoyed this past year as a director of the Tri Cities Chamber of Commerce. Through attendance at the monthly board meetings and participation in a number of committees, I have become familiar with the Chambers issues and processes. I look forward to expanding my role and another year of service.”
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