Board Members

Marnie Larson is the Vice President, Human Capital Management Practice for OnActuate, a Global Information Technology and Consulting Firm.  She has 25 years of operational, consulting, and sales experience in the technology industry focusing on delivering quality product and a positive customer experience.  Previous board experience includes the the Community Living BC Board, Better Business Bureau of Mainland BC Board, presiding as a Director and Treasurer of the Wired Woman Society (2005-2013) and the Simon Fraser University MBA Alumni Board (2005-2012). Her community experience includes providing mentorship at the SFU Beedie Graduate School of Business (2010-present). Ms. Larson holds a Bachelor of Commerce from UBC and an MBA from SFU. 

Carla Hotel is the Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences at Douglas College. She holds master’s degrees from UBC (Counselling Psychology) and from SFU (Criminology). Her professional experience includes extensive policy analysis and program evaluation, and research has focused in areas such as victimization, resiliency, post-traumatic stress injuries in first response professions, and access barriers for marginalized youth. She is currently a co-investigator with McGill university (IMPACTS), in an international partnership to address sexual violence and misconduct in university settings. In 2020, she was awarded the President’s Excellence Award for her work on the development and approval of the first Bachelor of Arts in Applied Criminology and Honours degrees at Douglas College. Her past board experience includes the Canadian Youth Foundation, New Westminster Police Board, the British Columbia Association of Police Boards, and the New Westminster Victims Assistance Unit Board.

Bill Chan currently sits on the Board of Directors of Vancity Credit Union, Canada’s largest community-based credit union with over 560,000 members and $33 billion in assets. He is Chair of the Audit Committee and member of the Governance and Risk Committees. 

Mr. Chan has over 25 years of executive management experience with Encorp / Return-It depots and was their Senior Vice President and CFO. He directed, managed and led a dynamic team to deliver a convenient, effective recycling network of Return-It depots for beverage containers, used electronic products and other consumer packaging.  Mr. Chan’s career path has focused on building a successful program that brings together financial sustainability and being environmentally and socially responsible.  His formal education includes a Chartered Professional Accountant designation (CPA), a MBA from Asia Pacific University and the Institute of Corporate Directors designation (ICD.D).

Christina J. Cook, KC is a First Nations woman; specifically, she is Status Indian and a proud member of Brokenhead Ojibway Nation. Ms. Cook is a lawyer and was called to the bar in 2010.  During her legal practice Ms. Cook has worked as in-house counsel for a large national insurer; private practice in both British Columbia and Manitoba; and most recently as a senior policy lawyer. Her past experience is broad, including work in the areas of civil litigation, regulatory matters, and policy. She has appeared at all levels of Court in Manitoba and has appeared in the BC Supreme Court and BC Provincial Court.  Active in her community Ms. Cook has extensive board experience, community service and volunteer experience including Founder and Co-Chair of the Aboriginal Lawyers Forum (CBABC), Current Bencher of the Law Society of British Columbia, Director of the Pacific Association of First Nations Women, Past Chair of the Canadian Defence Lawyers D&I Committee.  She holds her Bachelor of Arts from University of Winnipeg and her Bachelor of Laws Degree from University of British Columbia. Ms. Cook received her King's Counsel (KC) designation in 2025.

Maureen Levy was a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) for over 37 years.  During the span of her career, she served in five different RCMP divisions including Alberta, BC, Saskatchewan, Nunavut and the Northwest Territories. Throughout her career, she has worked in frontline policing, plainclothes, detachment command, Human Resources, and Criminal Operations. In January 2026, Ms. Levy transitioned to ‘E’ Division Special Projects, her project was modernizing the RCMP Recruiting Program. Ms. Levy was also privileged to serve as the Canadian Police Contingent Commander and the Chief Gender Advisor for the Coalition Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve for a period of one-year from September 2018 to September 2019. As a result of her dedication and service in Iraq, she was awarded three medals: the Canadian Armed Forces General Service Medal; the French National Defence Medal and US Legion of Merit Medal.

Ms. Levy holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce from Dalhousie University, a Diploma with Distinction in Human Resources from Grant MacEwan University, a Chartered Professional Human Resources Designation (CPHR) and has also completed the RCMP International Executive Development Program. She has been invested as an Officer of the Order of Merit for the Police Forces by Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada.

George Madden is a long-standing veteran of the executive search industry as well as a successful entrepreneur and business leader.  Prior to co-founding PFM Executive Search, Mr. Madden held various senior leadership roles with Canada’s The Jim Pattison Group, was a VP with the 1986 World Exposition (Expo 86 Corporation), and was Chief of Staff to two Mayors at the City of Vancouver.

 Mr. Madden previously served on the E-Comm 911 Board of Directors as the nominee of the Independent Police Boards (Abbotsford, New Westminster, Port Moody, Transit Police, West Vancouver).  His past board experience includes: Panorama Partners Global Search (2012-2019); Association of Executive Search Consultants (2009-2014); Jack Webster Foundation (2007-2017); EMA Partners International (2002-2009).  Mr. Madden is Chair of the Transit Police Board Governance Committee and a member of the Finance Committee.

Joshua Myers is the Chief Executive Officer of the BC Centre for Ability, which is an award-winning organization that provides a full spectrum of rehabilitation, child developmental, counselling, mental health and employment services to children, youth and adults with disabilities and their families across BC. Mr. Myers is a social worker by training, but over the last 15 years has held various senior level leadership positions within the health and social service sectors. In 2020, he was named one of Business in Vancouver’s Top 40 under 40. He is a husband, a dad and a proud resident of Delta. In his spare time, he coaches youth hockey and trains and competes internationally in the sport of triathlon. Mr. Myers has a Bachelor of Arts from Saint Mary's University and a Bachelor and Masters in Social Work from Dalhousie University.

Shan Parmar is the President of Fire-Pro, a leading BC-based fire protection company.  Previously, Mr. Parmar was the Head of Evo Car Share and was responsible for the design, development, launch, and operation of Evo.  Mr. Parmar holds an MBA from Yale University, an HBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business, and a BA in Political Science from the University of Western Ontario.  Mr. Parmar resides with his wife and kids in Burnaby and can be found on the 112 to Edmonds Station.

Andrea Reimer has been a prominent voice in Vancouver and the metro region, with expertise in helping communities navigate complex power dynamics to achieve policy change. Ms. Reimer began her career as an organizer advancing social, environmental, and economic justice. In 2002, she was elected to the Vancouver School Board, a first for the Green Party in Canada. In 2008, she co-chaired Gregor Robertson's successful mayoral campaign and was elected herself to three terms on Vancouver City Council. Ms. Reimer led many Council initiatives including the Greenest City Action Plan and developing the City’s framework for reconciliation with Indigenous peoples. Ms. Reimer also served ten years as a Director of Metro Vancouver Regional District. 

After leaving municipal politics in 2018, Ms. Reimer was awarded a Loeb Fellowship at Harvard University's Graduate School of Design and served as inaugural Policy Practitioner Fellow at UBC's School of Public Policy and Global Affairs. She founded Tawâw Strategies, supporting progressive leaders implementing bold ideas, with clients including First Nations, local governments, public sector agencies, and NGOs. Ms. Reimer teaches power literacy at UBC and SFU and hosts the She.They.Us. podcast. She remains active in regional policy making as a TransLink director and Chair of Metro Vancouver's Independent Panel on Consultation and Engagement.