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 WENDY
SMITKA
PRESIDENT
INFO TO COME
DOUGLAS HOARE
VICE PRESIDENT
A career banker, with over 25 years in the
financial industry, Doug currently helps unemployed individuals attached
to EI put their "best foot forward" in formal applications for Federal
Government funding support for specific training. An avid year-round
island golfer, he is also involved with several other organizations in
Nanaimo, serving as President of Chamber Sunrisers Toastmasters;
Director and Chair, Land Acquisition Committee for Habitat for Humanity
Mid-Vancouver Island (HFHMVI) Society; Up-Island Director for the
Vancouver Island Region - Porsche Club of America (VIR-PCA); and
co-founder of V.I. Pathfinders (Mastermind Club). Doug professes to
having no theatrical ability...but some do believe he excels in movie
and music trivia.
IAN BURNETT
TREASURER
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LEONIE S. GARDNER
DIRECTOR
Ms. Gardner has had a wide and varied
career in the Arts in England and Canada, as an actress on stage, in film
& television and as a stage director. She has also conducted numerous
seminars and workshops in voice & acting for universities, colleges,
schools, theatre companies, corporations and for individuals. She also
held the position of Professor in voice & acting in the theatre department
of the University of Ottawa.
She has
served on numerous boards including The Ottawa Little Theatre and OHFTA
(the Ottawa Hull Film & Television Association) and has been director of
The National Canadian Playwriting Competition and founder and Artistic
Director of Stage Studio Ottawa. She has also worked as a casting agent
for film & television and was founder and operator of First Stage Talent
Agency.
In
addition she has served on award jury panels for ACTRA, the City of Ottawa
Cultural Assistance Program, the Ottawa Arts Funding Program and C.C.T.V.
Galaxi Pay TV & Specialty Awards.
Ms Gardner
graduated from The Birmingham School of Speech & Drama, with a degree in
drama & speech. She later went on to receive a degree in ‘theatre in
education’ from Kings Alfred College.
In addition
she has studied journalism & communication at Carleton University, Ottawa.
Since
moving to Nanaimo in 2004 she has conducted voice workshops for Theatre
BC’s Mainstage 05, and participated in numerous staged readings at the
Theatre Centre on Gabriola Island and for TheatreOne’s Emerging Voice
Series.
DENIS FOSTER
DIRECTOR
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JUDITH GIBSON
DIRECTOR
Judith Gibson is
the managing partner of the firm, Gibson, Sage and Associates Inc., and
a seasoned facilitator, public speaker and writer.
Her consulting
work focuses on strengthening organizational capacity and the
effectiveness of the people who make the work happen. This includes
visioning and team building, strategic planning and strategy
development, scenario planning and issue resolution. She offers
workshops in such areas as innovation, change management, leadership,
communications and time management. She also provides writing and
research support to clients, bringing a focus on organizational issues
and a gift for synthesizing and conveying complex material clearly and
effectively. She is certified to administer the Myers Briggs Type
Indicator, and she delivers this and other assessment tools as a
platform for leadership development and team building. Recent clients
have included Malaspina University College; Ontario’s Education Quality
and Accountability Office; the EcoSmart Foundation; McMaster University;
and the Canadian Medical Association.
In her work with
universities, Judith designs, facilitates and manages program offerings
for an executive network of university vice-presidents called the
Quality Network for Universities, a group formed in 1993 by The
Conference Board of Canada. The network provides senior university
leaders a forum for exploring critical leadership and change issues,
with regular meetings, an annual workshop and site visits to the US and
overseas. She also writes a column on leadership for the University
Manager, the professional magazine of university administrators.
From 1993 to
2002, Judith worked with The Conference Board of Canada as a principal
research associate with a particular focus on leadership, on changing
organizational practice and on the challenges facing educators. During
that time she carried out research and produced publications on various
issues linked to organizational effectiveness, leadership, innovation
and change. She has co-chaired executive study tours to look at
organizational best practice in public and private sectors, and she has
spoken extensively on the challenges facing organizations and
implications of private sector experience for public sector
organizations.
ADVANCE \d 12She
joined the Conference Board from the federal government where she worked
in executive development, policy and program management over her twelve
years as a public servant. Her early career was in communications. She
has a Masters of Arts degree in Public Administration.
Judith is
Secretary to the Board of Theatre One and a past member of the Board of
Directors of the dIVA Foundation.
ANDREA ROSATO-TAYLOR
DIRECTOR
Andrea Rosato-Taylor
has been in the media business for 25 years.
Her career
started out selling community radio in The San Francisco Bay Area.
In 1984 she
decided to follow in her fathers footsteps and work for a newspaper; The
Alameda Newspaper Group.
In 1986 Andrea
accepted a job at The San Francisco Chronicle Examiner.
During her
tenure at the Chronicle/Examiner she started as a sales rep and was
promoted to Real Estate Sales Manager, then Sales Development Manager
and then to Call Center Manager -- her 15 year career gave her the
opportunity to become a frequent speaker at newspaper conferences in
Australia, Cancun and other parts of the U.S. One of her greatest
speaking experiences was when she was asked to train a group of young
newspaper managers at the “American Press Institute.”
Her topics
varied from “How to motivate staff" to "How to work in a union
environment”.
In 2001 she
married a Canadian and moved to Vancouver where she continued her
newspaper career with The Vancouver Sun and Province. In the 6 years
that she worked at that organization she created several new products
that produced a million plus dollars in revenue.
In June of this
year she and her husband decided that there was no reason to wait till
retirement to live where they always wanted and that was the Island. She
currently works for the Nanaimo Daily News and the Harbour City Star.
ELIZABETH MURPHY
DIRECTOR
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MICHAEL STEBBINGS - management and theatre specialist
DIRECTOR
 Michael moved to the mid-Island region to work as project manager for
the design phase of the Port Theatre in 1990. After it was built he was
engaged as building manager at The Port for the start-up years.
Michael became actively involved in community theatre at that time. He
was a Board Member of Nanaimo Theatre Group and their Technical Manager
for 5 years.
Since then he has produced, stage managed or prepared lighting designs
for over 50 shows including serious dramas, comedies, classics and
musicals, opera and more, working for various companies on Vancouver
Island. His shows have been seen at the Bailey Studio, Qualicum Village
Theatre, YellowPoint Community Theatre, and at Sid Williams in
Courtenay, Tidemark Theatre in Campbell River, McPherson Playhouse in
Victoria, Capital Theatre in Port Alberni, Cowichan Community Theatre in
Duncan, Sagebrush Theatre in Kamloops and the Civic Theatre in Kelowna
as well as the Port Theatre in Nanaimo.
An avid supporter of the Arts he was a Board Member of the
Nanaimo Conservatory of Music for several years. As treasurer he was
responsible for the conversion of their accounting practices to a
computer based system.
He
has acted as stage manager for concerts put on by Nanaimo Conservatory
of Music and A Cappella Plus.
No stranger to institutional challenges, he was responsible
for starting, then chairing the Strata Management Committee for a new
condominium development on Stuart Avenue.
A consistent advocate for safer working conditions, he has
promoted safety issues in the performing arts. He developed safety
standards and initiated action plans for The Port Theatre, Bailey Studio
and Qualicum Village Theatres.
CAROL AMES
 Carole Ames has
had a
multi-faceted career in planning, management and human relations. As a
professional planner she held positions in a number of communities
across Canada including Director of Planning for the City of
Yellowknife. Later she shifted her focus to the social service sector
and was with the Vancouver Crisis Centre for several years. Finally her
planning, management and counselling interests converged when she moved
into a senior management position at The Haven Resort & Institute, a
personal and professional development centre on Gabriola Island.
In 2002 she left her
management position at The Haven to form Creative Pursuits, through
which she offers facilitation, counselling and consulting services. She
continues to be involved with The Haven as their Director of
International Relations and also as a member of their Core Faculty.
Carole brings her
pragmatism, passion for life, and accomplished communication skills to
everything she tackles. One of her personal interests has been the
exploration of acting, including comedy. She has appeared in a number of
productions, and has also directed a one-woman show starring Catherine
Caines.
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