WENDY SMITKA
PRESIDENT

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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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