> Two new members appointed to Board of Governors
Two new members appointed to Board of Governors
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Marianne Meadahl, PAMR, 778.782.4323
Marianne Meadahl, PAMR, 778.782.4323
March 6, 2008
Businessman Peter Dhillon and lawyer Brian Taylor are new appointees to
Simon Fraser University’s Board of Governors.
Dhillon is CEO of B.C. based Richberry Group, one of Ocean Spray Cranberries’ largest shareholders and suppliers.
He is also an ambassador for the 2010 Olympics and was formerly on the Vancouver 2010 Organizing Committee Board as Chairman of the audit committee. He was also a member of the board of Vancouver 2010 Bid Corporation.
Dhillon is chair of the new Vancouver branch of Right to Play, which implements Sport for Development and Peace programs on a global scale to improve health and life skills for children and communities affected by war, poverty and disease.
He also serves on the board of directors of the Vancouver International Airport Authority and is a former vice chairman of the B.C. Ferry Corporation and the Agriculture Land Commission. He has been a board director with the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency and the VGH and UBC Hospital Foundation.
Dhillon received his Bachelor of Arts degree in history from UBC and earned an LL.B with honors in the U.K., from the University of Leeds.
Taylor, a partner with Bull, Housser & Tupper, provides counsel and solicitor’s services to local governments and regulatory bodies, the real estate profession and other self-regulating organizations.
Taylor has advised local governments on a wide variety of matters, from subdivision and development issues to public/private partnerships.
He lectures extensively to the real estate profession and is an experienced lecturer on administrative and local government law, and has spoken at local universities and colleges as well as to the development community. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree and an LL.B at UBC.
Taylor is past chair and honorary governor of the Leon and Thea Koerner Foundation. He is also past chair of the municipal law subsection of the Canadian Bar Association’s B.C. branch and the Vancouver Planning Commission, and is a member of the Municipal Officers Association.
Dhillon is CEO of B.C. based Richberry Group, one of Ocean Spray Cranberries’ largest shareholders and suppliers.
He is also an ambassador for the 2010 Olympics and was formerly on the Vancouver 2010 Organizing Committee Board as Chairman of the audit committee. He was also a member of the board of Vancouver 2010 Bid Corporation.
Dhillon is chair of the new Vancouver branch of Right to Play, which implements Sport for Development and Peace programs on a global scale to improve health and life skills for children and communities affected by war, poverty and disease.
He also serves on the board of directors of the Vancouver International Airport Authority and is a former vice chairman of the B.C. Ferry Corporation and the Agriculture Land Commission. He has been a board director with the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency and the VGH and UBC Hospital Foundation.
Dhillon received his Bachelor of Arts degree in history from UBC and earned an LL.B with honors in the U.K., from the University of Leeds.
Taylor, a partner with Bull, Housser & Tupper, provides counsel and solicitor’s services to local governments and regulatory bodies, the real estate profession and other self-regulating organizations.
Taylor has advised local governments on a wide variety of matters, from subdivision and development issues to public/private partnerships.
He lectures extensively to the real estate profession and is an experienced lecturer on administrative and local government law, and has spoken at local universities and colleges as well as to the development community. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree and an LL.B at UBC.
Taylor is past chair and honorary governor of the Leon and Thea Koerner Foundation. He is also past chair of the municipal law subsection of the Canadian Bar Association’s B.C. branch and the Vancouver Planning Commission, and is a member of the Municipal Officers Association.