Beauty Night Society is very pleased to announce the election of its new Board of Directors.
Co-Chair is Sheryl Williamson. Sheryl has been a Vancouver resident for 15 years now. With a strong belief in building community, Sheryl and her family give many hours of volunteer time. She holds key positions in several community organizations and has participated in many initiatives such as: She is currently a Vancouver Police Board Member, On the West End Citizens’ Action Network (WECAN), Chair (since 2003), Family Services of Greater Vancouver (1134 Burrard Project), Community Advisory Committee Member, Our House Recovery Society, Board Member Four Pillars Coalition. She has previously been on West End Integrated Neighbourhood Network (WEINN), Steering Committee Member and Working Group Lead , Immediate Past Chair Safe Streets Coalition, Member Justice Review Task Force (Street Crime Working Group), Past Participant Sheryl is the Chief Operations Officer and a founding partner of a privately owned business in Vancouver and holds several industry designations. She is a Certified Marketing Executive with a
Diploma in Sales and Marketing from the Sauder School of Business at UBC. Sheryl’s passion is in building potential ~ both that of individuals and organizations. She is married with one child.
Also Co-Chairing is Gwen Webster. Gwen Webster brings her expertise of Marketing and Special Events to Beauty Night Society Board. She has been serving on the board since 2006. She also became an active volunteer in 2009 as she strongly believes in the society and they work they do. Gwen has been a marketing professional in Vancouver for the last 10 years. Her career highlights have been: Launching a new high-end Real Estate Company, launching a high-end magazine, successfully saving a Victorian Pub and establishing her own mining company. She is currently working for a publicly traded Company called EACOM Timber Corporation. There she has worked on an acquisition, complete new set of branding, investor relations, and presentations.
Secretary-Treasurer is Christie Gray. Christie offers over 10 years experience in administrative roles in various industries including: Internet publishing, government, automotive, Geo-technical and HVAC. Christie offers excellent organization skills, quickness and efficiency, experience taking meeting minutes in various committees, and very strong computer skills. Christie also has a strong background in web design and marketing (both traditional and web based), roles she is currently both involved with her Mother’s store, Thyme to Cook based out of Ontario, as well as being a legal assistant at a mining company here in Vancouver. Christie is also a Registered Natural Health Care practitioner. Christie has volunteered in the past with other agencies such as Humane Society, Animal Love, Kids Help Phone, Heart and Stroke Foundation among others.
Bill Nevison: Writer/producer Citytv Creative Services, promotion & commercial production. Previously worked as a writer/producer at Global TV. Won various broadcast awards, including gold medals from Canadian Association of Broadcasters (CAB) Promax/BDA, and InternationalCrimeStoppers. Has been on the Beauty Night board of directors for 3 years. His role on the Beauty Night Media Committee includes writing and editing Beauty Night press releases, media packages, and media guidelines. Has been involved with the annual Beauty Night stocking drive and has also documented the event.
Darren Reiter is the Chief Executive Officer and a Director of the Board of eMedia Networks International Corporation, a sonic branding company listed publicly on the Canadian Venture Exchange (TSX.EMM) Darren has a Bachelor of Arts from the University of British Columbia (1992), a Masters in English Literature from the University of Edinburgh (1995) and a Certificate in Journalism from Langara College (1997) In partnership with award winning producers and directors including Braemar Court Productions and Bowen Arrow Productions, Darren has produced several short movies including “The River of Jordan” which screened at the Atlantic Film Festival in 2007 and “Amazon Falls,” a feature length drama currently in post production. Darren resides in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Dave Dickson Born and raised in Vancouver area, joined the Vancouver Police Department in May,1980 and ended up becoming an Advocate for Street workers and youth, spent his entire career working in the Downtown Eastside, over the last 6 years has received a number of awards listed below:
· 2003-Recognition Award from Native Health Society
· 2004-Police Officer of the Year
· 2004-Federal Justice Dept. Award for working with Youth
· 2004-International Safety Award for working to keep High Risk Women safe
· 2005-City of Vancouver”Youth Ally Award”
· 2005-Solicitor General’s Community Policing Award
· 2006-B.C.Civil Liberties Award
· 2006-Queen’s Jubilee Medal for Community Policing
· 2006-Premier’s B.C.Community Achievement Award
Dave left the Vancouver Police Department in August 2008 and is currently working with another organization as an outreach worker still in the Downtown Eastside so he may continue his work with the Street Youth and Women.
Eileen McDougallCurrently the Manager of Human Resources for 2 television stations, Citytv Vancouver and Omni BC. She hasworked at the Citytv Vancouver location for 16+ years. During that time, the station has undergone 4 changes of ownership. Each new owner brought with them their own brand ofmanagement, structure and organization which provided Eileen with the opportunity to acquire awealth of transferable skills and experience – i.e. policy management, recruitment, training,employee relations, etc. Prior to working with Citytv Vancouver, she worked as the Classified Advertising Manager for The Vancouver Courier newspaper and the Business In Vancouver newspaper and as a claims adjuster for ICBC. Eileen is the mother of 2 adult children, the grandmother of 2 granddaughters and former foster parent of 3 children.
Fergus McCann: Currently Manager-Media & Community Relations for BC Housing. Prior to joining BC Housing, Fergus worked for 5 years at CTV BC and nearly 20 years at CKVU (Channel 13 – now Citytv) on programs as diverse as The Vancouver Show, the Laurier La Pierre talk show and in the newsroom on the assignment desk. His early years in broadcasting included working in radio in Salmon Arm and Kelowna. Born and raised in South Vancouver, Fergus and family have been living in Burnaby since 1984. His community service has included time on boards such as the BC Confederation of Parent Advisory Councils, the Family Support Institute and most recently, the Burnaby Association for Community Inclusion. He was recognized as a City of Burnaby Local Hero in 2005.
Kevin Day is a social entrepreneur with experience running both private and public companies. In 1998, Kevin founded Riskebiz Internet Services Inc., a company which helps entrepreneurs in the developing world establish and grow local businesses by connecting them with microfinance services through the mobile web. In 2002 Kevin helped establish Feed Me Sports Inc., a company which published sports related content for mobile phones. Under Kevin’s leadership, Feed Me Sports acquired Mobilized Entertainment in 2008, a public company that trades on the over the counter market in the United States. Mr. Day has experience raising money for startups and he is also an experienced computer programmer developing many of his company’s mobile applications. Kevin was a Director of the British Columbia Captive Insurance Association for 10 years and is currently a Committee Member of the Canadian Captive Insurance Association. Kevin obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of British Columbia in 1994. After university and prior to starting his first business, Kevin worked for several years in the insurance industry as a property and casualty insurance broker. Kevin is an avid runner and enjoys movies, documentaries, and reading biographies of business icons.
Sarah Mah is a fifth year UBC student graduating next year with a bachelors degree in genetics with honours. She was introduced to Beauty Night when she accompanied my mother to some of the events. With her mother’s background in dentistry, she was working on educating Beauty Night clients about proper dental hygiene, while handing out toothbrush/toothpaste donations. She became very interested in Ms. Caroline McGillivray’s cause, and began to understand the value of both physical and social health for these women. It was not until after she had completed my accelerated high school education, and most of my undergraduate degree that she found more time to devote to the program.She started out with doing nails, which emphasized to her the huge social impact that such a simple service could provide. She then looked towards how she could improve the lives of women in other situations as well, and simultaneously took a volunteer job working for childcare at the Vancouver Rape Relief & Women’s Shelter.
Beauty Night is entering an exciting period of growth which will be guided by the amazing board that has been elected.
