Board of Directors
Annie Bennett - Director
Annie Bennett is a London trained make up artist for film and television, she also is a certified member of the British Association of Skin Camouflage for scars and burn victims. After living in the UK and reading an article about Beauty Night Society she envisioned setting up a chapter of the society in London. Upon reflection however, realised that it would be impossible to fully encapsulate the Beauty Night Society ethos and procedures without having the practical experience of actually participating in a Beauty Night session. Upon gaining the opportunity to come to Vancouver her original idea was to gain this necessary experience in order to put it into practice for women in London, however upon arrival in Vancouver, meeting Caroline and working with the Beauty Night ladies in the role of facialist the plans quickly shifted in that her relocation is now permanent. Annie loves all aspects of Beauty Night from seeing regular clients and building up a repartee to the introduction of new people who can come and are embraced by the environment. Beauty Night Society incorporates Annie’s fundamental belief that having a foundation in self is the most valuable commodity anybody can posses.
David Chen – Treasurer
He is a McGill and UBC alumni who has has a variety of degrees and professional training with real world experiences. He is no stranger to governance as he serves as a director on various boards and is president of his 530 member strata. He volunteers for a variety of non-profit organizations and mentors young Canadian business entrepreneurs.
Born and raised in Vancouver, David has built strong relationships with friends, colleagues and clients. Everybody knows that he and his team are “there for them”. Their mission is to “empower everyone to do the seemingly impossible!” In the pursuit of this mission, David’s team has a wide network of affiliations that allow him to help those in need even if the problem is not financial.
David has been in the financial field since January 2004 and specializes in investment, insurance, and leveraging strategies for personal and corporate matters focusing on minimizing financial loss and encouraging growth. Through stop-loss plans and low tax investments, he has helped many families meet their financial challenges, particularly those with disabilities that want federal and social benefits integrated into their plans.
Kristi Delorme - Director
Kristi Delorme has worked as a Social Worker supporting Aboriginal children and families since 2008. She began her career working within the Aboriginal community after volunteering at the Urban Native Youth Association homework clubs in Vancouver in 2003. After being successful in her application to become the Program Coordinator with the First Nations School Success Program, Kristi moved into a Program Coordinator position for the Aboriginal Mentorship Program that connects First Nations youth with positive role models and mentors. Kristi was reminded each day of the negative affect colonization, residential schools and high child removal rates by the government had on the ongoing cycle of addiction, abuse and violence in the Aboriginal community. This experience motivated Kristi to return to university in 2006, where she obtained her second degree, a Bachelor Degree in Social Work, specializing in Aboriginal child welfare.
In 2008, Kristi began work with the Ministry of Children and Family Development in Burnaby, where she connects children and families to culturally appropriate support services.
Julia Pon - Secretary
Julia is in the MD/PhD program at UBC, doing her PhD in cancer genomics and studying to be doctor. She did her undergraduate degree in molecular genetics at the University of Alberta and moved to Vancouver in August 2010. She started volunteering with Beauty Night in Sept 2010 doing footcare and later helped with volunteer coordination. She has served as a board member since June 2011 and is excited to continue to help Beauty Night grow.
Sheila Evani - Co-Chair
Tyla Flexman - Director
Tyla Flexman is a UBC Human Kinetics graduate who is currently a member of the Canadian women’s field hockey team. She has been a part of the Canadian team since 2008 and has represented Canada at the 2011 Pan American Games and 2010 Commonwealth Games. In addition she works part time as a behaviour interventionist with autistic children, and has extensive experience in coaching youth (National Coaching Certification Program level 2), personal training (Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology Personal Trainer certification) and motivational public speaking (Esteem Team). Her passion lies in promoting, motivating and enabling positive lifestyles in all populations, but specifically in women and youth. In 2008 Tyla began volunteering with Beauty Night as the program coordinator for Womyn’s Gym, a fitness program that trained clients to complete the Vancouver Sun Run. Tyla volunteered with Beauty Night until 2010 and is very excited about returning to the vibrant and positive Beauty Night atmosphere this summer.
Pamela Lelong – Director
Pamela has over 22 years experience serving on non-profit boards. She is one of the founding members of Beauty Night Society and in this capacity, Pamela served as the Secretary/Treasurer and wrote the original constating documents for Beauty Night. She has also volunteered on many occasions for the Society. She is a past board member of the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors where she served as Vice-president of the Vancouver region, briefly as Co-chair of the Ethics Committee, and as Chair of the Legislative Review Committee. Pamela added the values and duties of clinical counselling to their constitution and re-wrote the BCACC bylaws during her role as Chair of the Legislative Review Committee. She also served as the Secretary/Treasurer on the board of the Greater Vancouver Employment Strategy Society.
Pamela is a member (inactive status) of the BC Association of Clinical Counsellors and a past member of the Canadian Counselling and Guidance Association. Pamela’s work experience includes delivering companion services; coordinating non-profit employment programs, delivering one-to-one/group counselling, information and life skills training sessions; writing instructional media, funding proposals, reports and programs; drafting leases and word processing lands claims settlements; acting as clerk of the court; and delivering secretarial and cosmetology services. Pamela has also supervised college and university student practicums and appeared on television, radio and in other media to represent the needs of the unemployed.
Pamela currently works in the position of companion for a large health care organization which is one of the 50 best managed in Canada.
Veronica Vinje - Director
Veronica Vinje currently works as a consultant for private and public companies, including China Health Labs & Diagnostics Ltd. (TSXV: CHO). Ms. Vinje was previously Investor Relations Manager at Pembrook Mining Corp., a private mineral exploration company, and Administration Manager at Grand Power Logistics Group (TSXV: GPW). From 2005 until 2007, Ms. Vinje served as the Investor Relations Manager at Hanfeng Evergreen (TSX: HF). Prior to working in the financial industry, Ms. Vinje held senior management positions in the public sector. Ms.Vinje has a diploma in Public Sector Management from the University of Victoria and completed the Canadian Securities Course in 2008.
Program Coordinator/ Executive Director
Caroline MacGillivray, Founder and Executive Director
Caroline MacGillivray is the National Executive Director and founder of Beauty Night Society. MacGillivray, a Gastown Actor’s Studio Graduate, believes that healthy self-esteem can be fostered through entertaining and interactive educational programming. Now in its 12th year, Beauty Night has given over 26,000 life-makeovers to women who live in poverty. By guiding and inspiring others to embrace the concept that education can be enjoyable, Caroline has affected the lives of thousands. Her efforts have not gone unnoticed: she is honored to be a Flare Volunteer Award recipient, Skakti 2012 Community Spirit Award, Spirit of the Crane Gold Community Award recipient, MetoWe Finalist, 2-time Woman of Worth finalist and a five-time YWCA Woman of Distinction Nominee. Caroline is available for speaking engagements.
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