Board of Directors for 2010/11

Teresa first joined BCODN in 2003… and has been hooked ever since. “I was excited to find a group of people who thought just like me!” she says. She returns to the BCODN Board of directors as president for 2010/11.

Teresa is an independent OD consultant, and part-time instructor at UBC’s Sauder School of Business and BCIT. With over 20 years of experience, her areas of expertise include communication, leadership development, team development, interpersonal relationships, and high performance in organizations. Her previous volunteer experience included a four-year term with Leadership Vancouver, a three-year term as a leadership development trainer with Volunteer Vancouver, and a four-year stint with the Advisory Planning Commission.

Donna is an experienced coach and consultant, with 25+ years in the tourism, health, finance, government and not-for-profit sectors.  She holds a Bachelors of Business in OD and Change Management, and is a Certified Executive Coach and Certified Human Resource Professional. Her specialty is group and interpersonal dynamics, culture change, internal communications and leadership development.

The common thread connecting Donna’s varied careers (radio & TV news and talk show host, political reporter; PR, marketing, recruitment consultant; student; corporate communications and change manager) comes from wanting to understand how things work.  “This is embedded deep inside my DNA and comes directly from my dad, who was an engineer.  As the daughter of an engineer, I can honestly say that I’m interested in seeing how EVERYTHING works.”

Donna is a past founding board member of the ODN in Melbourne, Australia, and Leaders of Tomorrow and BC HRMA mentor.   Her new enterprise is called Humanity at Work.

Cathy works for the University of Phoenix, and is involved with human resources and organizational fevelopment as related to the school’s faculty. This includes managing the payroll, developing expense standards, effectively utilizing resources (people, time, money) and always creating and improving organizational systems. Prior to joining the University of Phoenix, Cathy’s career was in the financial industry where she has over seventeen years of experience, of which 15 were at the management level.

Cathy has a wide range of experience in finance, ranging from payroll to underwriting loans/mortgages to providing investment advice, creating/managing budgets and ensuring people are clear on what their needs are so they can make appropriate/empowering choices. Cathy has extensive experience with finances in non-profit societies, where she has been involved in all aspects of the organization’s finances… creating the foundation that these organizations currently stand upon.

“By being on the board of BCODN, I want to contribute to further the practice of OD in BC.”

For almost 20 years, Danny has been involved in project management, communications and adult development, and has an interest in moving deeper into the study and execution of organizational development. His background includes managing training departments at one of the world’s largest software companies, creating and implementing a learning strategy at Canada’s largest medical not-for-profit, volunteering at the Ottawa Talent Initiative to motivate and retain high-tech workers , and being a board member of the Ottawa Distance Learning Group.

Danny is presently employed at the City of Vancouver in a change management / learning & development role.  He is also a part-time lay chaplain and performs as an improvisational comedian.

Bettina is an OD professional with a background in international business, technology and adult learning. Bettina works with individuals, teams, large groups and communities to help people discover their purpose, collective wisdom, vision and energy for action. She is passionate about developing capacity and enabling conditions for sustainable change and social learning, including communities of practice.

Bettina has experience in leading organizational learning and development initiatives as an external consultant, as well as in internal roles in private, non-profit, education and public sector organizations. She has lived and worked in North America, Europe and Asia. She is currently responsible for the co-creation and growth of BC HRMA’s new peer-to-peer online community for member learning and networking.

In her OD and learning engagements, Bettina often integrates online learning and community building and finds useful ways for technology and social media to support change, learning and development processes. As a board member at BCODN she hopes to help create quality learning and collaboration opportunities for members, leveraging her experience in online collaboration and facilitation.

Bettina holds a B.Sc. in International Business Administration from Copenhagen Business School, and a M.A. in Adult Education, Workplace Learning and Change from University of Toronto.

Nick’s work bridges communications, organizational development and collaborative web technology. This year is Nick’s second on the BCODN board, and he plans to introduce technologies to support virtual interaction among the membership.

François is passionate about everything OD and a proponent of multiple forms of human evolution ranging from the individual to the organizational. At his core, he values increasing awareness and knowledge via dialogue with other engaged individuals, reading and formal/informal programs. Systems thinking, organizational diagnosis, change, resistance, power dynamics, and leadership are just a few of the topics that interest him deeply.

He has 10 years of working in many learning, OD and leadership roles within organizations such as Rogers Communications, CIBC, VANOC, and various non-profits. Some of the programs he has developed and implemented include performance management, management & leadership development, global onboarding and employee engagement.

He’s a CHRP, and has certificates in Adult Training and Development from the University of Toronto, and Organization Development from NTL Institute. He is also certified in Situational Leadership and the Herrmann Brain Dominance Instrument (HBDI).

Patti has been a member of BCODN since 2005, and joined the Board in 2009 as a director and chair of Affiliate Relations.Her previous experience with BCODN included being involved with the Building Community Organizations (BCO) committee, linking up-and-coming consultants with projects from non-profit clients.

A member of BC College of Occupational Therapists, Patti is a therapist facilitator, whose big love is development of collaborations, transition management and integrated group effectiveness.  She is a long time member of the Canadian Group Psychotherapy Association, and volunteers with the International Association of Facilitators to promote professional facilitation in OD.

Currently, Patti is a clinician with the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority. She holds a MA in Organizational Management and Development from Fielding Graduate University.

This is Shauna’s first term as a member of the BCODN Board.  A member of BCODN since 2008, Shauna has worked for 20+ years in corporate positions in HR and OD, in roles such as training manager, director of learning & development, human resources director, and VP of HR in multi-unit hospitality and retail organizations.  Working as a consultant with Insights Vancouver for the last 2 years, she has clients in for profit, not for profit and government organizations.

A life-long learner, Shauna is an active member of round tables with BC HRMA and the ASTD, and has accreditations from the Centre for Creative Leadership and Insights. She teaches at Capilano University in their Entrepreneurship program, and is a guest lecturer at Kwantlen University in their post-baccalaureate Human Resource program.