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Vancouver Foundation

Suite 1200, 555 West Hastings St.
Box 12132, Harbour Centre
Vancouver, BC Canada V6B 4N6

Tel: 604.688.2204
Fax: 604.688.4170
Email: info@vancouverfoundation.ca
Charitable Registration No.: 11928 1640 RR0001

Executive Team

Vancouver Foundation has a team of dedicated professionals, from many different backgrounds and disciplines, who are committed to meeting the needs of our communities and the philanthropic goals of our donors.

Faye Wightman

President and CEO
Faye Wightman

Faye is one of Canada's philanthropic leaders. She brings to the Foundation a strong conviction that philanthropy can and should play a powerful role in shaping society. Since her arrival in 2005, she has led Canada's largest community foundation through a number of important changes designed to increase its impact in BC communities.

Prior to joining Vancouver Foundation, Faye was President of BC Children's Hospital Foundation for 14 years and then spent two years as Vice President of External Relations at University of Victoria. She has served as Executive Director for Sunny Hill Foundation for Children as well as Campaign Director for the United Way of the Lower Mainland.

She is the chair of Imagine Canada and is on the board of Emily Carr University. She has also been a member, on the board, and/or served as president for numerous not-for-profits and other organizations.

Faye's vision and her strong commitment to philanthropy were recognized in 2004 when she was one of five women honoured with the "Influential Women in Business Award," an annual award presented by Business in Vancouver magazine.

Catherine Clement

Vice President, Public Engagement and Communications
Catherine Clement

Catherine has been with Vancouver Foundation since 2007. In that time she introduced a new brand and furthered the organization's outreach and presence in the community.

Over her career, she has worked in both the public, private and not-for-profit sectors. Prior to joining Vancouver Foundation, Catherine served for eight years as Director of Communications for the City of Vancouver. She worked as a senior advisor in the Ontario Ministry of Finance, and before that in the Ontario Ministry of Colleges and Universities. She also ran her own communications firm in Toronto for several years, which specialized on communications for non-profits.

Diane Fulton

Chief Investment Officer
Diane Fulton

Diane brings extensive investment and corporate finance experience to Vancouver Foundation.

Before joining the Foundation in 2008, Diane was Executive Director of Investments for UBC's Faculty Pension Plan and was responsible for the investment of the plan's $1.3 billion in assets. Her private sector experience includes 11 years at ScotiaMcLeod Inc., as Director and VP of Corporate Finance, as well as several years as a corporate finance consultant.

She has served on the Boards of Directors for ICBC, Pacific Northern Gas, Canadian Scholarship Trust Foundation, the Pension Investment Association of Canada, and the Vancouver Public Library.

Diane has an MBA from York University, and a BSc from the University of Toronto.

William J. Hallett

Vice President, Finance and Operations

Bill comes to Vancouver Foundation from the Board of Trade where he was the CFO. Prior to joining the Board of Trade, he was the VP, Finance and Accountability for the Rick Hansen Foundation and prior to that held the Senior VP and Chief Operating Officer roles for Sport BC.  Bill has also worked extensively in the corporate sector.  With an active interest in sport Bill currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Canadian Olympic Committee, Triathlon Canada and the Coaches BC.

A Chartered Accountant by profession, Bill holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Windsor and a Bachelor of Science from the University of Toronto.

 

Craig Hikida

Vice President, Development and Donor Services

Craig came to Vancouver Foundation in 2007, after seven years with the United Way of the Lower Mainland (UWLM), where his roles included serving as the UWLM’s Director of Major Gifts and Planned Giving and Assistant Director, Resource Development. He has spearheaded a wide variety of highly successful fundraising appeals, including direct mail, employee giving campaigns and leadership giving.

A trusted philanthropic advisor, Craig has pioneered innovative ways to link Vancouver Foundation donors to the causes they care the most about.

 

Andria Teather

Vice President, Grants and Community Initiatives
Andria Teather

Andria joined Vancouver Foundation in 2006 as Executive Director of the Giving in Action Society. Following a corporate career in financial services, her community-focused career began as the National Manager, Canada Trust Friends of the Environment Foundation and continued with roles at TD Canada Trust, Volunteer Vancouver, Volunteering Western Australia and YWCA Vancouver.

Andria studied communications, public relations and has extensive training in organizational management. She holds an executive MBA with a specialty in Leadership from Royal Roads University.


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