Board Advisory Committee on Sustainability Performance

VANOC established a Board Advisory Committee on Sustainability Performance (BACSP) which held its first meeting June 13, 2007. The BACSP serves an important governance role in providing considered, third-party input on VANOC’s sustainability performance, with a view to making the most of the sustainability potential of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. All BACSP members are external to VANOC and are independent of VANOC’s Board. VANOC staff participates only on an ex officio basis. The BACSP meets formally twice a year. Members with specialized knowledge may be consulted between meetings.

In general, the purpose of the BACSP is:

to review and provide input on VANOC’s sustainability policy, and related commitments and performance in meeting its sustainability objectives
to report its findings, with recommendations, to the Sustainability and Human Resources Committee (S&HR Committee) of the VANOC Board of Directors

The overall objective is to provide considered third party input on VANOC’s sustainability performance with a view to making the most of the sustainability potential of the 2010 Games.

BACSP Members

Each member was selected because he or she possesses expertise on a specific aspect of sustainability and/ or broad exposure to a range of sustainability themes. They come from organizations in Vancouver and the Sea-to-Sky area, as well as 2010 corporate sponsors who have sustainability initiatives. Members are not remunerated for their participation on the BACSP.

BACSP Chair:

David Marshall, Executive Director, Fraser Basin Council

BACSP Members:

Lynn Bueckert, Assistant to the President, BC Federation of Labour
Cameron Chalmers, Director of Planning, District of Squamish
Rachel Colwell, Student
Paul Gauthier, Community Capacity Coordinator, BC Paraplegic Association; Active Paralympic Athlete; Founding Member, Disability Advisory Committee of 2010 Legacies Now
Hendrik Hoekema, Executive Director, Vancouver Eastside Educational Enrichment Society
Brad Kasselman, Past-President, AWARE (Association of Whistler Area Residents for the Environment); Co-owner and Managing Partner, Coast Mountain Photography
Kathryn Molloy, Executive Director, Principal, The Molloy Group
Nick Noorani, President and Publisher, Canadian Immigrant Magazine
David Parker, Director, Corporate Affairs and Sustainability, Teck Cominco
Lynn Patterson, Director, Corporate Responsibility Communications and CEO Speaking Program, Royal Bank of Canada
Norm Silins, General Manager, Olympic Services, Bell Canada

Ex Officio Members

VANOC’s Government and Four Host First Nations Partners have each designated a representative to participate in an ex officio capacity. They provide context for the members’ discussions but do not contribute to the recommendations provided by the BACSP to the VANOC Board.

VANOC senior management also participates in an ex officio role:

Donna Wilson, Executive Vice President, Workforce and Sustainability
Linda Coady, Vice President, Sustainability

Recommendations from BACSP Members to the VANOC Board

In the course of each meeting, the members of the Board Advisory Committee on Sustainability Performance may prepare recommendations for VANOC’s Sustainability and Human Resources Committee. These recommendations reflect the views of the BACSP members and not necessarily the views of any organizations these individuals may be associated with. Recommendations are made on the part of the members only; ex officio members provide context but do not formally contribute to the recommendations.

To view recommendations from a particular meeting, click on the meeting date below.