Glen Magel (Chair)

Glen joined BCIT in March 1998 as the Manager of Security.  In February 2002, he was appointed the Director of Safety and Security. Glen oversees security, occupational health and safety, emergency management and business continuity for BCIT.  Glen has been on EPICC's Board of Directors since November 2004.

Lisa Benini (Vice Chair)

Lisa has her own consulting company specializing in Business Continuity Management advisory and training services since May 2000.  Lisa worked for the Provincial Government's Emergency Management BC and Risk Management Branch and Government Security Office from October 2001 to January 2008. She was the Senior Advisor of the Business Continuity Management Program for the Province and was responsible for providing advice and consultation services to the provincial public sector on business continuity planning. She is a certified instructor with DRI International and JIBC.  She is a Certified Business Continuity Professional since 1997 and has been in the business continuity management field since 1991.  Lisa has been on EPICC's Board of Directors since November 2004.

Laurie Pearce (Treasurer)

Laurie is a part-time associate faculty member at Royal Roads University, the BC Institute of Technology, the Justice Institute of British Columbia, and Brandon University. She completed her PhD at the School of Community and Regional Planning at UBC in the area of disaster planning in 2000. Ms. Pearce has participated in, and managed, numerous research projects for the Disaster Preparedness Resources Centre and is involved with work with the Canadian International Development Agency and the Institute of Global Health Studies at the University of British Columbia.  As a partner of Pearces 2 Consulting Corporation, Ms. Pearce continues to assist governments and other organizations in policy evaluation, developing and auditing emergency plans, evaluating post-emergency exercises, developing business continuity plans, and providing training and education.

Ms. Pearce has over 30 years of experience working with the provincial government in British Columbia with responsibilities in direct service delivery, staff training, policy and research, and strategic planning. She retired from the Ministry of Children and Family Development in 2007 as the Manager of Special Projects for the Fraser Region. Ms. Pearce has an extensive volunteer background working with community-based, non-profit organizations and currently sits on the Board of Directors of EPICC. She continues to be in demand as an international speaker and lecturer.

Laurie and her husband, Larry, are partners in Pearces 2 Consulting Corpoation.

John Oakley (Director)

John is currently the Senior Regional Manager at the Provincial Emergency Program's South West Regional office. Formally, John worked as a coordinator and instructor with the Emergency Management Division at the Justice Institute of B.C.  John has been on EPICC's Board of Directors since November 2004.

Larry Pearce (Director)

Larry has over 40 years of experience working with the federal government.  He spent 28 years in the Canadian Military and 14 years with Emergency Preparedness Canada (EPC), now called Public Safety Canada (1981 to 1995).  He first began with EPC as Assistant Regional Director, and then served as Regional Director for British Columbia and the Yukon.  During his tenure with EPC, Mr. Pearce worked extensively with post-disaster Disaster Financial Assistance Arrangements (DFAA) and dealt with numerous floods in the British Columbia and the Yukon.

Mr. Pearce is President of Pearces 2 Consulting Corporation, which continues to be an active company working with all levels of government and the private sector in the areas of risk management, emergency preparedness planning, and training in emergency preparedness related areas. Mr. Pearce is a certified Associate Business Continuity Planner.

Larry is the Chair of the EPICC Forum Planning Committee.

 
Jim Stanton (Director)

Jim is an experienced teacher, broadcaster, communicator and workshop leader.
He has a background in training, marketing, communication and management.  He has successfully managed a private sector business for 16 years and is very familiar with specialized language of government.
He is also a member of SAR Advisory Committee, Ontario Ministry of Health, Ontario Association of Emergency Management, Vancouver Fire & Rescue Services, BC Regiment Association, Royal Canadian Military Institute and much more.

He is skilled at crisis management of sensitive issues, including those with potentially serious public relations & political implications. Jim has been on the EPICC Board of Directors since 2004. 

Peter Broznitsky (Director)

Peter has been with the RCMP for 12 years and in Information Technology in British Columbia since 1986. His primary interest for several years has been emergency planning, business continuity, and critical infrastructure protection in Metro Vancouver and B.C. Specific areas of concern are Social Engineering & Insider Threat, Robotic Networks, Wireless Network Insecurity, and SCADA and Industrial Control Systems. Peter has completed numerous courses at the Canadian Police College, the B.C. Institute of Technology, and the Justice Institute of B.C. He has presented to the Westcoast Security Forum, MISA B.C., and to the RCMP Counter Terrorism Information Officer Course. Future goals include completion of the Emergency Management Certificate from JIBC.  Peter has been on the EPICC Board of Directors since 2008. 

Christine Trefanenko (Director)

Christine is the Emergency Planning and Public Safety Manager at Terasen Gas. She is accountable for creating and maintaining the Business Continuity and Emergency Preparedness Frameworks for the organization.

Christine is a Certified Business Continuity Manager and has certificates in both Project Management and Emergency Management.

Sylvie Mercier (Secretary)

Sylvie Mercier, P.Eng, LEED AP is a Principal with Read Jones Christoffersen Ltd. (RJC). She graduated from the University of Waterloo in 1991 and joined RJC in 1992. Her consulting engineering experience has been primarily in the area of design and project management of institutional and commercial buildings, parking structures, building restoration as well as seismic upgrades and renovations.

In addition to performing seismic evaluations of base buildings and their components followed by designing seismic upgrades, Sylvie was instrumental in the development of the first building-specific Post-earthquake Immediate Response Structural Evaluation Guide for a national Client.

She is an active member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of B.C. and the Canadian Parking Association.

Susan Hyde (Director)