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About Us
Team Nanaimo is comprised of Nanaimo residents from an array of
backgrounds and varied interests. The unifying belief of the team
is each individual’s commitment to, and enthusiasm for, our community.
We share a belief that the Games have the potential to impact the
entire province of British Columbia positively. The team is committed
to ensuring this impact is realized to its fullest potential. We
will strive to welcome, explore, and nurture the possibilities presented
to us as a community.
Chair
Camela
Tang
Camela truly loves Nanaimo and promotes it wherever possible.
In her 22 years as resident, she has heavily invested in the community with
her time and energies. Camela is the founding President of CVI Centre
for the Arts – Nanaimo. She has been a director with the
Nanaimo Art Gallery for more than 10 years and has been a member with
the
Downtown Nanaimo Partnership (DNP) since the early days when their
committee was known as STAT (Short Term Action Team). She sits on the
Parks, Recreation and Culture Commission, as well as the Culture Committee.
Camela leads the Alive with the Arts of Many Cultures project as part of Nanaimo's Capital Culture celebrations in 2008. Camela is one of the founding members of Team Nanaimo. She became Chair of
the Nanaimo Spirit of BC Community Committee in the Fall of 2005.
Directors
Joanne
Hogan - Vice-Chair
Joanne loves living in Nanaimo and is enthusiastic about helping
to bring legacies to Nanaimo before, during, and after the 2010 Winter and
Paralympic Games. She is also President of L'Association
des francophones de Nanaimo, which is one of Team Nanaimo's partners,
and is proud of the success of the Francophone Association's popular annual
Maple Sugar Festival. As the owner/operator of Ariel
Digital Solutions, she provides written and digital communication services. Since attending the Summer Olympics in Montreal in 1976,
she has been an avid fan of the Games, and is thrilled to be able to attend
another Olympiad so close to home. Not merely a spectator of sport, Joanne
is an enthusiastic long-distance runner, skier, and novice snowboarder. She also recently completed her Master of Arts in Professional Communications at Royal Roads University. Joanne was the lead organizer of Team Nanaimo's popular Sport Fest event.
Bert Abbott - Secretary
Bert comes to Team Nanaimo hoping to contribute
in helping Nanaimo be the best community for persons with disabilities
to visit or live in. He is the BC
Paraplegic Association’s Regional Rehabilitation Consultant
for the Northern Vancouver Island region and in the last few years,
he has sat on several boards related to independent living, accessibility
and transportation. This past year, he was the Director of Sport
for the Nanaimo 2005 Disability Games. For the past eight years,
he has been the President for the Mid Island Wheelchair Sport
Club of which he was a founding member. In 2004, he was successful
with a bid to bring the 2004 BC Wheelchair Basketball League finals
to Nanaimo where he was a player on the gold medal winning team,
the Oceanside Tsunami. One of his current projects is expanding
the number of sports available for wheelchair athletes in our
community. Bert and Lesley Lorenz (former Vice-Chair of Team Nanaimo) are co-chairing Team Nanaimo's Measuring Up initiative: Access Nanaimo
Nicole
Langlois - Treasurer
Nicole has served as Executive and Artistic Director of L'Association
des francophones de Nanaimo since 1999. With an unwavering drive to see
the Francophone Association reach the full potential of its mandate in the
cultural, social, and economic sectors, Nicole continues to implement her
ideas and spearhead special projects. Within the first year of her start at
the AFN, the Maple Sugar Festival du Sucre d’Érable
was born and has since become one of Western Canada’s largest bilingual
events. Under Nicole’s leadership, the AFN has recently established
both economic and cultural exchanges between Nanaimo and the Québec
Maple Region, which has led to positive economic outcomes for both areas.
Nicole’s enthusiasm, savvy business-sense, and visionary talents have
brought cultural, social and economic endorsements to the AFN and the Maple
Sugar Festival du Sucre d’Érable, as well as national attention
to the City of Nanaimo. In addition to working to achieve community-focussed
goals, Nicole is a member of the provincial Olympics francophone ad hoc committee
that is working closely with VANOC and other agencies to create Francophone
legacies for British Columbians. This ad hoc committee has worked to successfully
achieve a partnership between the francophone community and Vancouver 2010
(please see press
release).
Team Nanaimo Members
Dave
Bakes
Dave sold his interest in Bakes - Jarvie Insurance Brokers Ltd.
and retired in 1993 after a 30-year career in the general insurance industry.
He is past president of the Nanaimo 2002 BC Summer Games Society, past chair
of the Canadian Junior/Juvenile Golf Championship, past chair of the Nanaimo
Port Authority and past chair of Team Nanaimo Spirit of BC Community
Committee. His goal is to engage a broad spectrum of community groups
in Nanaimo and to capitalize on all the local opportunities to be obtained
as a result of Canada hosting the 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games
in Vancouver/Whistler and to ensure strong economic, sport & recreation and
arts & culture legacy leading up to 2010 and beyond.
Drew Cooper
General Manager, PacificSport, Vancouver Island
Hannah King
Marketing & Communications Specialist, Parks, Recreation, and Culture, City of Nanaimo
Cathy Dyck / Mark Drysdale
Diana
Johnstone
My background has always been in Tourism and Recreation as I
have a College Diploma in Recreation Administration and began my career as
Area Supervisor for Parks and Recreation for the City of Calgary. I moved
to Nanaimo in 1984 and shortly thereafter became a swim instructor at Stephenson
Point Recreation Centre, In 1985 I applied for and was accepted as the Operations
Manager for the 1985 BC Summer Games, in 1986 I was on the Board of Directors
for the Canadian Water ski Championships hosted in Nanaimo, In 1987 I was
the co-chair and administrator for the 1987 BC Disability Games, I joined
Tourism Nanaimo as Operations Manager in 1986 and remained with them for 10
Years in a variety of roles mostly in event Management, during this time I
was appointed to the Mission staff for the Canada Games for swimming and enjoyed
this role for two years, in 1992-93 I was co-chair for the Nanaimo bid to
host the 2003 Canada Games, from 1996 to 2001 I worked on contract to BC Ferries
as Communications Officer for the building of Duke Points and the Fast Ferries,
in 2002 I was hired as Operations Manager for the 2002 BC Summer Games, I
currently am the Director of Friends of the Games for the 2005 BC Disability
Games, a Director of Film Nanaimo, and Commissioner for Parks Recreation and
Culture. Games and Special Event planning has been my life and I am delighted
to be involved as a member of Team Nanaimo.
Note: Team Nanaimo congratulates Diana Johnstone on being elected City Councillor for the City of Nanaimo in November 2008.
Elizabeth
Williams
City of Nanaimo, Events Supervisor, Parks,
Recreation and Culture
Yvonne
Visser
Yvonne Visser brings extensive Olympic experience to Team Nanaimo,
as a former athlete, volunteer, and massage therapist. As a current coach,
business owner, athlete, and volunteer, she brings a unique perspective to
the Team. From November 2005 through March 2006, Yvonne travelled on a World
Cup Tour with the Canadian skeleton and bobsleigh team in Europe, which was
followed by working with the Canadian Olympic Committee during the Olympic
Games in Torino, Italy, in February 2006. Yvonne assisted athletes at the Beijing Paralympic Games and will provide massage therapy services at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games.
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