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D
espite her busy sched-
ule, Catherine Dorazio
has made a conscious
effort to ensure that her kids
know the value of getting
outside. So even though an old
knee injury keeps the onetime
professional snowboarder
from shredding powder, she's
turned to skiing during the
winter and running with a
stroller all year.
The managing director,
business development, at
Vancouver-based Connor, Clark
& Lunn Private Capital admits
that the latter activity, which
sees her push her one-year-old
along the seawall (sometimes
with her five-year-old in tow)
is more about getting fresh air
than anything else.
"I'm not running mara-
thons; this is a weekend
routine of getting outdoors
with my kids," Dorazio says of
her excursions to Dundarave
Park in West Vancouver. "It
can be a run, or it's just both
kids and a coffee in hand and
a stroll, taking advantage of
our seawall, spending time
with them. Building in a place
for exercise has always been
a part of my routine—it's a
release for stress, and you
also get the benefit of spend-
ing some time with them
outdoors."
Skiing is also something
she can do with the kids, even
if it's tempting for 43-year-old
Dorazio to rip downhill like
she did in her youth. The for-
mer freestyle snowboarder,
Former pro snowboarder–turned–investment
executive Catherine Dorazio tries to stay active on
the streets and the slopes
by Nathan Caddell
W E E K E N D WA R R IOR
WARRIOR
SPOTLIGHT
Catherine Dorazio started
her career in the financial
industry in 2003 before
becoming the first–
and still only–female
partner at Connor, Clark
& Lunn Private Capital.
The Vancouver-based
outfit is an offshoot of
$76-billion Connor, Clark
& Lunn Financial Group,
an independent money
manager headquartered
in Toronto.
CC&L began as
a Vancouver investment
house founded in 1982
by Larry Lunn, who now
serves as chair. Dorazio,
whose firm just topped
$9 billion in client assets,
has a clear objective for
this year. "Our goal is
$10 billion in 2020, which
we're on stride to make,"
she says. "I always want
to come back to client
success. We do one thing,
investment management,
and ultimately to grow a
business, you have to do it
well."–N.C.
GOING FOR A STROLL
Former professional
snowboarder Catherine
Dorazio finds other ways
to get outside these days
Take the Money and Run
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