DECEMBER/JANUARY 2017 BCBUSINESS 65 ILLUSTRATION: TONIA COWAN; PAUL DUCHART
Ronald McDonald House:
A Night to Dream Gala
Ronald McDonald House British Columbia & Yukon's premier fundraising
event, the 2016 A Night to Dream Gala, raised over $415,000 to keep families
with seriously ill children together when they need it most
Survey Says...
Our unscientic poll of random
partygoers at the bash
Fairmont Hotel Vancouver, October 20, 2016
1. Tracey Arnish, Coast Capital Savings chief people ofcer and Ronald McDonald House B.C. & Yukon board chair; Richard Pass,
Ronald McDonald House B.C. & Yukon CEO; and Lindsey Turner, Shark Club VP marketing and gala chair 2. Ryan Akhurst, Akhurst
Machinery VP of sales; Jen Schaeffers, Minerva CEO; and Gary Segal, Kingswood Venture Capital Corp. president 3. Mark Wolverton
and his wife, Karen Wolverton, Lush Cosmetics co-owners; and Suki Sekhon, CRS Group of Companies CEO 4. Doug McWilliams,
Shaw Communications director of operations Coastal B.C. and Ronald McDonald House B.C. & Yukon board member; and his
wife, Lori McWilliams 5. Paul Wetmore, CIBC Wood Gundy portfolio manager; Laurel Conlin, Telus customer relations manager;
Kelly Norcott, Telus director of business development; and Stephen Ames, PGA Tour player and Canadian Golf Hall of Fame member
6. Bruno Fiorvento, JLL (Jones Lang LaSalle) EVP; and Jon Ramscar, JLL SVP capital markets
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