Doug Hart

Board Chair

Doug Hart, B.Com. served as a Vice-President and Officer for Industrial Alliance Pacific Life Insurance in Vancouver for over 11 years before retirement in 2004 and with General Electric in Toronto in senior management positions for over 18 years.

On community involvement, Doug served for six years as Executive Director for the South Surrey & White Rock Chamber of Commerce and one year as Executive Director for the Delta Chamber of Commerce. In 2014 BC Municipal election, Doug ran for Councilor for the City of White Rock.

In addition to being Chair of Brella Community Services Society, Doug currently serves as a Director and Treasurer of Peninsula Productions Society in Surrey/White Rock and has recently retired after 6 years as a Director on the Board of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra (VSO).

Doug received his Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of British Columbia. He lives in White Rock with his wife, Paula, and has two sons, one married with 2 grandsons and one granddaughter.

Heather Martin

Vice Chair

Heather Martin has many years of professional and general management experience and has used this experience to build her own successful corporation, Comfort Keepers. Prior to venturing into Comfort Keepers, she worked for 18 years with a US based Company assisting with public relations, acquisitions, divestitures and general administration. Through Comfort Keepers, she is very involved in the White Rock/South Surrey community and helps organize programs and events for seniors. Comfort Keepers was awarded the 2017 Business Excellence Award from the South Surrey White Rock Chamber of Commerce. She spends her spare time helping and volunteering with Organizations like Luke 15 House and preparing and serving meals to the less fortunate. Heather is the Chair for the Semiahmoo Seniors Planning Table and the Secretary on the Burnaby Seniors Resources Society. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in English and Psychology and is a Certified Dementia Practitioner. She resides with her family in Surrey.

Gordon R. Barefoot

Treasurer

Gordon R. Barefoot, FCPA, FCA, ICD.D, was the CEO and President of Corix Infrastructure Inc. from December 2017 to July 2019 and the former Board Chairman of Vancouver-based utility Corix Infrastructure Group since 2006. He retired in 2020 as Chairman Emeritus and Executive Advisor from Corix. He is the past Chair of the Board of AutoCanada Inc., an Edmonton-based auto retailing public company. Gordon is currently the Audit Committee Chair of FWS Group, a Winnipeg based Design Build Contractor, primarily serving the Agriculture Commodity, Energy and Mining and Forestry sectors. He has been appointed to the Board of Creative Energy Developments GP Ltd. and is the Chair of the Audit and Investment Committee. He also serves on the Investigations Committee of the ICPABC.

Mr. Barefoot had served on the boards of Fairbanks Sewer and Water and Doyon Utilities in Alaska. He also served on the Board of the Institute of Health System Transformation and Sustainability from 2010 until December 2014. His contributions included roles on the Audit Committees of all entities. His extensive board leadership experience includes past roles as Chair of the Fraser Health Authority 2006-2010 and Vancouver Community College 2000-2006. He has served on three other public company boards over the past decade and on several not for profit boards including Alberta Ballet and the Victorian Order of Nurses, now Care BC.

Mr. Barefoot formally held a number of senior executive positions including Senior Vice President, Finance & Chief Financial Officer of Terasen Inc., a public gas utility and major oil pipeline company that became part of the Fortis group and Kinder Morgan. His other senior positions at Terasen included roles in Corporate Development, Strategic Planning, and Multi Utility Services.

Prior to joining Terasen, he was a partner at Ernst and Young Chartered Accountants where he spent more than 22 years in the utilities, gaming, education, healthcare, construction, mining, retail, transportation, forestry, and financial services industries. Mr Barefoot also held a number of financial positions at Canadian National Railways between 1975 and 1979.

Mr. Barefoot received his Bachelor of Commerce (Hons.) degree from the University of Manitoba in 1973 and his Chartered Accountants designation in 1975. In 2007, he was awarded the FCA designation by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of BC for service to the profession and the community. He also attained his ICD.D designation in 2007. Mr. Barefoot lives in Surrey/White Rock with his wife Cheryl and has one grown married daughter and one grandson.

Cherry Harriman

Secretary

Cherry has lived in Surrey since 1972 and moved to Ocean Park in 1991. She has a Masters in Nursing degree from UBC and a Diploma in Gerontology from SFU. Cherry worked for over 45 years in healthcare with the majority of that time spent leading programs for Older Adults in complex healthcare organizations within the Lower Mainland and the Fraser Valley. Throughout her career, she was committed to improving the care of frail older adults and supporting family caregivers. Cherry led the development and implementation of an education program designed to teach principles of person-centred care practices to staff caring for people with dementia living in residential care. She continues to have a special interest in ensuring that frail older adults are supported to remain living in their community. In 2013, Cherry was the 2013 recipient of the Canadian Healthcare Association Marion Stephenson Award for outstanding contribution to community care.

Sarabjeet Dua

Board Member

Sarabjeet Dua (she/her) is a Strategy and Operational Excellence consultant with more than two decades of experience across multiple industries and organizations e.g. Telus, CIBC Mellon, Finning International etc. She has a Masters in Business Administration and is a certified Lean Six Sigma Master black Belt. Her expertise includes strategic planning, analytics & insights, design and execution of transformative initiatives.

Sarabjeet has been a part of South Surrey and White Rock community for last 10 years when she moved here with her husband and 2 kids.

 Gordon Hogg, PhD

Board Member

Gordon Hogg is a respected visionary leader focused on making a positive difference as a change agent locally, provincially, nationally and internationally. Gordon is recognized for bringing people and resources together to positively influence organizational change within public and private sectors by successfully impacting policies and programs. He is the recipient of numerous awards and recognition as a key contributor to citizens in social innovation, indigenous people and those in need, youth sport for social change, and best practices in health and wellness. Gordon has extensive government experience including positions a Member of the Parliament of Canada, Chairperson House of Commons – Pacific Caucus, numerous cabinet posts within the legislature of British Columbia, board of Metro Vancouver, chair of numerous committees and mayor of White Rock. He is an honoured keynote speaker, including TEDX, and serving as an Adjunct Professor in addition to several international conferences, WHO (Bahrain and Ottawa), Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (Nigeria) and Canadian Criminal Justice Associations. Gordon facilitated numerous workshops on the practical application of public policy, leadership and relationships in organizations, persuasion, burnout, sports psychology and team building in government, business and community settings. He focused on public care service for over 25 boards and committees with previous roles in youth and family justice including warden of BC’s largest youth custody centre and serving as a dedicated foster parent and Little League coach.

Eryn Jackson

Board Member

Eryn is a lawyer with Richards Buell Sutton LLP in Surrey and practices in the areas of Business Law, Real Estate, Wills and Estates and Committee-ship. She enjoys being able to assist her clients with all their legal needs in an efficient, thorough, and clear manner.

Her previous legal experience includes Family Law, Child Welfare and Civil Litigation, which allows Eryn the ability to bring a different and broader perspective to her client's legal matters.

One of Eryn's passions is giving back to the community and she is very active volunteering with various committees, groups and societies on a weekly basis. She is often seen giving informative presentations throughout the Lower Mainland.

Outside of the office Eryn enjoys spending time with her husband and family, working on her never ending “DIY” home renovations, hiking the beautiful BC terrain with her Australian-doodle, Murphy, and keeping active by tap dancing!

Jasper Macabulos

Board Member

Jasper graduated from the University of Santo Tomas in the Philippines in 2007 with a degree in nursing. He also acquired his Canadian nursing credentials from Thompson Rivers University. He moved to Canada in 2012 and worked with organizations that support people with disabilities. He is currently working in UNITI - Semiahmoo House Society as the Director for Inclusive Living.

Jasper advocated for programs that promote inclusion and wellness of seniors in the community. One of the projects that he was involved in was designing the mosaic called “Pieced Together” that is set in the White Rock Library to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Canada. This encouraged different members of the community to create pieces that contributed to the completion of the artwork. He said that the mosaic is a mirror of society – diverse elements, with different stories that make up a bigger picture.

Jasper is a certified person-centred thinking trainer and applies these concepts in his work. In his free time, he enjoys sketching, painting and playing the guitar. He has experience in web-development, graphic arts and database management platforms.

Jasper and his wife Kristina are proud parents of their daughter Elisha and son Ezekiel and they live in the Chorus apartments in South Surrey. Chorus combines independent living units for people with developmental disabilities with affordable rental housing.