NBA BRITISH COLUMBIA

Subcommittees

Membership & Sponsorship
Events
Policy and Legislative
Communications
Technical
Transaction

Communications Subcommittee
This subcommittee is responsible for providing staff at NBA headquarters with news and information on brownfield market trends, identifying people that can provide articles or perspectives on controversial topics, and identifying deals and business opportunities. The subcommittee also coordinates a quarterly newsletter for chapter members, which is posted on the NBA chapter Web page.

Chair
Eric Pringle
Hemmera
epringle@hemmera.com
Read Eric’s bio here.

Events Subcommittee
This subcommittee works to plan chapter conferences and identify workshop opportunities. NBA staff meeting and planning support works with the subcommittee. The subcommittee is responsible for working with the executive committee to create a one-year event schedule, identify event themes, create program agendas, identify speakers and sponsors, and work with a city to host the event and organize a brownfield tour.

Co-Chairs
George (Bud) Ivey
Ivey International Inc.
budivey@island.net

John Sankey
True Blue Technologies
jsankey@telus.net
Read John’s bio here.

Membership & Sponsorship Subcommittee
As a non-profit organization NBA Canada relies heavily on sponsor contributions and member dues to fund operations. NBA headquarters provides technical and administrative staff and handles accounting. The focus of this subcommittee is to grow the chapter by increasing membership through attracting a balance of professional members from the four major market sectors (property owners, developers, service professionals and representatives from provincial and local government). The subcommittee also looks to secure a diverse group of public and private sector chapter sponsors that could provide financial contributions to help fund chapter operations and events.

Chair
Jeff Lopes
Cantest
jlopes@cantest.com

Policy & Legislative Subcommittee
The subcommittee is responsible for monitoring policy and provincial legislature and providing analysis of provincial brownfield legislation. Following NBA procedures, the subcommittee will work with the chapter executive committee to draft comments on proposed regulations and legislation, provide input to provincial agencies, and create a brownfield agenda for the chapter.

Chair
Christine Callihoo
Hemmera
ccallihoo@hemmera.com
Read Christine’s bio here.

Technical Subcommittee
This subcommittee is responsible for identifying technical issues and creating best practices and procedures for advancing the brownfield market. The subcommittee coordinates with the executive committee and NBA staff on activities such as preparing position papers, best practices, and working with academic institutions and Brownfield News to collect and publish data on the brownfield industry. The subcommittee may also collaborate with NBA HQ develop workshop and training programs.

Co-Chairs
Kristi Thornhill
SEACOR Environmental
kthornhill@seacorcanada.com

Tim Whalen
Golder Associates Ltd.
tim_whalen@golder.com

Transaction Subcommittee
This subcommittee is responsible for identifying brownfield listings and sites for sale, reporting brownfield success stories, and working with both municipalities and private sector concerns to post RFPs for brownfield projects and related work. The subcommittee reports to the executive committee and NBA HQ to publicize information via website on the Property & RFP Referral Network, magazine, newsletters, etc. The subcommittee also gives regular updates on deal flow at executive committee meetings and to members at chapter events.

Chair
OPEN

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