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Together with our donors, BCIT Foundation helps to ensure today’s students develop the skills and experience they need to be tomorrow’s innovators, creators, and leaders.

Your generosity will enable BCIT to fund the following priority areas:

Infrastructure renewal to further BCIT’s reputation as a leading educational institution
Access to and affordability of education to help ease the financial burden some of our students may face
Excellence in teaching so our students receive the hands-on, leading-edge education for which BCIT is known.

Read more in our most recent annual reports:

2023/24 Annual Report
2022/23 Annual Report
2021/22 Annual Report
2020/21 Annual Report
2019/20 Annual Report
2018/19 Annual Report

Our Board of Directors

Our Board of Directors is a dedicated group of volunteers who encourage and steward the contributions we receive from our donors. The Board is instrumental in helping us promote awareness of BCIT’s economic and social benefits to the community and beyond.

Richard Rudderham
Chair, BCIT Foundation
Former Senior Advisor, Strategy & Operations, BMO Financial Group

Richard Rudderham was formerly the Senior Advisor, Strategy & Operations at BMO Financial. Prior to this role, he served as Chief Human Resources Officer, and is a member of the Bank’s Management Committee. He joined BMO in 1989 and held a variety of roles in Corporate and Institutional Financial Services and the Personal and Commercial Client group, including Senior Vice-President, Institute for Learning. He holds an MBA from Wilfred Laurier University and a Bachelor of Mathematics from the University of Waterloo.

Wayne Berg
Secretary/Treasurer, BCIT Foundation
Member, BCIT INSPIRE Campaign Cabinet
Executive Vice President, Commercial Banking, Coast Capital Savings

Wayne Berg has been with Coast Capital Savings for the past 12 years, presently in a senior support role assisting national expansion projects, partnerships, and growth ambitions in commercial real estate and corporate space. He has also led the Commercial Banking Group with small business ventures, business banking, commercial real estate, equipment financing, and cash management. He brings close to 40 years of commercial, retail banking, and wealth management experience. Wayne is a member of BCIT’s INSPIRE Campaign Cabinet and serves as Secretary and Treasurer for BCIT Foundation’s Board of Directors.

Brent Charleton
Director, BCIT Foundation
CEO and President, EnWave Corporation

Brent Charleton, CFA, is the CEO and President of EnWave Corporation. As a leader in the drying technology space, Brent drives and provides his company with strategic direction, overseeing operations and financial management. As a BCIT Marketing Management alumnus, he holds a Chartered Financial Analyst® designation and Bachelor of Arts degree in Criminology from Simon Fraser University. Brent is also a BIV Top 40 Under Forty Award winner, inductee to the Basketball B.C. Hall of Fame, and BCIT Alumni Association Outstanding Student Leadership Award recipient. Brent now lives in Port Moody with his beautiful wife Candice and two children.

Guy Elliott
Director, BCIT Foundation
Acting Vice President and Corporate Controller, Teck Resources Ltd.

Guy Elliott is the Acting Vice President and Corporate Controller at Teck Resources, one of Canada’s largest mining companies headquartered in Vancouver. With an operations, engineering, and accounting background, he bridges the gap between finance and operations at Teck. He is a Canadian Chartered Accountant (CA-CPA), holds a graduate degree in Business Administration from Simon Fraser University, and has a Metals and Material Engineering degree from the University of British Columbia. He is a member of several volunteer committees and is a Director on BCIT’s Board of Governors.

Malcolm Hunter
Director, BCIT Foundation
Member, BCIT INSPIRE Campaign Cabinet
Past President, Deeley Group of Companies

Malcolm Hunter is the Past President of Deeley Harley-Davidson Canada. Under his guidance, Deeley Harley-Davidson Canada earned the 50 Best Managed Companies designation for 18 consecutive years. He brought a strong background in finance, accounting, and business systems to the company and oversaw its growth in its most successful period. Malcolm is a graduate of Simon Fraser University’s Economics and Commerce program, the Queen’s University Executive MBA program, and the Wharton School of Business Advanced Management program. Malcolm is a member of BCIT’s INSPIRE Campaign Cabinet and a Director on BCIT’s Board of Governors.

Sally Parrott
Director, BCIT Foundation
Executive Vice President, Customer, Digital + Technology, Bosa Properties Inc.

Sally Parrott is an Executive Vice President at Bosa Properties Inc. (BPI), a leading provider of human-centered solutions for property development and management. Sally leverages her expertise in brand and digital development, strategic market expansion, and executive leadership. At BPI she oversees the Customer, Technology, and Corporate Strategic Planning divisions. Prior to BPI, she was the SVP Marketing at Aritzia for over a decade. Sally began her career in Brand Management at Procter & Gamble and holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of British Columbia and is an alumnus of Harvard Business School, Advanced Management Program.

David Ryan
Director, BCIT Foundation
Managing Director, Edelman Smithfield (Canada)

David Ryan is a senior, strategic and trusted advisor to leading North American companies and public-sector organizations. For more than 20 years he has provided strategic communications, media relations, B2B communications, and stakeholder relations to his agency’s clients. He has established broad-based industry knowledge including transportation and logistics, financial services, technology, mining, oil and gas, aerospace, telecommunications, consumer packaged goods, sports and entertainment, real estate, and health care. He holds a Diploma in Broadcast Journalism from BCIT and BA in History and Arts from the University of British Columbia.

Donna Wilson
Director, BCIT Foundation
Member, BCIT INSPIRE Campaign Cabinet
Consultant, Workquake Solutions

Donna Wilson has retired from full-time executive level work and is consulting part time with her company Workquake Solutions. Donna has served as the Executive Vice President responsible for human resources leadership at the Provincial Health Services Authority. She has also held executive accountability for Diagnostic and Treatment Services across BC and was the Senior Vice President of People, Community, and Strategy at LifeLabs. Donna holds a BA in Psychology from Simon Fraser University and an Executive Management Certificate from Queen’s University and is a Chartered Director (McMaster University). Donna is a member of BCIT’s INSPIRE Campaign Cabinet and a Director on BCIT’s Board of Governors.

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