Current Board

Peter Lockie  CHAIR

Peter Lockie holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Edinburgh and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland.  He is currently President of Inverleith Consulting Inc., which provides a range of management consulting services.  Previously Peter worked at Camosun College for fifteen years, most recently as Interim President and prior to that as Vice President, Administration and Chief Financial Officer.  He is personally committed to community involvement and has been on the Boards of the United Way of Greater Victoria, the Victoria Cool Aid Society and the Pacific Institute for Sport Excellence.  He is a lifelong recreational runner

 
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JOHN MACMILLAN  President

John has been the President of 94FORWARD since 2007.  In this role John relies heavily on his experience as a high performance coach with the National Rugby Centre (1998-2005) and the Canadian Men’s National Team (RWC 2003 Australia).  John works closely with the Olympic coaches and performance directors while advising the Board on the financial management of the fund and the annual spending programs.  Prior to being a professional coach John attended York University and the National Coaching Institute-Victoria.

 

kristi simpson secretary / treasurer

Kristi is the vice-president finance and operations at the University of Victoria.

In this role she has a breadth of responsibilities including financial services, human resources, campus security, facilities management, internal audit, general counsel, university systems and financial planning.

Kristi is a professional accountant who holds a CPA, CA designation and is a proud UVic grad with a Bachelor of Arts in economics and a Vikes Alum, playing volleyball for UVic for 4 years. She was also part of the BC squad, representing Canada at international tournaments.

Kristi has broad Board experience including Foundations, pension plans and insurance and is currently a member of the Infrastructure BC Board.

 
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liz Ashton  DIRECTOR

Dr. Liz Ashton was President of Camosun College from 1994-2009. She was a founding Board member of the Pacific Institute for Sport Excellence (PISE) and Chair of the British Columbia Colleges & Institutes, a group that acts as a voice for the B.C. College and Institute System.  Dr. Ashton holds a PhD in Education Administration from the University of Texas at Austin and received an Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree from Royal Roads University in 2006.

Liz was a member of the Canadian Equestrian Team from 1969 to 1986, winning a Silver Medal at the Pan American Games in 1975 and captaining the Gold Medal win for the Canadian Eventing team at the World Championships in 1978. She was a member of three Olympic Teams. 

 

Kelly Mann director

Kelly is a retired sport administrator, most recently was the President and CEO of the BC Games Society, a provincial government crown corporation. In his capacity as the lead for that organization, he moved the Games from a participation model to one of complete sport development. That model, now emulated by several provinces ensured a stronger pathway to Canada Games and international competitions for BC's athletes, coaches and officials.

He is a past Board member of PISE, the Prince George 2015 Canada Winter Games, and a founding member of KidSport Greater Victoria plus numerous other committees and boards.

For his contribution to sport in BC, he was recognized as an inductee into the BC Sports Hall of Fame in the Builders' category and the Community Achievement Award by the Province BC.

 

CODY MCMULLIN director

Cody is an Investment Counsellor with RBC PH&N Investment Counsel where he works with high-net-worth individuals, families, and institutional clients to design customized discretionary investment management solutions.

He is a Chartered Professional Accountant, Chartered Accountant as well as a CFA Charterholder. Cody attended Western University where he obtained an Honours Business Administration degree and played varsity hockey after spending several seasons playing junior hockey in the WHL and BCHL. Cody enjoys giving back to his sporting routes and is a former volunteer Midget AAA hockey coach.

Cody has experience working with not-for-profit organizations during his accounting career and currently manages endowments on behalf of several community foundations.

 

Robin Richardson director

Robin Richardson recently retired after twenty-three years as Senior Vice President of Scott Plastics Ltd, and was a founding member of the Sidney North Saanich Industrial Group. He is currently President of RPR Consulting, Specializing in Family Business Succession Planning and Business Organization and Growth. Robin is a longtime supporter of field hockey at the local, provincial and national level including Manager of the Men’s National Field Hockey side. He is a current Director of the Victoria Open Golf Society (Bayview Place/Cardtronics PGA Tour Canada Open) and a former Director of Field Hockey Canada and PacificSport Victoria. 

 

JULIANNE ZUSSMAN DIRECTOR

Over the past decade, Julianne has represented Canada as an international rugby

player and referee. The highlight of her career was when Canada won a silver medal at the 2014 Rugby World Cup. After 3 World Cups and 44 caps for Canada, she swapped the ball for a whistle, and moved to refereeing. Julianne has since refereed at the Tokyo Olympic Games, Rugby World Cup, and Rugby 7's World Cup. When she is not globe-trotting, you can catch her refereeing local men's women's, and youth games in the Victoria area. Passionate about sports, she has worked in diverse administrative roles in the Canadian sport system. Julianne holds a Master's degree in Sport Management and a Graduate Diploma in Conflict Analysis and Management from Royal Roads University. She currently works as a Program Coordinator for Abuse-Free Sport.

 

Board Chairs

  • Peter Lockie July 2022 - present

  • Chris Trumpy December 2012 - July 2022

  • Don Manning August 2005 - December 2012

  • Jim Reed February 2011 - August 2005

  • Susan Brice June 99 – February 2011

  • Terry Farmer June 1995 - June 1999

Inaugural Board

  • Terry Farmer - Chair

  • David Black

  • Debbie Bowker

  • May Brown

  • Bill Heikkila

  • Harri E. Jansson

  • Tom Jones

  • Ken Shields

  • Paul Smith

  • Trisha Smith

  • Ian Stewart

  • Bill Thomson

  • Peter Webster

Past Board Members

  • Donna Atkinson

  • Bob Bearpark

  • Gerry Berger

  • David Black

  • Debbie Bowker

  • Iain Brambell

  • Susan Brice

  • May Brown

  • Trudi Brown

  • Gerry Carr

  • Jim Carter

  • Tracy David

  • Eric Donald

  • Robin Dyke

  • Terry Farmer

  • David Galbraith

  • Carin Gallie

  • Roman Hahn

  • Kyle Hamilton

  • Lynn Hannah

  • Bill Heikkila

  • David Hill

  • Roger Jackson

  • Jennifer Jacques

  • Harri Jansson

  • Geoff Johnson

  • Donna Jones

  • Tom Jones

  • Marion Lay

  • John MacMillan

  • Don Manning

  • Cathy McIntyre

  • George Morfitt

  • Sue Neill

  • Charles Parkinson

  • Alison Partridge

  • Jim Reed

  • Claire Sharpe

  • Ken Shields

  • Roger Skillings

  • Lucy Smith

  • Paul Smith

  • Tricia Smith

  • Lee Southern

  • Ian Stewart

  • Ian Taylor

  • Bill Thomson

  • Chris Trumpy

  • Howard Waldner

  • Jennifer Walinga

  • Peter Webster

  • Wayne Widdis

  • Philip Williams

  • Mark Wyatt