UniverCity

Governance

SFU Community Corporation manages the development of the UniverCity community. Acting as Trustee for the SFU Community Trust, the corporation oversees the provision of zoned, serviced, subdivided sites to private sector developers on a prepaid, long-term (99-year) leasehold basis.



The SFU Community Corporation Board of Directors

The SFU Community Corporation is managed by a Board of Directors comprising key SFU stakeholders, faculty and student representatives as well as a number of prominent real estate and legal experts from in and around Vancouver and the Lower Mainland. As trustee, the board of the SFU Community Corporation establishes policy for SFU Community Trust and plays an active role in shaping the planning and development of UniverCity.

David Gillanders, QC

Board Chair, SFU Community Trust / Partner, Farris Vaughan Wills & Murphy LLP
Gordon Harris
President and CEO, SFU Community Trust

Robert Anderson
Professor, Simon Fraser University (Community Advisory Committee Representative)
Jane Bird
Former CEO, Canada Line Rapid Transit Inc.
Warren Gill
Vice-President (University Relations), Simon Fraser University
Anne Giardini
President, Weyerhaeuser Company Limited
Patricia Hibbitts
Vice-President (Finance and Administration), Simon Fraser University
Barry Macdonald
Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Howard Nemtin
President, Nemtin Consultants Ltd.
Ravi Patel
Member, SFU Board of Governors / Student, Simon Fraser University (SFU Student Association Representative)
Mark Roseland
Professor, Simon Fraser University (Faculty Representative)
Michael Stevenson
President, Simon Fraser University
Brian Taylor
Member SFU Board of Governors / Partner, Bull Housser & Tupper
Allan Waisman
President and CEO, Intercon Capital Inc.
Bruno Wall
President, Wall Financial Corp.

Lee Gavel

Chief Facilities Officer/University Architect, Simon Fraser University (Non-Voting Member)