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

Jane Bird
CEO, Columbia Power Corporation
Cathy Daminato
Vice-President (Advancement), 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.
Arry Dhillon
Member, Simon Fraser University (SFU Student Association Representative)
Mark Roseland
Professor, Simon Fraser University (Faculty Representative)
Philip Steenkamp
Vice-President, External Relations
Brian Taylor
Member SFU Board of Governors / Partner, Bull Housser & Tupper

Lee Gavel

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