Specialization
Media training, media relations, issues and crisis communications, video production
Career background
Newspaper and TV reporter for 30 years, followed by 18 years in PR
Education
Bachelor of Arts in English from York University
Volunteer experience
Director and Chair of the Communications Committee for the Boys and Girls Clubs of South Coast B.C.
If you wrote an autobiography, what would you call it?
I didn’t do it all but I sure tried
Furthest flung city you’ve lived in?
Toronto
Favourite part of Peak life
The team attitude that delivers amazing results
Career highlights
Starting Peak with my two co-partners and winning the PR Daily Award for crisis management
PR role model and why
The late Tom Butler was a master of the PR stunt. He once organized a tourism promotion tour through California with a beaver from the Stanley Park Zoo. It created front-page headlines across the state, and I covered it for Global TV at the time
Favourite B.C. pastime
Restoring classic cars, and writing about them too
Favourite social media site
I keep in touch with friends and relations through Facebook
Secret talent
If people can make it, I can fix it!