Lindalee Brougham, FCA. CGA, CFP, MA, ICD.D

Board Chair
Nominated by the Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce

Lindalee Brougham is the President of LL Brougham Inc., Chartered Accountant, a company that works with business owners to help them achieve their goals. Services provided include general compliance work (year ends and tax) as well as consulting and coaching allowing clients to become informed decision makers. She is dedicated to developing informed decision makers.

Active in the community Lindalee sits on the Greater Victoria Police Board and Union Club of British Columbia. She is the Past Chair of the Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce and Past Chair of the Canadian Home Builders Association - Victoria and past member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia Board. She is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of BC, the Certified General Accountants of BC and the Financial Planner Standards Council and the Institute of Corporate Directors.

In 2011, Lindalee was awarded a fellowship (FCA) designation which is awarded to chartered accountants for contributions to the community and service to the profession.  She also received the Service Provider of the Year award by the Victoria Advanced Technology Council in 2011.  She has won numerous prior awards from the Canadian Home Builders Association including the top non-builder award for BC for the year 2006. Other awards include one of the Fastest 25 Growing Businesses in Victoria for 2006 and Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce.

Graeme Roberts

Board Vice-Chair and Chair, Airport Consultative Committee
Nominated by the District of Central Saanich

Graeme Roberts was born and raised in Victoria, B.C. and completed his education in the U.K.  He has served in management capacities for major automobile manufacturers in Vancouver and Toronto, and is a retired automobile dealer having developed, owned and operated two successful new vehicle dealerships.

He is currently Chairman of the Board, Motor Vehicle Sales Authority of British Columbia.  He was a charter member of the Board of Directors of the BC Ferry Corporation, is a past president of the BC Motor Dealer Association, past District Governor Gyro International, and served for 20 years as a member of the Board of Directors Air BC, Air Canada Regional and Air Canada Jazz airlines.  He is a former Mayor of Nanaimo and is past Chairman of the British Columbia Public Service Commission.

Since 1988 Graeme has been a dedicated volunteer and enthusiastic supporter of amateur athletics in British Columbia.  In this role he has attended events in 40 communities throughout the province that have hosted the BC Summer and Winter Games, Northern Games, Senior's Games and Games for the Disabled.  For his efforts, time and commitment he has been named as an Honorary Member of the Board of Directors of the BC Games Society.

Mel Rinald

Board Secretary and Chair, Governance Committee
Nominated by the Town of Sidney

Mel Rinald is currently retired and living in the Town of Sidney. He has a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of British Columbia and worked 30 years in Canadian industry including 10 years at MacMillan Bloedel and 20 years at Xerox Canada Inc.

Mel moved to Victoria in 1993 to assume ownership of Red Apple Foods Inc. He operated nine A&W franchise restaurants in greater Victoria as a family enterprise until selling the businesses in 2007.

Mel has been an active participant in the communities, serving in numerous capacities in sports related activities while his family was young. He has served on the Board of Directors of the Manitoba Theatre Centre, the Vancouver Playhouse and the Board of Advisors to the University of Victoria School of Business.

Since moving to the Town of Sidney in 1999 Mel has served on the Economic Development Committee, three terms on the Advisory Planning Commission and was Chair of the Steering Committee for the Town’s Downtown and Waterfront, and Local Area Plan 2007-2008.

Peter D. Bray, M.B.A., C.G.A.

Nominated by the City of Victoria

Peter Bray recently worked in excess of 30 years with various ministries of the Province of British Columbia in a number of senior financial and auditing management positions. His final position was Legislative Comptroller. Prior experience involved banking and the Canadian Armed Forces. Mr. Bray is a Certified General Accountant.

Mr. Bray has held a number of board positions with national and local non-profit organizations, including the Financial Management Institute of Canada, the Victoria Jazz Society, and the Literary Arts Festival Society of Victoria.

Glen Crawford, CA, CFP, CLU

Chair, Audit and Finance Committee
Nominated by the Corporation of the District of Saanich

Glen was born and raised in Victoria BC. He graduated from the University of Victoria with a BSc. He then entered articles and received his CA in 1968 with what is now known as KPMG. He was a partner from 1975-1999 when he retired. He received his CFP in 1988 and CLU in 2005. He was an advisor for ten years with two national brokerage organizations on the utilization of life insurance to assist clients in their corporate, estate and charitable planning.  He is now enjoying retirement and doing some private consulting. 

He has been active in community matters with participation on a number of local charitable and other boards. He is currently a director of the Victoria Open Golf Society (sponsors the annual Canadian Tour event in Victoria), the Victoria Airport Authority, Lester B. Pearson College of the Pacific, a past director of the Victoria Golf Club, was a founding director of the Vancouver Island chapter of CAFE (Canadian Association of Financial Enterprises) and a life member of the Victoria Fish and Game Protective Association.

Bob Coulter

Appointed by the Federal Government of Canada

Bob Coulter has 29 years flying experience in military and commercial flight operations. He is currently an Airbus A340 Senior Captain with Cathay Pacific Airways, based in Vancouver.

Bob is a graduate of Royal Roads Military College, with a BSc in Physics and Physical Oceanography. During his military career, he was involved in both maritime patrol and global transport aircraft operations. He commanded numerous overseas flights involving Canadian Heads of State and participated in air to air refueling operations in the 1991 Gulf War.

After leaving the military in 1992, he joined Cathay Pacific Airways and moved his family to Hong Kong. His flying duties have taken him to major airports throughout Asia, the Middle East and Australia. In 1996, Bob and his family returned to Canada and settled in North Saanich. Currently, he is predominately flying the Trans Pacific routes.

Bob is an active volunteer in his children's school and their sports activities. Currently, he chairs the board that oversees the pension plan for Cathay Pacific pilots, based in Canada.

James P. Crowley

Nominated by the District of North Saanich

James (Jim) Crowley brings over fifty years of business, educational and flying experience to the VAA Board. His early professional career was as a faculty member first at Selkirk College and at the University of Calgary from 1969 through 1980. At Selkirk College, he was a co-founder of the Selkirk Aviation Technology program, the first college-based pilot training program in Canada and he supervised the first inter-disciplinary Ph.D. ever granted at the University of Calgary in 1974 which focused on the economic and environmental advantages of STOL (short take-off and landing) aircraft in Canadian “short-haul” air corridors. He has also logged several thousand hours in military and civilian flying, the latter as a corporate pilot for a Calgary-based environmental research company.

From the mid-1980s on, Jim’s primary focus has been on various forms of alternate energy development and he was employed for many years by one of Canada’s largest engineering firms as a project manager and corporate director in that field. Prior to settling permanently in North Saanich in October 2009, his efforts in the preceding ten years were devoted to the development of unconventional natural gas reserves in central Alberta. In various business related capacities, he has travelled extensively throughout all of North America, Central America, SE Asia, New Zealand and Australia.

In stepping out of his roles as an inveterate commuter and exploration geologist in Calgary, Jim finally joined his wife, Gillian, a resident of North Saanich since early 2007.

Lynne Henderson

Nominated by the Province of British Columbia

Lynne was born and raised in Victoria.  She is a director and partner of Carolyn Developments Ltd., a property and development company in Victoria since 1983 and was a licensed realtor for 12 years.  She also served as Special Assistant to the Honourable David Anderson P.C., MP from 2001 to 2006.

Her involvement in the community is and has been very extensive.  In the past positions held are Vice Chair, BC Cancer Foundation - Inspire the World Campaign, United Way - Campaign Chair, Foundation of University of Victoria - Chair, Board of Directors for Destination Marketing Commission, Victoria Art Gallery and Victoria Symphony to name a few. She is presently on the Capital Region Music Awards Society, Inaugural Fellow Royal Roads University and Coats For Kids.

Awards and special recognition that Lynne has received are the Queen’s Silver Jubilee Medal for community service, Community Leadership Award from the University of Victoria and the Award of Merit from CFAX radio- Citizen of the Year.

Bruce Knott, CMA

Appointed by the Federal Government of Canada

Mr. Bruce Knott has a Bachelor of Commerce in Finance and is a Certified Management Accountant (CMA). He operates as an independent consultant through his company BKMS Limited.

Mr. Knott provides consulting services related to large scale aboriginal economic development initiatives, land claim implementation matters, business planning and acquisitions in the private sector, and program design in the public sector.

Mr. Knott's background includes support for Canada's system of northern airports and assisting regional air carriers in commercial matters.

R. Chad Rintoul

Chair, Planning and Development Committee
Nominated by the District of North Saanich

Chad Rintoul is the Chief Administrative Officer of the Association of British Columbia Land Surveyors.

With a background in project management, and management consulting, Mr. Rintoul relocated to the Victoria area following a decade living overseas with positions in Japan, Russia, Kazakhstan, and the United Kingdom.

Mr. Rintoul has a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Windsor and Honours Standing in Political Science from the University of Western Ontario. Past associations include membership in the Canadian Business Association of Almaty, and founding member status in the Vladivostok International Business Association. He completed a five year term as a Director of the Canada Pacific Russia Trade Centre in Vancouver, an organization aimed at increasing trade links between Pacific Canada and Pacific Russia.  He was also Chairman of the District of North Saanich Resident Liaison Committee for a major infrastructure construction project until conclusion in November, 2008.  He recently served as Executive Director of the Memorial Park Society, trustee of community cultural and recreational facilities in Sidney and North Saanich.

Currently, Chad is a member of the Canadian Institute of Corporate Directors, a member of the Saanich Peninsula Hospital Foundation, and a member of the Advisory Planning Commission for the District of North Saanich. He is a Fellow serving on the Royal Roads University Fellows Council advising President Dr. Allan Cahoon.  

Mr. Rintoul is a Director of the Victoria Airport Authority where he is a member of the Governance Committee, Steering Committee, and Chairman of the Airport Planning and Development Committee.

Mel Satok, MRAIC

Nominated by the Town of Sidney

Mel Satok has a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Toronto and has over 40 years of diversified experience as an Architect.  He was principal of his own firm for 26 years in Toronto specializing in land planning, recreational, industrial, residential and institutional projects including a number of award winning fire halls.

He then joined the Zeidler Partnership as a senior associate, managing large residential, commercial and institutional projects.  In 1993, he and his wife moved to Hong Kong where he became vice-president of Asian Operations for Zeidler Partnership International with projects in Hong Kong and China.  He later joined Parsons International of Pasadena California in their Manila office as Director of the Architectural and Engineering Department which was involved in the design and contract drawings for a military air and naval base in Saudia Arabia.

In 1999 he returned to Canada, locating in Sidney.  He has been very active in the community serving on the Advisory Planning Commission from 2000-2006, 2008 to present with 2 years as chair, Vision 2000 Committee 2000-2007 and Local Area Plan 2007-2008 as vice-chair.  Mel has most recently been elected Chair of the Advisory Planning Commission 2011, Town of Sidney.

Mel is an active volunteer on a number of societies and boards as well as maintaining a Consulting Design Practice.

Suromitra Sanatani

Appointed by the Victoria Airport Authority Board of Directors

Suromitra Sanatani began her career in litigation before transitioning from the practice of law to senior corporate positions in the non-profit, public and private sectors. Serving as Strategic Counsel for Heenan Blaikie LLP, Suromitra led First Nations consultations around the province. She also worked with a major financial institution in the area of social finance.

In her former role as Vice-President, Corporate and Government Relations, Suromitra played a pivotal role in establishing Partnerships BC, a Crown agency specializing in public-private partnerships. During that time, she headed up the pan-Canadian public-private partnership initiative which involved the provinces of Quebec, Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia. Through her role as the Vice-President, Canadian Federation of Independent Business (BC and Yukon), she represented the interests of small and medium-sized businesses locally, provincially and nationally.

Suromitra is passionate about driving change within an organization that in turn benefits the social, cultural and economic development of society. Active in the community, she is Vice-Chair of the Royal BC Museum and a Director of the Telus Victoria Community Board. She also sits on the national panel for Responsible Conduct of Research. Past experience includes service as a council member of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, as well as a Director of the Industry Training Authority.

Colin Smith, P.Eng, FCAE, FEC, FCIM

Nominated by the Capital Regional District

Mr. Smith received his BASc. In Mining Engineering from UBC in 1965; an MS in Mineral Engineering and an MBA from Stanford in 1972; and an Executive Program Diploma in International Business from the National University of Singapore in 1986. His career has included operations and corporate management responsibilities with major international mining companies in Nevada, California and British Columbia; private practice consulting; and over 15 years of public service with the Province of British Columbia in assistant and deputy minister equivalent positions including CEO of Forest Renewal BC; President and Project Director of Rapid Transit 2000 Limited (Millennium Line SkyTrain Project); and Corporate Secretary and CFO of the Vancouver Convention Centre Expansion Project.

Mr. Smith is a Past President of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of BC (APEGBC); Engineers Canada; and the British Columbia Chamber of Commerce (BCCC). He is an Honourary Life Member of APEGBC, the Applied Science Technologists and Technicians of BC and of BCCC. Colin is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, Engineers Canada, Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, BCCC and is a Paul Harris Fellow of Rotary International. He is a recipient of APEGBC's Professional Service and Community Service Awards and of the 125th Anniversary of the Confederation of Canada and the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Commemorative Medals.

Mr. Smith currently consults on infrastructure-related projects and is active in a number of voluntary pursuits including; APEGBC's Discipline Committee and Delegate to the bi-national Pacific NorthWest Economic Region Partnership; BC Director of the Canadian Society of Senior Engineers; Chief Warden of Iron Ring Camp 23; Immediate Past Chair of the West Coast Railway Association (www.wcra.org); Harbourside Rotary Club and a Director of other Boards and Foundations.

Geoff Dickson

President and Chief Executive Officer

Geoff Dickson became President and Chief Executive Officer of the Victoria Airport Authority January 2011.  As President and Chief Executive Officer, Geoff is responsible for the strategic planning, operations and financial performance of Victoria International Airport.

Geoff has over twenty five years experience in the airline and marine transportation industries with a background in marketing, business development, operations, customer service and finance.

Geoff began his career with Canadian Airlines where he advanced through the organization where he led the international marketing team in the development and expansion of the Airline’s global network.  He returned home to Victoria, BC where he joined BC Ferries as Vice President of Marketing and Business Development and more recently as Vice President Catering and Retail Operations.  Included in his responsibilities were onboard vessel design, franchising, food and retail development, terminal improvements and customer service.

Geoff is a graduate of the University of British Columbia Sauder School of Business.