Tara Szerencsi is the Vice President of Finance & Corporate Services at the College of New Caledonia, bringing over 20 years of experience in public sector and not-for-profit organizations. An accountant with a CPA, CMA designation, Tara earned her Master of Business Administration and Bachelor of Commerce degrees from UNBC.
She has recently joined the board of BCNET, further contributing her expertise to the field.
Ted Pennell is the CIO for Camosun College and is passionate about enhancing education through technology. He values innovation as an empowering agent for change and is skilled at building and maintaining productive relationships and developing capable teams that value customer service and collaboration. With more than 20 years in BC’s educational sector, Ted holds an MBA degree with a specialization in consulting management and has numerous technology and business certifications and designations.
Pradeep has more than three decades of industry experience in leading technology and operations teams across diverse sectors including research technology and statistical analysis, animation and broadcast media, financial and professional services consulting, fundraising and charitable giving, and higher education operations management.
Nathan Doidge is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) with many years of experience in administrative leadership roles at not-for-profits and broader public sector organizations. Before relocating to Vancouver in 2020, he was the Chief Administrative Officer at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Nursing and was responsible for supporting the division’s finance, HR, IT, and office space needs.
With over two decades of experience in information technology, Katie Tuck serves as the Chief Information Officer at the University of the Fraser Valley (UFV). In this role she is responsible for leading the strategic direction of enterprise-level technology services including infrastructure, applications, networking, classroom technology, telecommunications, and information security.
Dr. Veronica Thompson has been serving as vice-president Academic and Provost at Royal Roads University since January 2021 and has recently led the creation and development of Royal Roads’ new 2022-25 Academic Strategic Plan. She has served in a variety of academic and administrative positions at the University of Calgary, Mount Royal College, Red Deer College and Athabasca University. In her previous role at Athabasca University, she was dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (FHSS) and associate professor of English. Veronica holds a Ph.D.
Brian’s background is in strategic, operational, and technology management where he has sought to continuously learn through the combined application of theory and practice to improve organizational performance. His role has been to provide strategic leadership, vision, and direction for information technology and to lead organizational change through digitally led innovation. Brian writes and speaks widely on these topics, having published a number of papers and delivered several national and international presentations.
Peter Smailes was the vice-president, Administration at Kwantlen Polytechnic University. He was responsible for information and education technology, campus and community planning, facilities, daily operations of KPU’s five campuses and ancillary services.
Curtis has 15 years of experience in the BC post-secondary sector and currently serves as the CFO & VP Corporate Services at Okanagan College. Curtis’s portfolio oversees the activities of Financial Services, Information Technology, Ancillary and Business Services, Campus Planning and Facilities Management, and serves as Treasurer of the Okanagan College Foundation. During his career in post-secondary Curtis has been involved in over $650M of major capital projects.
Matt Milovick is the Vice-President, Administration & Finance having served in that role since 2013. Matt has held senior and executive positions with various post-secondary institutions including Vice-President, Finance and Administration at the Ontario College of Art and Design University, Chief Financial Officer (Interim) and Vice-President, Operations and Strategic Development at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT). He has also held diverse senior roles at Saint John’s College (University of New Brunswick Saint John) and York University.