Squamish Community Foundation

Ian Davis
President / Nominating Committee Chair

Ian Davis is a father of 5 and has lived and worked in the Sea to Sky Corridor since 1989. Following his call to the bar, he joined the law firm of Race and Company, where he continues to practice personal and small business oriented law. Read More

Murray Sovereign
Director

Owner and operator of Valhalla Pure Outfitters, Murray is originally from Vernon BC where he experienced firsthand how community foundations benefit their communities.

Nancy Edwards
Vice President /Treasurer

Nancy has resided in Squamish since 1974 and is the Secretary Treasurer for the Howe Sound School District.

Deb Kent
Secretary / Grants Committee Chair

Deb has lived in Squamish for 29 years, raising her three children here. She has been very active with the Squamish United Church and volunteering in the community. Coming from a family very involved in the Vancouver and West Vancouver Foundation, Deb has seen the benefits that a foundation can have on a community and is very pleased to be part of the Squamish Foundation.

Larina Bouwman
Director / Marketing & Fund Development Chair

Born and raised in Squamish, Larina is now busy realtor and is happily married with a very active son. She is very involved in her community and church and helps with many local charitable organizations.

Kevin Haberl
Director / Youth Committee Chair

Kevin has been volunteering in Squamish since arriving in 1996 with youth sports, Scouting, church and now the Olympics. He works as an Operations Manager at the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.

Ken Perry
Director

Ken has resided in the Sea-to-Sky corridor for over 20 years and worked in the business community for 35 years in transportation, operations, logistics, marketing & sales. He coaches Senior Boys soccer. and is a past director of the Squamish Chamber of Commerce, serving as President in 1996.

Gurjit Johal
Director

Gurjit has been living in Squamish for 15 years, married and has two boys. She works as a Dental Administrative Assistant and for the past 5 years have been doing ESL story time for preschoolers as well as running a seniors group for the south Asian women. As a Bhangra-Workout instructor at Brennan Park, she has prepared performances for Wild at Art, Canada Day, and various other events in the city.

Dal Dhami
Director

Dal moved from India to Squamish in 1979 and completed his schooling here. After completing his post secondary education he commenced working for RBC Royal Bank and is currently a Mortgage Specialist for RBC in the Sea to Sky corridor. He is married with two children and is looking forward to serving the community as a director with the Squamish Community Foundation.

Marcie Gaukrodger
Director

Marcie has resided in the Sea to Sky Corridor for 20 years and is the owner of Bliss Event Planning. She volunteers with arts groups in Squamish and with the Canadian Cancer Society in Vancouver as well as being mom to three active teens.

Ronnda Granger
Director

Ronnda was born and raised in Squamish, married to her High School sweetheart and has two children. She is the Branch Manager of Bank of Montreal Squamish Branch and is actively involved in a variety of volunteer positions in the community.

Jody Villadsen
Administrative Assistant