UBC ATHLETICS WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP RECEPTION
Join us for an evening of inspiration, encouragement and motivation as UBC Athletics present the first annual Women’s Sport Leadership Networking event on Tuesday, November 19th in Downtown Vancouver. Engage in the conversation as panelists discuss turning points in their careers and the risks they took on the path to “owning their brand”. We’ll also hear about how their involvement in sports helped drive and develop them to become the leaders they are today.
Enjoy an evening with your peers, mentors, and the leaders of tomorrow as you discover how to navigate your career path, how lessons learned from athletics can be applied to the workplace, and how taking risks can help refine your unique identity.
Panelists:
Jamie Broder, People & Culture @ Arc'tyrx, Olympian Beach Volleyball, UBC Volleyball
Alexa Loo, Richmond City Councillor, Olympian Snowboarder, UBC Swimming & Rowing
Kelsey Blair, Author, PhD Student, UBC Basketball
Carey Dillen, President YYoga, Active Sport Ambassador
Moderator: Haleigh Callison, Lumber Trader, UBC Hockey
Date: Tuesday, November 19, 2019
Time: 5:30pm – 8:00pm
Location: Fasken Office, 550 Burrard Street, Suite 2900 (29th floor), Vancouver
Tickets: $15 /person This includes a beverage and canapés
Wine and Cider tastings courtesy of Terravista Vineyards and Geo Cider, both owned by UBC Athletics alumni.
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Should you want to be a Blue and Gold Champion, you can purchase a ticket for $100; for your contribution you will receive a partial tax receipt.
If you can’t attend the event, but are still interested in supporting or interested in sponsorship, please contact Stephanie Patterson at stephanie.patterson@ubc.ca.
Panelists Bios:
Jamie Broder
Volleyball/Beach Volleyball
UBC ’09
Growing up in Victoria BC, Jamie started playing Beach Volleyball when she was 15 years old and fell in love with the sport immediately. She started her indoor volleyball career as a right side at Vancouver Island University, but after three years transferred to University of British Columbia. By the time her five-year indoor career came to an end she had helped UBC win their first CIS championship in 30 years and kick started their CIS dominance of 6 repeat championships. She also finished as a CIS Championship tournament all-star. Jamie made Canadian history in 2015 by winning the first ever medal for Canadian Women’s Beach Volleyball, a gold medal at the FIVB Open in Fuzhou China.
Alexa Loo
Rowing/Swimming/Snowboarding
UBC ’94
Alexa grew up in Richmond, BC as an all-around athlete and major participant in the community. By the time she arrived at UBC, she had chosen to focus on both rowing, and swimming while working towards her Bachelor of Commerce. Upon graduation, Alexa focused her athletic prowess on a long time passion – snowboard racing. It was in snowboarding that Alexa really found her footing on the national and international stage. She competed in 2 Olympic Games, 5 World Championships, and won 11 National Titles. She also actively worked behind the scenes with governmental bodies, lobbying federal governmental bodies to increase funding and participation for snowboarding.
Post-sporting career, Alexa has moved into difference-making in a different arena; she now serves on the Richmond City Council while parenting two young boys.
Kelsey Blair
Basketball
UBC ’07, ’12
Kelsey Blair (B.A., University of British Columbia; M.A. University of Toronto; M.A. University of British Columbia; PhD Simon Fraser University) is a theatre, performance, and physical culture scholar, young adult fiction author, and community-engaged artist and activist. She was a varsity basketball athlete during her time at UBC. She recently completed her PhD in English with an emphasis in Performance Studies from Simon Fraser University and is currently a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of English at McGill. She is also a young adult fiction author who has published four sport fiction novels for girls, a Director of the Steering Committee for the Centre for Spectatorship, the curator of the Activist Classroom, a community-engaged theatre & performance artist and activist, and a director on multiple not-for-profit Boards.
Carey Dillen
Yoga
President YYOGA
With 20+ years of experience spanning startup to rapid growth environments, Carey harnesses an entrepreneurial drive, strategic mind and strong vision to grow people, profits and purpose. Carey has experience working with well-established organizations to dynamic startups and has contributed extensively to health, wellness and sports communities locally, nationally and internationally. As President of YYOGA and YYOGA at Home (on-demand digital business), she leads the development, growth and strategy for the company. Previously, as the VP of Finance for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games, Carey was instrumental in the startup, growth and dissolution of the organization; she also acted as an advisor to London 2012 and Sochi 2014 Olympic Games. In addition, she has held senior leadership positions with some of Canada's top brands like Boston Pizza, MEC and KPMG.
Giving back to her community is a central part of Carey's life. She has been an advisor and board member for nonprofit and high-profile organizations like 2016 Americas Masters Games, 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, Sport BC, BC Athletics and SBC Insurance Ltd. In addition, she was recently nominated for YWCA's Women of Distinction in the business and professions category.
We would like to thank the following Champions for choosing to support this event:
Sarah Barclay, MSC '07
Michelle Collens, BA ‘02
Erica McGuinness, BCOM '08
Stephanie Snow, BHK '05
Sara Hodson, BHK '02
Haleigh Callison, BHK '07
Tyla Flexman, BHK '08
Stephanie Thibert, MPT '10
Deb Huband, '82
Robert Broder
Morgan Tierney, BA '08
Charlotte Warren, BCOM '58
