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Volunteer Bios - ICO Board of Directors
...above all, we are friends working together, if the task gets before relationships or friendships, do not do the task... ICO Volunteer Staff Bios, sorted by ICO Groups  Bob ChapmanSecretary Board of Directors Born in West Ham in the East End of London, Bob entered the accounting field in 1952 and continued in that field until his "retirement" in 1993. Bob has since operated his own small accounting/book-keeping company and now has one employee. Since his "retirement" Bob has been very involved in his church in Sooke having been the Rector's Warden for two years. He was also a founding member of Vital Vittles Soup Kitchen. Bob recently formed the Sooke Celtic Society and is it's first Treasurer. Bob enjoys the theatre, music (currently learning bass and guitar) and making wine. He believes in working to make a better world for those less-advantaged than himself and wants to share his knowledge and commitment with the ICO Team. Bob is based in Metchosin, BC, Canada  Kathleen (Kit) ChapmanTreasurer Board of Directors A Victoria born Certified General Accountant (CGA), Kit has a long career working for the Federal and Provincial Governments. She headed the B.C. Government's project to move to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. Kit was Director of the group responsible for preparing the financial statements of the Province of B.C. Her position gave her a major say in the development of the accounting systems of the Government of B.C. Kit was an active member of her church and sat on the Parish Council. The church opened Vital Vittles in Sooke and through this connection she has become aware and interested in the plight of the homeless and disadvantaged. Kit is based in Metchosin, BC, Canada  Anthony HendriksMember At Large Board of Directors Anthony has been a Victoria native since the age of nine. For the major part of his working life, he has been employed in the financial services industry, first with a major trust company and more recently as an independent advisor. Anthony is a family man with three children and is a member of St. Philips Anglican Church in Victoria. He is a published songwriter and trumpet player. Anthony first became involved in ICO through relationships developed while a member of Faith in Action in Victoria. Anthony is based in Saanich, BC, Canada  John MitchellChairman and Chief Executive Officer Board of Directors John's career as a human resources executive, management consultant and lecturer led him to the challenges of integrating communications technologies to enable positive social change and bring about a more just and compassionate world. To that end he started in 1989 the conceptualization and planning of what became ICO and began to assemble a worldwide team connected together by the Internet. He is Co-Founder of ICO along with Bill Robson. John focuses to organizational management and development with strong and open fiscal management. (Bill focuses to Facilities and Property Development). In his career as a human resources executive, John developed and introduced the first Employee Assistance Program in the BC Forest Industry as well as Employee Involvement Programs which flattened traditional organizational structures. Responsible for the largest operations department at Expo 86 with 650 employees, John enabled quality circles and devoluted management which received wide notice in the media. John has taught organizational behaviour, management and labour relations on the part-time faculty of the School of Management of the British Columbia Institute of Technology as well as other colleges and universities as a guest lecturer. Whilst in the UK 1994-8, John was a co-founder and was responsible for the management and development of CARLA which successfully orchestrated the changes to Residential Leasehold laws and brought positive fundamental change to millions of households by introducing Commonhold. During that period, John was appointed by Lord Lytton as Chairman, to the Board of the Leasehold Advisory Service. CARLA was recognized in the House of Commons for it's work and capability as the largest leasehold reform organization in the UK. John believes that governments, public servants and non-profits should be open and accountable. His work has received considerable media coverage including the Times of London, featured in TV and Radio programs as well as numerous newspaper and magazine articles. He volunteers with ICO and enjoys sailing, travelling, music, researching and writing a 5 volume socio-historic study of his family back to 1600. John has been involved with the Scout Movement as a President and District Commissioner. He and his wife, Christina, live in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. He has two adult children and three grandchildren. John is based in Victoria, BC, Canada  Sean PetersVice-President Board of Directors Sean is currently completing the final year of his studies in both Business and Anthropology. As a student on campus, he has held executive positions in the Business Administration Student Society, and is also the founding member of the International Business Association. He has also competed against MBA students from UBC and Royal Rhodes in a CESR Case Competition, in which his team received first place. Off campus, Sean has also been active in his community. In January of 2007, Sean took two semesters off of his university career. He joined together with Shawn Smith and Christina Wu to co-found Global Agents for Change. Their goal was to make an impact on the world, by improving the lives of impoverished people worldwide and encouraging youth in their own community to get involved in social change. Their first project, Riding to Break the Cycle, raised $31,000 to build Canada's largest youth-built microcredit fund. In their second year, they're expected to raise this fund to $120,000. Sean is also very active in his research into material culture, and is a founding member of the Vancouver Material Culture Research Group. Their ongoing projects include an investigation into how the bicycle is contextualized within different cultural environments, and an in-depth historical and ethnographic investigation into the production of tea in India. Sean will be presenting his findings in Liverpool in September 2008.  Bill RobsonExecutive Vice-Chair Board of Directors Bill studied Commerce at Simon Fraser University and has been a realtor for over 25 years. He is the Co-Founder of ICO along with John Mitchell. Bill focuses to Facilities and Property Development (John focuses to organizational management and development). Bill's professional insights and wide-ranging mind coupled with a deep sense of integrity bring a great capability to the InnovativeCommunities.Org Foundation. Bill has a passion for sustainability and the environment and social justice. He has visited Guatemala on many occasions and was the driving force behind the first ICO Inititiatives in Guatemala which eventually led to more comprehensive partnerships and involvement of existing organizations into ICO. Gardening, nature and ultra micro-brewing (a passion he shares with John Mitchell) are just some of his hobbies. Bill and his wife Jackie live in Victoria, BC, Canada. |
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