The two organizations that comprise Coast Opportunity Funds share a common Board of Directors which manages the affairs of the organizations and reports annually to the members.
Cindy Boyko is on the Council of the Haida Nation and is Chair of the Secretariat of the Haida Nation Board. She co-chairs the Archipelago Management Board, working with Government of Canada representatives to cooperatively manage the southern part of Haida Gwaii, the Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve and Haida Heritage Site.
Cameron Brown, M.B.A., is a citizen of the Heiltsuk First Nation and an independent management consultant specializing in Aboriginal management and economic development and training and education. Cameron has practiced as an active management consultant since 2000. Prior to that, he served as the National Director, Aboriginal Banking (Toronto) for the CIBC. Cameron was also a professor at Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario, in the Native Management and Economic Development Program. He also managed and led a job readiness training program for Aboriginal trainees in Peterborough, Ontario. He has previously served as Band Manager for his First Nation. Cameron has served on the boards of an Aboriginal Financial Institution and an urban Aboriginal Child & Family Services organization.
Merv Child is a lawyer specializing in administrative law, aboriginal rights, consultation and accommodation, land and resource management, band governance, economic development and treaty negotiations, and acts as the Executive Director for the Nanwakolas Council, a Campbell River-based society of eight First Nations addressing land and resource use issues and related economic development opportunities.
Harold Leighton is the Elected Chief of the Metlakatla First Nation. He has served his community for more than 25 years, including as Band Administrator, treaty negotiator, and CEO of the Metlakatla Development Corporation. He has also acted as President of the North Coast Tribal Council for six years and served on a wide variety of business and non-profit boards.
Thomas Olsen is an owner and President of the Olsen Management Group, which has subsidiaries in logging, road building, marine transportation, and property development. Thomas has worked in cooperative ventures with First Nation communities to build sustainable infrastructure and long-term employment for communities on the North Coast of British Columbia. He is a past President of the TLA and served as a Director of their board since 1999. Thomas lives in Campbell River with his wife Louise and daughter Levon.
Acting Chair Paul Richardson has co-managed the Renewal Partners’ venture portfolio since 2003. From 2004 to 2006, Paul also led an international consortium of philanthropic foundations and private investors in multi-level discussions on conservation financing for the region. He practiced law at Fasken Martineau in Toronto for four years before co- founding Strathy & Richardson, a leading Canadian litigation firm, where he was senior partner for eight years. Paul is active on a variety of investee company boards.
Merran Smith was a leader in the campaign to protect the ecological integrity of Canada's Great Bear Rainforest, which raised $120 million in public and private funds to ensure that the ecological gains in the Great Bear Rainforest are coupled with sustainable economic growth for First Nation coastal communities. She is now working with Tides Canada Foundation developing a climate and energy solutions initiative. She is on BC Hydro’s advisory committee and sits on the board of Rights Action Canada.
Barry Stuart is a former Chief Judge of the Territorial Court of Yukon, a faculty member of numerous Canadian law schools, and an internationally respected leader in multiparty conflict resolution. Barry has pioneered the use of peacemaking Circles for public processes in North America over the last twenty years. He has worked as a lawyer, mediator, consensus facilitator, policy analyst to government, chief land claims negotiator, professor, and speaker. In the 1970s, he played a leading role in shaping environmental law in Canada. He is internationally known through his training, teaching, writings and involvement as a mediator, negotiator and facilitator. He has worked in several communities in Canada, the United States and in third world countries to develop community and restorative justice processes as an integral part of enhancing community well-being and sustainability.
Chris Trumpy has more than 30 years of experience in public service. Trumpy’s background includes developing Crown Corporation governance frameworks, work on compensation disclosure and performance measures, and identifying solutions to long-standing fiscal and policy problems, including carbon emissions. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree and a Certified General Accountant designation. Since starting work for the provincial government in 1979, he has been Deputy Minister of the Ministries of Finance and Corporate Relations; Provincial Revenue; Sustainable Resource Management; and Environment (formerly the Ministry of Water, Land & Air Protection). He has also been Chair of Land and Water British Columbia Inc. and Secretary to Treasury Board. In March 2008, he became Chair of the Board of Directors for Pacific Carbon Trust (PCT) and in January 2010, was appointed to the Puget Sound Energy and Puget Energy boards. Mr. Trumpy retired from the provincial government in March 2009 but continues his work with PCT. He is the former chair of the British Columbia Investment Management Corporation and Land and Water BC.