About Us

OUR MISSION

To do whatever we possibly can to bring the compelling ideas and opportunities of Sea to Sky entrepreneurs to life. We will accomplish this by being resourceful, flexible, professional and kind. Always.

Community Futures Howe Sound provides assistance to small businesses from Lions Bay to Birken including Britannia Beach, Squamish, Whistler, Pemberton, Mount Currie and D’Arcy.

If you are planning to start your own small business, or if you are an owner or operator of a small business in the Sea to Sky Corridor, Community Futures Howe Sound can help.

Working in partnership with Pacifican, we offer small business loans, and confidential, comprehensive assistance in developing your business plan

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

Our board of directors consists of individuals who are committed to fostering community economic development in the Howe Sound region.

The ideal director will be community focused and community driven. He or she will have a keen small business acumen and an inherent willingness to ensure that small business opportunities continue to prosper in our community. Directors must live full time in any of our resident communities in the region.

Community Futures strives to have directors from all parts of our region on the board. We seek out intelligent, respectful, diligent small business-focused individuals who not only enjoy giving back to their community, but who thrive in doing so.

Kirby Brown

Kirby Brown

Geographic representation: Squamish | Focus: Tourism-based businesses, innovation, corporate culture.

Kirby Brown is the General Manager of the highly successful Sea to Sky Gondola in Squamish. Prior to that he lent his considerable talents to ski resorts in Whistler and Panorama, BC. When he is not chasing down every slice of pizza he can get his mitts on at our Board meetings, you’ll find Kirby chasing his dogs, his young daughter and probably an oxygen tank too to keep up with their constant energy.
David Krasny

David Krasny

Geographic representation: Squamish | Focus: Businesses looking to get to the next level, tech savvy businesses.

David Krasny owns and operates a Sea to Sky hospitality business, and he has done so for decades. If entrepreneurs had a poster child, you’d probably find David’s photo on that poster. He lives the entrepreneur life to its core and continually reaches out to help other would-be entrepreneurs make their dreams come true as well. When he’s not running board meetings as our current Chair, you’ll find David cheering on the Seahawks from all corners of the globe.
Kim Devereux

Kim Devereux

Geographic representation: Pemberton | Focus: Healthcare

Kim is Managing Director of WPC Health, which provides physiotherapy and clinical counselling services to businesses throughout Canada. He has been living in the sea to sky for the past 12 years and for the last 3 years has been calling Pemberton home. Kim has a passion for starting businesses from the ground up and was fortunate to have some great help and advice from local business people when starting companies. Hopefully he can contribute to helping others in the same way. Outside of work, life is busy chasing around two small kids and hopefully finding time to play in the mountains around Pemberton.
James Sparling

James Sparling

Geographic representation: Britannia Beach, Squamish | Focus: Green initiatives and youth based business opportunities

James is new to our Board but in the short time he has been with us, his volunteer peers have already hoodwinked him into a couple of early 'opportunities' as they were called.  True to his roots, James showed no hesitation whatsoever in jumping in right away with us. James comes to us with a sterling background in risk mitigation and he will make a valuable addition to our seasoned team of directors.  When he is not assisting us to increase opportunities for entrepreneurs up and down the corridor, James can be found on his bike riding the numerous trails of our community throughout the year.
Meredith Hitchmough

Meredith Hitchmough

Geographic representation: Squamish Focus: retail, businesses in transition

Meredith is our newest director.  She is so new to our Board that we are measuring her recent arrival more in hours than days or weeks.  Meredith is a multi-talented Squamish business Rockstar who continually excels on a comprehensive variety of levels, most notably marketing, sales, project management, social media and far more categories than we have room to mention here in this limited space.  Away from the office, Meredith is most often found soaking up as much fresh air as she can possibly find.
Natalie Kingi

Natalie Kingi

Geographic Representation: Whistler | Focus: Tech

Natalie came to Whistler 14 years ago for ‘a ski season’ and never left.  She has an amazing child, house, husband and job here (in no particular order!) and is interested in giving back to her community. She would love to pass on her business knowledge, help people to build their dreams and make them reality.  She is an enabler at heart, a Director of Sales Enablement for a tech company by trade and has worked on numerous projects over the years.

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