Team
Leadership
Joe Bleackley
Founder & CEO
An entrepreneur and business leader who has built and led successful teams. Joe has served in Sr. Leadership roles as an Officer and Director for both private and public companies and has been involved with significant fundraising efforts in the capital markets.
Stan Duckworth
COO
Stan’s an accomplished leader with 20+ years of consulting and Sr. management experience in the campground and vacation rental industry, with proven success in planning, implementation, management and evaluation of small, medium and large multi-faceted tourism operations. Stan currently operates “The Fort“ Campground in Fort Langley.
Jennifer lee
CFO
After graduating from Schulich School of Business in 2010, Jennifer joined PwC. Jennifer went on to become Associate VP of Finance, Real Estate, at Fengate Asset Management, which manages $25bn+ of total asset values in real estate, infrastructure, and private equity. Jennifer is a Chartered Professional Accountant of Canada.
Team
Board of Directors
Joe Bleackley
Founder & Director
An entrepreneur and business leader who has built and led successful teams. Joe has served in Sr. Leadership roles as an Officer and Director for both private and public companies and has been involved with significant fundraising efforts in the capital markets.
Mike Iverson
Founder & Director
Mike owns a private investment and consulting company and has been a director and executive officer of numerous public companies since 1998. Mike developed and sold Niogold to Osisko Mining and was previously the President, CEO and Founder of Fortuna Silver Mines (FVI.T) where he was integral at building the Company into a silver producer worth over $1.5 Billion dollars.
Leonard Brownlie
Director
Leonard Brownlie graduated from Simon Fraser University with a Ph.D in Kinesiology in 1993. Since 1986, Dr. Brownlie has acted as a Director and/or Officer of 17 publicly traded mining companies. From December, 2001 to January, 2016 Dr. Brownlie served as President and CEO of Goldrush Resources Ltd. (“Goldrush”). Dr. Brownlie oversaw the merger of Goldrush and a TSXV listed company, First Mining Gold Corp. in January 2016.
Team
Advisors
Chris Clarke
GM, Traveland RV Group
Chris graduated from BCIT in Operations Management and currently serves as the General Manager for Traveland RV Group. Traveland RV Group consists of 4 Super-centre locations in Langley BC, Kelowna BC, Airdrie AB, and Grande Prairie, as well as a large RV rental operation based in Langley BC.
Jayson Faulkner
President, Bridal Falls Gondola
Jayson was Co-Founder, General Partner and General Manager of the Sea to Sky Gondola and is currently the President and Founder for the Bridal Falls Gondola Corporation. Previously serving as VP Sales and Marketing for Arc’teryx (300+ employees) Jayson took sales from $5 M to $43 M in 7 years. He has a strong entrepreneurial and small business background, having launched new products and services in competitive markets – both emerging and mature.
Samantha Abelson
Director, MNC Capital
Samantha leads global business development initiatives, as well as the company’s strategic direction for MNC Capital Inc., a leading boutique investment bank. Sam’s career was launched at Goldman Sachs in New York, where she worked as an Analyst. Samantha also worked as an Associate at the Toronto office of UBS AG on the Ultra High Net Worth Team. Sam has a B.Sc. in Business Administration from Boston University, with a concentration in Finance and also holds a Chartered Investment Manager designation.
Shenoor Jadavji
Founder/President, Lotus Capital
Founder and President of Lotus Capital, Shenoor is responsible for the strategic direction of the firm including capital sourcing and structuring value-aligned joint venture investments. She brings over 30 years of experience in real estate transactions totaling more than $3 billion across all real estate classes in major and secondary Canadian markets, as well as select US markets. She is currently serving on the Advisory Board for Nexii Building Solutions Inc. and is a trustee on the board of PROREIT (TSX: PRV), serving on its Investment Committee.
Randy Hendrickson
Founder/CEO, United Park Brokers
Randy is a hospitality & tourism industry veteran of nearly 30 years. He formed Horizon Outdoor Hospitality Group in 2003, a firm exclusively serving the outdoor hospitality industry. Randy has over 15 years of State Board experience, including stints serving as Vice President on the Board of Directors and President/Chairman of CalARVC. He has overseen more than $500M in transactions and managed over 70 RV Resorts in his career.