Ariana Flynn

New career found
on the run

Armed with a bachelor of arts
degree, Ariana Flynn realized she
didn’t have a plan for what she
really wanted to do with her life.
She decided to travel and while
outrunning a charging elephant,

2007/2008 board

Business coach and former ICBC
vice-president, Linda Robertson,
has been re-elected chair of the
2007/08 Capilano board of
governors. Pat Dejong, area
manager for BMO Bank of Montreal,
has been re-elected vice chair.

New Board members include HSBC
Canada vice-president Andrew
Basford; former North Vancouver
School District superintendent
Robin Brayne; Rainmaker CEO
Barry Chambers; and former District
of Squamish councillor Sonja
Lebans. Continuing their
appointments are Karen Hodson,
Brian Smith (Sechelt), faculty
representative Melanie Fahlman
Reid, staff representative Shoshana
Somerville and student
representative Benjamin Newsom.
John Boylan was elected as a
student representative in April.

Nonvoting board members include

Capilano’s president, Dr. Greg Lee,
and chair of the Education Council,
Dr. Robert Campbell.

slow dancing with jazz guitarist
George Benson, having a gourmet
pizza dedicated in her honor, and
working in resort areas in New
Zealand, Australia and South East
Asia, Ariana discovered that her
career path lay within the resort
industry.

Ariana graduated in June from
Capilano’s Destination Resort
Management Co-op program and
collected the Governor General's
Academic Collegiate Bronze Medal
for her efforts. She achieved the
highest overall grade point average
upon completion of the two-year,
full-time diploma program.

“Ariana brought a great deal of
professionalism mixed with the right

A fact finding mission in the
Callaghan Valley on a rainy day in
June saw some Capilano employees
sludge through a sopping forest to
view the Olympic ski jump currently
under construction. The hardy
group was there to explore
partnership opportunities with
Vancouver's Olympic Organizing
Committee after the completion of
the 2010 Winter Olympic Games.

John Aalberg, VANOC’s director of
Nordic events, led the group on a
tour of the location, which is
located about 20 minutes from
Whistler.

amount of curiosity and passion
for learning,” said her instructor,
Stephanie Wells. “No experience
or opportunity was too small or
insignificant that Ariana couldn’t
take away a lesson from it.”

The former Williams Lake resident
has already started her career in a
five-star resort on Vancouver Island.

“Now that I’ve graduated from my
second round of post-secondary
education, I no longer feel that I
need to skip the country to find
direction,” she said at Capilano’s
June 11 convocation. “I only had
to travel as far as Victoria, where
I’m currently beginning my career
in resorts at Brentwood Bay Lodge
and Spa.”

“We visited a lot of the Nordic sites
and even drove along the Nordic ski
trail,” said Casey Dorin, Capilano’s
dean of Howe Sound and Tourism
programs. “It’s built like a roller

coaster. We also looked at the bunker

where the shooting takes place in
the biathalon.

“NANOC is building a couple of
lodges and we're exploring how we
can be involved,” Casey continued.
“There are lots of possibilities for
cross-educational activities. I see it
as an amazing laboratory for
Capilano’s students.”

_ In photo, left to right: BCTLI regional

manager, Terry Hood; instructor, Caroline
DePatie; Tim Schoahs, BCTLI regional
development officer; instructor, Sue Hogan;
Casey Dorin, dean; and instructor, Stephanie
Wells. (Photo taken by John Aalberg, VANOC's
director of Nordic events.)

New Onentation photo by
Ken Barbour

What better place to discuss
the business of tourism than on
a hike of Squamish’s famous
Chief. That's exactly where a
few members of Capilano’s
executive group, along with
some Howe Sound community
eaders and affiliates of the BC
Centre for Tourism, Leadership
nd Innovation, found
themselves on June 14 when
they took part in the second.
annual Inspirational Summit.

Since last years inaugural
hike, we have completed the
Squamish as a Learning
Destination Strategy and are
embarking on the creation of
the Coast Mountain Centre,”
said event organizer and BCTL
regional development officer,
Tim Schoahs.

About 17 people and two dogs
weathered the three-hour climb,
which included discussic

about the future of the
community.

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