OUR TEAM

Robin Bennewith
Indigenous Outreach Worker
Directions Youth Services

Karen MacMillan 
Governance; Nominating

Karen is a Deputy Managing Partner and Co-Lead of the Mining Group at the law firm of Lawson Lundell LLP, where she advises clients on corporate and commercial law matters related to mining, renewable energy and a variety of ancillary matters. Karen is also Chair of the firm’s executive committee, which is responsible for overall management of the firm, and is on the Advisory Council of the World Association of Mining Lawyers. She was the firm’s Chief Inclusiveness Officer for five years and has been an active participant and leader in many charitable initiatives at Lawson Lundell and within her community.

Karen completed a B.A. in Political Science at Simon Fraser University, during which she also attended the University of Havana as part of an exchange program. She subsequently completed a J.D. at University of British Columbia. She works and lives in Vancouver. Karen joined the FSGV Board in September 2021.

Board of Directors


Jacqueline Per*
Co-Chair, Agency Board

Trevor Zeck*
Co-Chair, Agency Board; Foundation Board

David Wells*
Past Chair

Terry Anne Boyles
Building; Human Resources; Board Voice Representative

Brian DeMuy
Building; Nominating; Foundation Board

Tony Kirschner
Chair, Human Resources

Karen MacMillan
Governance; Nominating

David Mueller
Building; Finance & Audit; Foundation Board: Spencer Creo Representative

Juan Rendon*
Treasurer; Chair, Finance & Audit; Building; Foundation Board

Sarah Tutton Frost
Finance & Audit; Chair, Foundation Board

Elke Yeung
Chair, Nominating; Finance & Audit

Alexa Young*
Secretary; Chair, Governance; Nominating

*Also members of the Executive Committee