OUR TEAM

Robin Bennewith
Indigenous Outreach Worker
Directions Youth Services

Marcela McBurney
Director

Marcela is a Partner and Portfolio Manager at Leith Wheeler Investment Counsel.  She has over 30 years of experience in finance and is responsible for the discretionary management of both Private Client and Foundation clients.

Prior to joining Leith Wheeler in 2001, Marcela spent 12 years at Bank of America in Capital Markets and Cash Management. She studied economics for two years at Queen’s University and received a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of British Columbia. Marcela holds the professional designation of Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA). She is a member of CFA Society Vancouver, the Estate Planning Council of Vancouver and is a board member for the Family Services of Greater Vancouver Foundation.

Board of Directors


David Wells*
Chair, Agency Board; Foundation Board

Jocelyne Legal*
Vice-Chair, Agency Board; Chair, Building; Foundation Board

Tony Kirschner*
Past Chair, Agency Board; Chair, Human Resources; Building

Sarah Boon*
Treasurer; Chair, Finance & Audit; Building; Foundation Board

Terry Anne Boyles
Building; Governance; Board Voice Representative

Brian DeMuy
Building; Nominating

Katey Grist*
Secretary; Chair, Governance; Human Resources

Iris Lo
Finance & Audit; Spencer Creo Representative

Karen MacMillan
Governance; Nominating

Jacqueline Per
Governance; Human Resources

Juan Rendon
Finance & Audit; Foundation Board

Sarah Tutton Frost
Finance & Audit; Foundation Board

Trevor Zeck
Chair, Nominating; Human Resources

*Also members of the
Executive Committee