They are often community leaders as well, but the profiles in our Business section reveal a group of successful individuals who articulate their sense of social responsibility and business acumen, not, typically, dissociated from each other. The Bay’s Bonnie Brooks, the late Wendy McDonald, Joe Segal, Jake Kerr, all with stories to tell.
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When the late Wendy McDonald became a young widow with six children, the managers of her company, BC Bearing Engineers—the company she had personally incorporated and previously ran with her husband—told her, “This is not a place for a woman.” Spring 2009 issue.
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Bonnie Brooks has taken the Bay to new heights, Autumn 2011 issue.
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Daniel Lalonde discusses Louis Vuitton, and the world of luxury brands, Autumn 2010 issue.
Photo: Jody Rogac.
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The Segal name is most prominent at Simon Fraser University, where Joe Segal is a chancellor emeritus and where he championed the university’s expansion into downtown Vancouver. Summer 2010 issue.
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Doug Harder’s model-building club for kids in Burnaby, one of the many initiatives around B.C. supported by the Vancouver Foundation while chaired by Jake Kerr, Autumn 2009 issue.
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