Who are Mission Staff?

Mission Staff are volunteers from across the sport, recreation, health services, and communications sectors who provide support to the Provincial Sport Organizations, athletes, coaches, and managers leading up to and during the Canada Games. These key volunteers provide support in the areas of operations, special events planning, sport management, and communications.

Recipe for Success

Chefs de Mission

Each contingent at the Canada Games is led by a Chef de Mission and Assistant Chef de Mission, volunteers who are tasked with helping to lead and set the direction for their respective provinces.

The Chef de Mission is the volunteer team leader for the Team BC contingent and Mission Staff. In consultation with the Team BC Operations Manager, the Canada Games Council, and the Host Society, they help coordinate the overall direction of the contingent’s participation in the Canada Games.

Team BC Chef de Mission Jennifer Scott addressing a crowd at the 2022 Canada Summer Games

The Assistant Chef de Mission is the second-in-command and serves as designate in the absence of the Chef de Mission. In addition to sharing duties with the Chef de Mission, the Assistant Chef usually is responsible for many administrative components of preparation and planning for the Games.

Why Volunteer?

Mission Staff Benefits

  • Work with some of the country’s top athletes, coaches, and sport sector leaders

  • Travel to parts of Canada that you may not have experienced before

  • Have a direct and positive impact on the performance and experience of Canada’s top athletes and coaches

  • Full ceremonial uniform kit

  • Full access accreditation and front row seats to competitions and special events

  • Daily per diem to cover expenses for meals, incidentals, and cell phone bills at Games

  • Access to professional development courses that are not only integral for the games, but great for your own professional growth

  • Lifelong friends and support networks

Mission Staff Teams

PAST AND PRESENT

Leadership Team

Eron Main

Eron Main

Chef de Mission

Delta

Brianna Davey

Brianna Davey

Assistant Chef de Mission

Victoria

Jarret Poitras

Jarret Poitras

Operations Manager

Victoria

David Conlin

David Conlin

Communications Manager

Victoria

Mission Staff

Charlie Andrews

Charlie Andrews

Sport Mission Staff

Qualicum

Gena Bannerman

Gena Bannerman

Sport Mission Staff

Victoria

Nadine Barbisan

Nadine Barbisan

Sport Mission Staff

New Westminster

Tanya Curtis

Tanya Curtis

Special Events

Abbotsford

Josephine Delisa

Josephine Delisa

Communications

Surrey

Nicole Garrido

Nicole Garrido

Sport Mission Staff

North Vancouver

Joel Harry

Joel Harry

Sport Mission Staff

North Vancouver

Robyn Hughes

Robyn Hughes

Sport Mission Staff

Victoria

Michelle Linhart

Michelle Linhart

Sport Mission Staff

Vancouver

Andres Marques-Velasco

Andres Marques-Velasco

Communications

Victoria

Allie Moore

Allie Moore

Communications

Victoria

Kyler Nurmsoo

Kyler Nurmsoo

Sport Mission Staff

Victoria

Samantha Postle

Samantha Postle

Operations Assistant

Victoria

Louise Reid

Louise Reid

Sport Mission Staff

Saanichton

Cassie Rimek

Cassie Rimek

Sport Mission Staff

Victoria

Celina Toth

Celina Toth

Communications

Victoria

Armando Tura

Armando Tura

Photographer
Emily Vickery

Emily Vickery

Sport Mission Staff

Vancouver

Dillon Whitehouse

Dillon Whitehouse

Alternate

Vancouver

Performance Team

Kathy Shahbaz

Kathy Shahbaz

Medical Manager

North Vancouver

Carl Nienhuis

Carl Nienhuis

Lead Mental Performance Consultant

Chilliwack

Geoff Hackett

Geoff Hackett

Mental Performance Consultant

Nanaimo

Cait Leavitt

Cait Leavitt

Mental Performance Consultant

Vancouver

Leadership Team

Kurt Innes

Chef de Mission

Salt Spring Island

Heather Beatty

Assistant Chef de Mission

North Vancouver

Jarret Poitras

Operations Manager

Victoria

David Conlin

Communications Manager

Victoria

Mission Staff

Charlie Andrews

Sport Mission Staff

Qualicum

Nadine Barbisan

Sport Mission Staff

New Westminster

Kevin Berar

Sport Mission Staff

Surrey

Bianca Chu

Alternate

Victoria

Sam Corea

Communications

Vancouver

Brianna Davey

Sport Mission Staff

Victoria

Marie Pierre-Lavoie

Operations/Sport Mission Staff

Victoria

Andres Marques-Velasco

Communications

Victoria

Liam McDonough

Sport Mission Staff

Victoria

Shannon McGinnis

Sport Mission Staff

Squamish

Adam Powell

Sport Mission Staff

Victoria

Joni Richardson

Sport Mission Staff

Victoria

Stephanie Rudnisky

Special Events

Richmond

Jean Tetarenko

Sport Mission Staff

Victoria

Armando Tura

Photographer

Victoria

Emily Vickery

Sport Mission Staff

Vancouver

Performance Team

Beth Rizzardo

Medical Manager

Vancouver

Carl Nienhuis

Lead Mental Performance Consultant

Chilliwack

Geoff Hackett

Mental Performance Consultant

Nanaimo

Shelbi Snodgrass

Mental Performance Consultant

Vancouver

Leadership Team

Jennifer Scott

Chef de Mission

North Vancouver

Danielle Williams

Assistant Chef de Mission

Langley

Jarret Poitras

Operations Manager

Victoria

David Conlin

Communications Manager

Victoria

Mission Staff

Kyle Anderson

Sport Mission Staff

Prince George

Charlie Andrews

Sport Mission Staff

Qualicum

Emily Aspden

Sport Mission Staff

Victoria

Gena Bannerman

Sport Mission Staff

Victoria

Nadine Barbisan

Sport Mission Staff

New Westminster

Heather Beatty

Sport Mission Staff

Vancouver

Kevin Berar

Communications

Surrey

Simon Cass

Sport Mission Staff

Victoria

Brianna Davey

Sport Mission Staff

Victoria

Matthew Eng

Special Events

Victoria

Jennifer Falloon

Sport Mission Staff

North Vancouver

Eron Main

Sport Mission Staff

Delta

Andres Marques-Velasco

Communications

Victoria

Marie Pierre-Lavoie

Operations/Sport Mission Staff

Victoria

Adam Powell

Sport Mission Staff

Victoria

Stephanie Rudnisky

Special Events

Richmond

Christopher Saito

Communications

Vancouver

Performance Team

Beth Rizzardo

Medical Manager

Vancouver

Carl Nienhuis

Lead Mental Performance Consultant

Chilliwack

Geoff Hackett

Mental Performance Consultant

Nanaimo

Shelbi Snodgrass

Mental Performance Consultant

Vancouver

TERRITORY ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

We respectfully acknowledge the lək̓ʷəŋən (Lekwungen)-speaking Peoples on whose traditional territory the BC Games Society office stands, and the Songhees, Xwsepsum, and WSÁNEĆ peoples whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day. We recognize that our work in this province spans the territories of more than 200 First Nations, as well as Métis and Inuit communities.

 
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