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Join us for Vancouver’s first monthly networking series and panel discussion for sport professionals, athletes, coaches and students.

March 21, 2011
4:30pm – 6:00pm
Creekside Community Recreation Centre
1 Athletes Way, Vancouver, BC

OUR PANEL


Cathy Priestner Allinger
former Executive Vice President, VANOC and Olympic Silver Medallist
Cathy has had a storied career as an Olympic athlete, coach, broadcaster, and, most recently, as the Executive Vice-President of Sport and Games Operations at the Vancouver Olympic and Paralympic Games. She was also the lead author of Own the Podium, the $110-million initiative that many people credit for the success of Canadian athletes in Vancouver. A member of the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame, Cathy brought home a silver medal from the 500-meter speed skating event at the 1976 Olympic Games in Innsbruck, Austria, becoming the first ever Canadian woman to win an Olympic medal in speed skating. As Executive VP of the Vancouver Games, Cathy was responsible for sport, venue management, medical services, anti-doping control, Paralympic Games and the actual running of the Games.


Rob Needham
Executive Director of Sport,
Canadian Paralympic Committee
Rob has lead the Canadian Paralympic Committee’s Sport department for many years, directing the preparation of the Canadian Paralympic Team at the last five Paralympic Games and also had the privilege of serving as Canada’s Chef de Mission for the Rio 2007 Parapanamerican Games. Under Rob’s leadership, the CPC has developed a reputation as a world leader in preparing Paralympic missions, and has also significantly expanded its high performance programs, securing additional funding support for Paralympic NSOs while cementing Paralympic sport as a key component of the Canadian sport system.

Malcolm Bromley
General Manager,
Vancouver Board of Parks & Recreation
Malcolm has over 30 years of experience in parks and recreation management in Ontario, leading high performance teams, delivering quality programs and leading the integration of recreation programs following the amalgamation of several municipalities into the City of Toronto. Since 2007, Malcolm has served as Director of Community Recreation for the City of Toronto, providing strategic leadership for recreation services across the city including aquatics, ski hills, active living, sport development, community programs and customer service. Over his career, Malcolm has held supervisory and management positions in parks, forestry and recreation operations in the Ontario cities of Belleville, North York and Toronto. He has also served as a part-time professor at Humber College where he led classes on a range of recreation topics.

To register, please click on the following link:

Canadian Sport Centre web registration

If you have any trouble with registration, please contact Kelly Snyder for assistance.

There is no cost to registration. If you register but can not make the session, please contact Kelly Snyder, as space is limited and cancellations will be filled by members on the wait list.