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Anthony, Leslie

  • CA-BC-AL003
  • Persona
  • fl. 1983-present

Leslie Anthony is a Whistler-based author, editor, poet, director, zoology professor, outdoor adventurer, and performer in stage musicals and documentaries. He has written for numerous magazines (Outside, Explore, Mountain Life Annual, Canadian Geographic, Ski Trax, Ski Canada, Equinox, sbsSKIER, PIQUE Newsmagazine, WB Magazine, The Tyee) on subjects including travel, sports, popular science, and the environment. He is/has been the Senior Contributor of Powder Magazine, Editorial Director of Mountain Life Annual, and Creative Director of SKIER Magazine. In addition, he has been the writer, editor, and photographer for his own company, Leslie Anthony Creative, since 1999. His credentials include a Master of Zoology from the University of Guelph and a PhD in Evolutionary Biology from the University of Toronto.

Books written by Anthony include "Snakebit: Confessions of a Herpetologist," "The Aliens Among Us," and "White Planet: A Mad Dash through Global Ski Culture." He also co-wrote and co-composed the music for "SNOW - Whistler: The Musical."

Brownlie, Dave

  • CA-BC-BD028
  • Persona
  • September 22, 1962-

Originally from New Westminster, Dave Brownlie’s Whistler career began in 1989 when he became the Director of Finance for Blackcomb Mountain. He went on to serve as the President and COO & CEO of Whistler-Blackcomb from 2007 to 2016. During his time with W-B, he played an instrumental role in the Whistler-Blackcomb merger, the opening of the Peak 2 Peak Gondola, the hosting of the 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, the 2017 Master Development Agreement between W-B, the province, and the Squamish and Lil’wat First Nations, and the purchase of W-B by Vail Resorts. He received Business in Vancouver’s BC CEO of the Year Award in 2016. In 2018 Brownlie was appointed President of Revelstoke Mountain Resort.

He is married to former athlete and teacher Georgina Brownlie.

Buckley, Frank L.

  • CA-BC-BFL001
  • Persona
  • fl. 1924

Frank L. Buckley was the Managing Director of the British Canadian Lumber Co. Ltd. and the Pacific Lumber and Trading Co. Ltd. (possibly the same organization) in 1924. He assisted Kenneth Racey with buying a parcel of land on Alta Lake from the B.C. Department of Lands.

Busdon, Nello

  • CA-BC-BN007
  • Persona
  • fl. 1967-2001

Nello Busdon and his wife Jenny first moved to Whistler circa 1967. They purchased lot #5734 from Glen Creeman in 1976. The couple were active in the community, running a drama group that preformed live theatre and participating in the Annual Chateau Whistler Cup Loppet (a cross-country ski race). Nello served as a director of the Whistler Mountain District Chamber of Commerce in the early 1970s.

In 1984 the couple and their two children, Nicholas and Melanie, left Whistler for Sun Valley, Idaho. A farewell roast held for them at The Black Forest was attended by 150 people.

Bunbury, Vicky

  • CA-BC-BV002
  • Persona
  • fl. 1987-2018

Vicky Bunbury is the current Executive Director at Whistler Summit Centre, having begun this post in October 2018. Prior to this, she worked at Whistler Waldorf School from 2002-2017 and Whistler Kids (at Whistler-Blackcomb) from 1987-2002.

DeBoer, Andrew

  • CA-BC-DA005
  • Persona
  • fl. 2000s-

Andrew DeBoer was a member of the Whistler Cycling Committee and author of the first draft of "Whistler Trail Standards: Environmental and Technical Trail Features" in 2001. As of 2018-19, he was the Director of Northern Relations for the 99 Trials Association, a mountain biking association.

Diplock, David

  • CA-BC-DD008
  • Persona
  • fl. 2000s-

David Diplock is an environmental engineer and former director of the North Shore Mountain Bike Association (NSMBA). He assisted with the production of “Whistler Trail Standards: Environmental and Technical Trail Features” for the RMOW in 2001. Diplock is also an environmental engineer and has taken steps to limit the damage caused by mountain biking to the environment, including leading a hands-on workshop on trail construction at the North Shore Credit Union World Mountain Bike Festival and Conference in 2005, and serving on a team of consultants offering advice for the District of North Vancouver in 2007 on the issue of mountain biking on undesignated trails.

Douglas, Maureen

  • CA-BC-DM008
  • Persona
  • fl. 1980s-

Maureen "Mo" Douglas is a strategist, management consultant, and the Executive Director of Arts Whistler. She served as the Executive Director of the Street Access Entertainment Society in Vancouver from 1986 to 1989, the Director of Festivals and Events at Tourism Whistler (1990-1999), the Director of Communications and Community Relations for VANOC (2010 Vancouver Olympic Comittee) from 2002 to 2010, and the Chair of the Pemberton Cultural Roundtable from 2012 to 2015. She was the founder and principal of a special events management and cultural tourism development firm called Moideas Management in Whistler. She has been a mentor with Diversity Whistler Youth Group since 2014 and the Executive Director of Arts Whistler since 2016. She has done consulting work for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games and the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympic Games. She is married and lives in Pemberton.

Other past activities of Douglas' include instructing at the BC Institute of Technology, running her own event tourism consulting firm, Moideas Management, serving as a consultant for the Sochi 2014 and Rio 2016 Olympic Games, and directing an executive course on "Public Sector, Public Engagement, and Communications" with Clariden Leadership Institute in Singapore. in 2014, she travelled to Sochi to advocate for better LGBTQ inclusion in the Olympic Games, leading to the International Olympic Council introducing a sexual non-discrimination clause in their charter.

Drover, Stephen

  • CA-BC-DS009
  • Persona
  • fl. 1990s-

Stephen Drover is a Vancouver-based theatre director who has directed plays across Canada, including "SNOW - Whistler: The Musical." He is currently the Associate Artistic Director of the Arts Club Theatre Company. Previously, he has been Associate Director with Theatre Newfoundland Labrador and Artistic Director for Pound of Flesh Theatre and Rumble Theatre. He sits on Studio 58's Program Advisory Committee.

Eckersley, Sue

  • CA-BC-ES001
  • Persona
  • fl. 1970s-

Sue Eckersley is the President of Watermark Communications Inc., an event-planning company which formerly produced the World Ski and Snowboard Festival (WSSF) (1998-2017) and the Whistler Cornucopia festival. She launched the Whistler Sled Dog Co. in 2011 in response to the cull of 56 sled dogs the previous year, with the aim of providing a model in the industry for the humane treatment of animals. The company folded in 2013, and Eckersley went on to speak out against the abuse of sled dogs.

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