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Person
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Fisher, Barrett
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Dates of existence
fl. 1980s-
History
Barrett Fisher is the President & CEO of Tourism Whistler. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in English from UBC, a Diploma in Journalism from Vancouver Community College, and a Diploma in Marketing from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University in Chicago. After her schooling, she worked in the newspaper industry for seven years - first as a Reporter, News Editor, and Lifestyles Editor, then as Managing Editor of North Shore News. She was recognized as Woman of the Year by the North Vancouver YWCA during this time. In 1990, she fell in love with Otto Kamstra, a man working at Blackcomb Mountain, and one of them would have to move if they were to be together. So, she took a job as Director of Advertising and Promotions at Tourism Whistler and moved to Whistler. The couple had a daughter, Pietra, and, in 2004, Barrett became President and CEO of Tourism Whistler., responsible for marketing Whistler as a destination, overseeing the Conference Centre, Whistler Golf Club, and Whistler Visitor Centre operations, and for reservations at Whistler.com. In 2006, she was recognized by Business in Vancouver as one of 10 influential Women in Business. Fisher served on the board of the Vancouver Organizing Committee of the 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games from 2003 to 2013, and she was a former board member of the Whistler Chamber of Commerce, Whistler Arts Council, and the Pemberton Airport Authority. Fisher currently serves on the boards of the Tourism Industry Association of British Columbia, the British Columbia DMO Association (which she chaired for three years), and Whistler Sports Legacies. In addition, Fisher sits on the Resort Municipality of Whistler’s Economic Partnership Initiative Committee; the Municipality’s Festivals, Events & Animation Oversight Committee; and One Whistler Committee.
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Vancouver
Whistler
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President & CEO of Tourism Whistler
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RAD, July 2008 version. Canadian Council of Archives.
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Catalogued May 2022.
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Sources
1) Archival material
2) https://www.linkedin.com/in/barrett-fisher-a4a31522/?originalSubdomain=ca
3) https://content.whistler.com/general/documents-public/bfisher-bio.pdf
4) https://www.mtntrvl.com/barrett-fisher
5) https://maureendouglas.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Women-who-rock-Whistler-Pique-Newsmagazine-3.17.2016.pdf