PHILANTHROPY
The new head of the Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation, which serves Tri-City residents, was recognized this month with a top fundraising award.
President and CEO Jeff Norris, who started in his job in September, was honoured by the Vancouver chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals.
His 2014 Giving Hearts Award was presented during a national philanthropy day event on Nov. 14.
"We proudly congratulate Jeff on being recognized for his leadership in the charitable sector," said RCHF chair Doug Eveneshen, a Coquitlam resident.
"Royal Columbian Hospital is poised for significant redevelopment in the coming years and Jeff's experience will be instrumental in finding ways for the community to support this project."
Previously, Norris worked for the Kwantlen Polytechnic University for nine years and St. Paul's Hospital Foundation for seven years.
He's also worked for the Heart and Stroke Foundation and the Kidney Foundation.
MOORE POWER
Two Tri-City politicians are part of this year's Power 50 in Vancouver Magazine.
Port Moody-Westwood-Port Coquitlam Conservative MP James Moore, who is also Canada's industry minister and the senior B.C. minister, is on the list along with Port Coquitlam Mayor Greg Moore, the board chair for the Metro Vancouver regional district.
Other leaders on the list (vanmag.com) include: Canucks owner Luigi Aquilini, Premier Christy Clark and Vancouver Mayor Greg Robertson.
BEAN COUNTERS
A total of 23 Tri-City residents graduated this month with accounting designations from the Certified Management Accountants Society of BC.
They are: Kent Bruyneel, Pocholo Cebrero, Nafees Chaudhry, Eduardo Fuentes Ramos, Jonathan Hart, Awie Kardiman, Stacey Killick, April Lemoine, Jeanne Leung, Clement Lim, Shiva Manavi, Naresh Sahota, Michael Smith, Justin Song, Vincent Tan, Zehra Tejani, Kelly Van De Keere, Eric Wong, Christine Wu, Lei Wu, Kenny Yen, Jowen Yeo and Tony Yu.
At the convocation ceremony, Awie Kardiman of Coquitlam was also honoured with the CMABC's Award of Excellence.
GOLDEN NOTES
Gold hardware was bestowed on four Tri-City musicians this month for their top marks on Royal Conservatory of Music exams.
The accolades were bestowed to Lina Baang (Grade 3 flute), Olivia Hu (Grade 9 piano), Delaney Novinc (Preparatory A piano) and Aden Song Zhu (Grade 5 and 6 piano) by RCM chair Michael Foulkes at the Chan Centre in Vancouver.
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