Darrell Kopke
Skool Principal
Responsible For Everything
Career Highlights BComm, MBA, General Manager of lululemon through IPO, Top 40 Under 40
Life Highlights Father of two, husband to one
Previous Experience Tortilla Chip Fryer
Words to Live By No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible
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Manfred Vollmer
Headmaster of Fun & Fruitition
Responsible For Getting sh*t done
Career Highlights Strategic expansion of IKEA, Wal-Mart & Metro Group in Europe, lululemon infrastructure, retail operations for the 2010 Winter Olympics
Life Highlights Meeting my wife Nancy
Previous Experience Furniture Smuggler
Words to Live By Think before opening your mouth
Bix Bickson
The Mojo
Responsible For Alignment (not to be confused with consensus)
Career Highlights Aldus, Microsoft, Starbucks, Abitibi, lululemon, McDermott, Escada, and Chairman of the Board for Washington Works
Life Highlights This would take pages
Previous Experience Woodsman
Words to Live By Kindle within ourselves a spirit that brings the insight and inventiveness to create the future
Vanessa Pratt
The Shaman
Responsible For All-knowing, all-seeing, running the show (duh)
Career Highlights The realization that it’s more important to live with integrity, work for people you like, and support a cause you believe in
Life Highlights Backpacking through Europe with mum
Previous Experience Pet Sitter
Words to Live By Love life and be happy
Clay Haeber
The Fixer
Responsible For Enabling our partners with technology services
Career Highlights My amazing experience at lululemon
Life Highlights My wife, daughter and the sensation of having 300K volts pass through my body successfully
Previous Experience Keeper of all things black and stretchy
Words to Live By I can do anything
Erin Klassen
The Mindfulness Maven
Responsible For Planting seeds for deeper thoughts
Career Highlights influencing federal MPs to commit to shifting to a clean energy future
Life Highlights It’s been a great ride thus far
Previous Experience Tree planter
Words to Live By Leadership is a service, not a position
Sean Jimenez
The Sensei
Responsible For making s#!t happen
Career Highlights founder of consummo digital marketing and owner of Canada’s largest martial arts school
Life Highlights Undefeated kickboxer and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu competitor
Previous Experience Dishwasher
Words to Live By Don’t think what works – just do what works
Mehran Najafi
The Modern Nomad
Responsible For Sailing your ship towards the promise land.
Career Highlights Schooling in International Development glazed over with a Masters in Business Management, founder of a social enterprise and a nominated DJ/Producer.
Life Highlights Completing a 45-day, 2500 km guerrilla bicycle trip from Barcelona, Spain to Florence, Italy
Previous Experience Mascot
Words to Live By Comfort the disturbed, disturb the comfortable!
Any Horgas
Idealist
Responsible For Creating world-class design solutions for our partners
Career Highlights Lead brand designer for lululemon and helped take 24 existing store to over 130
Life Highlights Getting married to my best friend and living to tell about it
Previous Experience Professional Slurpee Taster
Words to Live By Be the change you want to see in the world
Annah Kassen
Culture Cultivator
Responsible For Keeping skool kool.
Career Highlights Having worked on design projects in six different countries including a summer-long installation at the Modern Art Museum in Rome.
Life Highlights Coming full circle and realizing Vancouver is a pretty great place to be.
Previous Experience Truck loader.
Words to Live By No hands on the handle bars.
Rik Klingle-Watt
Freethinker
Responsible For Seeing things differently
Career Highlights 130+ awards plus a Guinness World Record
Life Highlights No cavities, no criminal record
Previous Experience Fishpacker
Words to Live By Good enough is not enough
Oona Eager
The Seeker
Responsible For This, that, and the Other
Career Highlights Launching a gourmet foods market and throwing a Birthday party for 300
Life Highlights Walking the salt flats in Bolivia, capturing my first glimpse of Machu Pichu, and sunbathing on the Amalfi Coast
Previous Experience Wine Afficionado
Words to Live By She who looks outwards, dreams; She who looks inwards, awakens.
Sam Perera
The Savant
Responsible For Helping our partner companies engineer their financial success
Career Highlights MBA and Chartered Alternative Investment Advisor designation, Sr. Associate with Noverra, Sr. Business Development Manager at BMO
Life Highlights Travelling around the world in one unforgettable 2 week trip
Previous Experience Dishwasher
Words to Live By I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul
Dave Fong
The Human Calculator
Responsible For Making the dollars make sense
Career Highlights Obtaining my Chartered Accountant designation and auditing multinational public companies at BDO
Life Highlights Touring the Greek Islands on a moped
Previous Experience Apple Polisher
Words to Live By He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity
Steven Wong
The Prodigy
Responsible For Ensuring accounting functions run smoothly
Career Highlights Being able to work so closely with visionary CEOs and founders
Life Highlights Consistently operating out of my comfort zone
Previous Experience Stockboy
Words To Live By I will not lose, for even in defeat, there’s a valuable lesson learned, so it evens up for me.
Sunny Lenarduzzi
Social Butterfly
Responsible For spreading the good word!
Career Highlights Reporting at the Olympics, building an online magazine from the ground up, writing for the Huffington Post, creating and hosting a social media segment for Breakfast Television… the best is yet to come!
Life Highlights Skydiving, bungee jumping, whale watching in Maui. I like to collect moments, not things.
Previous Experience Gelato Scooper
Words to Live By “Think like a queen, a queen is not afraid to fail, failure is the stepping stone on the way to greatness.” - Maya Angelou
Nancy Vollmer
Skool Aide
Responsible For Doing what’s needed to make things happen
Career Highlights Helping IKEA expand throughout North America and Italy
Life Highlights Meeting the love of my life
Previous Experience Cultural Interpreter
Words to Live By Maxima enim…patientia virtus
Donovan Wollard
The Green Thumb
Responsible For Growing game-changing visions into tangible value
Career Highlights Built Offsetters, Canada’s leading carbon offset company
Life Highlights All of it. Except for that one thing.
Previous Experience Curfew Enforcer
Words to Live By You’ve only got one life
Chad Rutherford
Talent Scout
Responsible For Make sure the right people are on the bus
Career Highlights Top producing recruiter in Western Canada
Life Highlights If it’s fun, we’ve probably done it
Previous Experience Serial Arsonist
Words to Live By There are people who talk about it and people who dream about it. Then there are people who just freakin’ do it.