The two organizations that comprise Coast Opportunity Funds share a common Board of Directors which manages the affairs of the organizations and reports annually to the members.
Cindy Boyko is on the Council of the Haida Nation and is Chair of the Secretariat of the Haida Nation Board. She co-chairs the Archipelago Management Board, working with Government of Canada representatives to cooperatively manage the southern part of Haida Gwaii, the Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve and Haida Heritage Site.
Cameron Brown, M.B.A., is a citizen of the Heiltsuk First Nation and an independent management consultant specializing in Aboriginal management and economic development and training and education. Cameron has practiced as an active management consultant since 2000. Prior to that, he served as the National Director, Aboriginal Banking (Toronto) for the CIBC. Cameron was also a professor at Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario, in the Native Management and Economic Development Program. He also managed and led a 44-week job readiness training program for Aboriginal trainees in Peterborough, Ontario. He has previously served as Band Manager and urban councillor for his First Nation. Cameron has served on the boards of an Aboriginal Financial Institution and an urban Aboriginal Child & Family Services organization.
Merv Child, Chair, is a lawyer specializing in aboriginal rights, land and resource management, band governance and First Nation economic development, and acts as the Executive Director for the Nanwakolas Council, a Campbell River-based society of eight First Nations addressing land and resource use issues and related economic development opportunities.
Harold Leighton is the Elected Chief of the Metlakatla First Nation. He has served his community for more than 25 years, including as Band Administrator, treaty negotiator, and CEO of the Metlakatla Development Corporation. He has also acted as President of the North Coast Tribal Council for seven years and served on a wide variety of business and non-profit boards.
Thomas Olsen is President of the HaiCo which is responsible for the economic development of the Haida Nation. Thomas has worked in the management of private companies in forestry, marine transportation, airlines, real estate development and oil and gas technology. Through the course of Thomas's career he has worked in cooperative ventures with First Nations' communities to build sustainable infrastructure and long-term employment on the North Coast of British Columbia. He is a past President of the TLA and served as a Director of their board since 1999. Thomas currently lives in Campbell River with his wife Louise and daughter Levon. In his spare time Thomas enjoys the outdoors hiking and sea kayaking.
Paul Richardson is the CEO of Renewal2, an investment fund that focuses on the development of businesses at the forefront of social and environmental innovation. Paul brings both legal and business experience to Renewal2. He practiced law at Fasken Martineau in Toronto for four years before leaving to co-found Strathy & Richardson, a leading Canadian litigation firm in Toronto, where he continued his legal practice as a senior partner for eight years. Paul is a graduate of Queen’s University (Biology) and the University of Toronto (Law) and is active on a variety of investee company boards, including Horizon Distributors, Better Energy Systems and Blue Horizon, as well as the boards of Coast Opportunity Funds and Ecojustice (President).
Merran Smith directs the energy initiative at Tides Canada. The project is bringing together a diverse array of mainstream organizations, businesses and others to build support for a bold, credible, and scientifically-relevant vision of a near-zero-carbon future. A former Climate Director and British Columbia Director with ForestEthics, Merran has a long track record of forging groundbreaking partnerships between unlikely bedfellows. Merran was the lead environmental architect of the Great Bear Rainforest conservation agreement. Signed in 2006, the agreement now protects some two million hectares of coastal British Columbia, while providing for new economic models to support coastal First Nations communities. Merran is on the board of Coast Opportunity Funds, and serves on B.C. Hydro's Electricity Conservation and Efficiency advisory committee. She won the Wilburforce Foundation award for Outstanding Conservation Leadership in 2006 and the Seasons Fund Transformative Leadership Award in 2009.
Barry Stuart is a former Chief Judge in Yukon. Internationally respected for his work in multiparty conflict resolution, organizational change and in developing governance structures and constitutions, he has worked as a lawyer, mediator, consensus facilitator, policy analyst, chief land claims negotiator, Professor of Law, and trainer in the use of collaborative processes. He has worked in several communities in Canada, the United States and in third world countries to develop community and restorative justice processes as an integral part of enhancing community well-being and sustainability. He has been a founder and executive member of many charitable organizations .He believes conflicts if handled in a good way are rich opportunities for building sustainable relationships and innovative outcomes.
Chris Trumpy has more than 30 years of experience in public service. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree and a Certified General Accountant designation and while working for the provincial government was Deputy Minister of the Ministries of Finance and Corporate Relations; Provincial Revenue; Sustainable Resource Management; and Environment (formerly the Ministry of Water, Land & Air Protection). He has also been Chair of Land and Water British Columbia Inc. and Secretary to Treasury Board. In March 2008, he became Chair of the Board of Directors for Pacific Carbon Trust (PCT) and in January 2010, was appointed to the Puget Sound Energy and Puget Energy boards. He also serves on the board of the Pacific Institute for Sports Excellence.