The next SHIFTED is happening May 5th, 2011 at District 319 with:

Patrice Pratt

“From the convent, to the sit-in, to the boardroom”

Born in Ohio, Patrice Pratt moved to Vancouver in 1969 having traveled in a VW Bus from San Francisco after leaving her apartment down the block from Janis Joplin. A life-long community advocate and labour relations leader, Patrice is currently serving her second term as Chair, Vancity Board of Directors.

Patrice’s career has spanned 27 years with the 60,000-member BC Government and Service Employees’ Union (BCGEU), including 20 years as director. Since retiring from the BCGEU in 2003, she has worked as a strategic planning consultant and board member (for what?).

She chairs the board of the Burnaby-based Sharing Our Futures Foundation and she is a past chair of the Lower Mainland United Way. Patrice was also a director at the Vancouver Foundation and has served on the National Executive Committee for the Governor General’s Canadian Leadership Conference.

When her daughter was diagnosed with a rare developmental disorder at the age of four, Patrice became a fierce advocate for people with disabilities in British Columbia.

In 2008, Business in Vancouver recognized Patrice with their ‘Influential Women in Business’ award. She is also a recipient of the Joe Morris Labour Community Service Award and the President’s Award of Distinction from the United Way. In 2007, she was named to the City of Burnaby’s Local Heroes list.

Terry McBride

“Losing sight of the big picture and more and what it took to get it back.”

Terry McBride is the CEO, and one of three founders, of the Nettwerk Music Group, which includes Canada’s largest independent record label. Founded in McBride’s apartment in 1984, Nettwerk now has corporate offices in Vancouver, Boston, Los Angeles, Nashville, New York, Hamburg and London.

Since its inception, Nettwerk has released over 500 different albums and sold over 150 million albums worldwide. At the 2003 Junos he was recognized as an outstanding individual who has contributed to the growth and advancement of the Canadian music industry with the Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award. Terry has also spoken at dozens of international conferences about advances in digital technology, intellectual property rights and the future of music distribution.

In 2004, Terry stepped onto a yoga mat for the first time. He realized that the experience offered more than just a flexible body and mind. With his friend and yoga instructor, Lara Kozan he launched YYoga, a chain of wellness centres. His latest endeavor combines his two passions with the re-launch of Nutone Music, a devotional chant and world beat record label.

Heather White

“Leaving the six-figure job to do what you love”

Heather White is an entrepreneurial business coach who helps small and medium-sized businesses. She’s also a World Champion Silver Medalist in Jujitsu.

Heather cut her teeth as a Business Developer for one of the largest Food Service Distributors in North America. Managing a product list of over 15,000 items she grew the sales in her territory by 700% in four years. Then she discovered coaching.

Today, she leads 2020 Communications — a business development consultancy for small and medium-sized businesses. As a certified Ghost CEO™, Heather also manages a roster of private business coaching clients, as well as leads seminars on sales and business development.

Shauna Sylvester

“A peace activist who asked the troops to stay”

Shauna Sylvester is a Fellow at the Simon Fraser University Centre for Dialogue and the Executive Director of Carbon Talks, a national initiative focused on accelerating Canada’s shift to a low-carbon economy.

For over 25 years, Shauna has worked to support democratic development initiatives in Canada and around the world. From 2006 to 2010, she led Canada’s World – the most comprehensive citizen’s consultation on Canadian foreign policy in history. From 1997 to 2006, she was the founding Executive Director of IMPACS – the Institute for Media, Policy and Civil Society – where she worked to strengthen democracy and support media development in Canada and in conflict and post-conflict zones around the world.

Shauna is a consultant to governments, media and foundations on issues as varied as human rights, democracy and the environment. In 2010, Shauna was named as a Simons Foundation Peace Leader. In 2003, the Globe & Mail recognized Shauna as one of Canada’s ‘Top 40 Under 40.’

Natacha Beim

“Following what feels right, even when everything can and does go wrong”

Natacha V. Beim is a renowned educational leader and founding CEO of Core Education & Fine Arts (cefa). Born in Uruguay and raised in Montréal, she has traveled extensively and studied educational systems around the world.

She speaks three languages and has worn many hats including teacher, ballerina, model, journalist, painter, writer, actress (theatre) and runner. While she still devotes time to these interests, her passion is now helping the next generation of young learners by creating North America’s most regarded junior kindergarten program. Opening her first school made Homer’s Odyssey look like a walk in Stanley Park.

The cefa methodology has been used successfully for more than 15 years in schools across North America. Natacha designed the curriculum as an open learning source, meaning leading educators continually contribute to it, allowing the most creative, up-to-date and advanced philosophies to be incorporated.

She now resides in Vancouver, Canada, with her husband and two amazing sons.