
The approved members of the Tourism and Hospitality Sector Advisory Group includes:
- Bernard Casavant, President of Okanagan Chef's Association, Culinary Arts Manager, Okanagan College
- Bruce Jackson, Labour United Food and Commercial Workers, Local 247
- Alfred Voss, Retail Baker
- Dennis Green, Industry Association Director, Industry Workforce Development, go2hr
- Heidi Romich, Restaurant Owner, The Heid Out
- Jack Kuyer, Bakery Owner, Valley Bakery
- James Kennedy, Corporate Training Chef, White Spot
- Jason Forbes, Vice President of Operations, Viaggio Hospitality Group
- Owen Bird, Executive Director, Sport Fishing Institute of BC
- Takashi Ito, Executive Chef, Inn at Laurel Point
- Corey Jessup, General Manager, Sandman Hotel Penticton
- Tim Ellison, Director of Food & Beverage, Vancouver Club
- Karen Bauckham, Whistler & Blackomb
- Shirley Lang, Executive Chef, Kitchens of Distinction
- Jason Chan, Director and Exeutive Officer, Lysias Enterprises (Canada) Ltd.
- David Chung – President, BC Asian Restaurant Café Owners Association
The Tourism & Hospitality Sector Advisory Group is one of ten Sector Advisory Groups that are being established to advise Government and ITA on industry – specifically, issues key to skills training in the province (see Terms of Reference and application process www.itabc.ca/industry).