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Founder


Ted Everett, Chairman

Sage Hills Developments

Ted Everett is the founder of IAC-Independent Academies Inc. (IAC) and the inspiration behind the Sage Hills vision. Ted says his most important task has been to assemble an accomplished team of professionals to refine and execute the vision. Sage Hills Developments is a wholly-owned subsidiary of IAC.

Ted has more than 30 years of experience in the finance industry. As a former banker specializing in the areas of corporate finance and investment banking, he has held senior management positions in the banking, trust and investment industries. His experience includes eight years with the Bank of Nova Scotia, and 16 years with National Trust Co. Ltd.

 

Project Management

Dave Russell, President

Sage Hills Developments

Dave Russell is a widely-recognized land development, tourism and hospitality specialist who has provided consulting and development services to public and private sector clients in 25 countries worldwide.

A former KPMG Canada Consulting partner, Dave is also an experienced community planner, with a particular sensitivity to ensuring that destination projects contribute to the quality of life in communities where they are located.

Dave works with with financing and project management specialists to provide joint venture expertise to land owners and developers to position, package and finance projects to maximize value.
 
Dave has a B.A. (Econ.) from Carlton University and obtained a Master’s in City Planning from the University of Pennsylvania in 1975.
 

Pat English

TFC Consulting

Pat English is the senior partner with TFC Consulting, a firm that focuses on providing strategic planning advice for public and private enterprises and economic development initiatives.

The company works with private or public sector clients to manage project implementation and development. Areas of focus and expertise include assessment of economic impacts, development of business plans and organizational design, and financial assessment of investment proposals..

Pat has had successful careers as a senior government economic advisor, an independent business developer and as a consultant and analyst.

The business experience that he brings to project assessment and implementation is drawn from a wide range of management and advisory activities. These include negotiation, facilitation and administration of public/private partnerships; assessment of commercial viability and project risk; business and strategic planning; and corporate structuring and evaluation. Prior to starting his consulting firm, Pat was a Director for the Province of BC with responsibilities for the financial and economic analysis of investment proposals and for negotiating and structuring Provincial participation in public/private partnering agreements.  Pat also worked for several years as a corporate financial consultant and has operated his own business, having spent several years as a developer and operator of tourism facilities. Mr. English has a BA in Economics and a MBA in Finance from the University of British Columbia.


Shannon Price

Klio Real Estate

Led by President & CEO, Shannon Price, Klio Real Estate offers more than 15 years of experience in recreational, multi-family and luxury real estate. A vertically integrated real estate company, Klio offers services in project management and administration, marketing and sales, real estate work-outs, and research. 
 
As a consultant and development specialist, Shannon has been hired by private and public organizations around the globe to work on projects related to vision facilitation, conceptual development, strategic planning, marketing, sales, public relations and branding in a variety of tourism, community development, and real estate projects.Shannon is a passionate and dedicated entrepreneur with the ability to place herself within the world-view and life of a person, community or market to gain access to strategies, trends, ideas and best practices. Her vast operational experience, visionary instinct and passion are complemented by 15 years of leadership, creative problem solving, and strategic thinking. 
 

Master Planners

EDAW

Stephen Engblom, Principal & Corrine Stewart, Sr. Associate & Policy Planner

For more than 65 years, Edaw’s collaborative approach to planning and urban design, landscape architecture, environmental planning and economics has shaped sustainable environments across the globe. Edaw is consistently ranked among the world’s leading design firms with over 1600 professionals working from a network of 32 offices worldwide. The Edaw team measures project success by a sustainable environmental, economic and social "triple bottom line." Its goal is to enhance and sustain the world’s built, natural and social environments.

Principal Stephen Engblom is an accomplished urban designer with an additional background in architecture who has worked globally since 1989. His work in regional planning, new community planning, sustainable development, and campus planning has garnered awards from the American Society of Landscape Architecture and the American Planning Association. Stephen brings significant experience in campus planning for educational facilities, private institutions, and athletic centers, as well as integration of campus amenities into the larger community.

He is joined by Corrine Stewart, AICP, Senior Associate and Policy Planner. Corrine is a certified planner who manages a variety of projects, including area plans, community plans, and regional strategic land use and environmental planning efforts.


Sports

Peter Johnson is one of the world’s leading sports business executives. He worked with Mark McCormack for 30 years to build IMG into the global sports business it is today. Prior to his position as CEO of Sports and Entertainment, Peter served as IMG’s COO. IMG’s Sports and Entertainment group included all business related to Tennis, Events & Federations, Clients, Fashion, Consulting, Broadcasting, Licensing, Publishing, Arts and Entertainment and other divisions. Earlier in his career he started and managed the team sport businesses, directed IMG’s worldwide sales force, personally managed some of the most celebrated athletes in the world,, and directed most of IMG’s international offices. 
 

Ryan Walter

Senior Sports Consultant

Ryan Walter retired from professional hockey in 1993 after playing 15 seasons in the National Hockey League. He was named captain during his four years with the Washington Capitals and went on to play nine seasons with the Montreal Canadiens, winning a Stanley Cup in 1986, and finally returning to his home town to play his last two years for the Vancouver Canucks.
 
He was the Team Canada captain in the World Junior Tournament, was selected to play in the NHL All-star game in 1983 for Team Canada in four World Championships, and was named the NHL Man of the Year in 1992 for his contributions on and off the ice. He was also selected by his peers to be a player representative and vice-president of the National Hockey League Players Association. During his final year in the NHL, Ryan reached the milestone of playing in his 1000th NHL Game. After retirement, he represented the Vancouver Canucks as their 25th Anniversary Ambassador.
 
Since retiring Ryan has enjoyed being the "Color-Man," broadcasting NHL games for TV. He is a founding partner in two separate startup companies, has written three books, been featured as an actor and technical advisor in the movie Miracle, and acted in several television shows. He earned a Master of Arts Degree in Leadership/Business and maintains an ever-increasing schedule of corporate motivational speaking, leadership development and personal performance coaching. Ryan is known for and lives by his motto: "Inspiring the HUNGRY spirit!"
 

Education

Dr. David Strong, PhD, DSc, LLD, FRSC, KSJ

From 2003 to 2008 Dr. Strong was the founding President and Vice-Chancellor of University Canada West, Canada’s first private for-profit University (http://www.ucan.ca/). During his 20-year research and teaching career at Memorial university of Newfoundland he worked as a consultant to numerous mining companies on the geological controls of mineral deposits. He established the technology-transfer companies at both Memorial University (Seabright Corp., now the Genesis Centre - http://www.genesis.mun.ca/GenesisCentre/), and the University of Victoria (the Innovation and Development Corporation -http://web.uvic.ca/idc/), and wrote the original proposal for the Vancouver Island Advanced Technology Park (http://www.vitp.ca/). He serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Geoscience BC, an industry-led, not-for-profit, applied geoscience organization whose mandate includes the collection, interpretation, and delivery of geoscience data and expertise, to promote investment in resource exploration and development in British Columbia (see http://www.geosciencebc.com/s/Home.asp). He is Chair of the International Advisory Board for China Infrastructure Investment Corp. (www.ciicusa.com). 

From 1990 to 2000 he was President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Victoria, and professor in the School of Earth and Ocean Sciences. From 1970 to 1990 he held positions as professor of geology, University Research Professor, and Vice-President Academic at Memorial University of Newfoundland, during which time he was a leading researcher in metallogeny and ore genesis, publishing more than 200 scientific papers and reports (full list available on request), and recognized by numerous industry and academic awards. 

He has served six years each on the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and the National Research Council (NRC) of Canada, twelve years on the Research Council of the Canadian Institute of Advanced Research, terms on the Standing Advisory Committee on University Research of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada, the Advisory Councils on Science and Technology for the Premiers of both Newfoundland and British Columbia, the Board of Trustees of the St. Michaels University School in Victoria BC. In 2002 he chaired the Science Review Panel for the BC Offshore Moratorium on oil and gas exploration, and in 2005 completed a national report on Access to Scientific and Research Data resulting from research funded by the Government of Canada. In September, 2010 he agreed to serve as Chair of the Board of Canadian Science Publishing, a newly formed non-profit corporation established to publish all scientific journals previously published by the National Research Council of Canada (see http://pubs.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/eng/events/RP_Transformation_Communique_3.html). 

Specialists

Sage Hills has assembled an outstanding project team of specialists:
 
Specialist
Firm
Project Management Support & Construction
EllisDon (Toronto)
Business and Financial Advisors
Deloitte (Vancouver)
Legal Services
Fasken Martineau (Vancouver)
Investment Banking Services
Cochran Edwards (Seattle)
Architecture Input
BAR Architects (San Francisco)
Hotel/Spa Branding
HRW (New York) – Melinda Bush
Housing Planning and Marketing
Sotheby’s International (Vancouver)

 

Inspired Living

The Sage Hills vision is to provide its students, residents and visitors with opportunities for progressive and inspired working, living and learning. Complementing the Sports Academy will be a University campus, private K-12 school, the Sage Hills Center for Well Being, and a dynamic Village Commons that includes a hotel and corporate retreat center.