Who We Are

Sarah Lowis, CMP, CMM, CAE, BA (French)

Founder and Impact Officer

Sarah strives to make the world a better place by helping organizations thrive through managing their conferences, events, and associations, in Canada and around the World. As Impact Officer she provides strategic leadership and guidance, pertaining to the management of the company she founded and its clients, in areas such as continuous improvement, finance, business development, human resources and training and education. She is passionate about the performing arts and environmental conservation and is currently serving as President of the Living Forest Institute, President of the Sunshine Coast Festival of the Performing Arts and Secretary on The Only Animal’s Board of Directors.

Sarah is a Past President of Meeting Professionals International, BC Chapter, and was the first person in British Columbia to achieve the Certified Meeting Manager designation (1999). She achieved her Certified Meeting Professional designation in 1997 and her Certified Association Executive (CAE) designation in 2018. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree, French major, from Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec and  speaks English and French.

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Ian Holliday, BA (Econ)

President

Ian directs the Sea to Sky team and oversees and manages client projects. He has more than twenty years of experience planning and staging conferences, events, trade shows and meetings spanning six continents, twelve countries and all the major Canadian cities. Ian started his career in Ottawa working with an association management company before moving to Vancouver. He has taught event and conference management courses at a private institution. Before his career in meeting planning, he spent ten years in sales and sales management. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree (Economics) from the University of Waterloo.

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Sherri Corrie, MPA, BA

Senior Project Manager

Sherri has been working in the fields of research, administration, communication, marketing and project management since the late 1990s. Her varied background supports Sea to Sky in its Association Management business. She holds a Master’s in Public Administration from the University of Victoria and a Bachelor of Arts from Laval University. She speaks English and French.

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Brittany Minskip, CMP, Event Management Diploma

Senior Project Manager

Since joining Sea to Sky in 2014, Brittany has advanced to Senior Project Manager gaining valuable conference and association experience including managing conference logistics, registration, accommodation, membership, site selection, volunteers, transportation, servicing sponsors and exhibits, and producing social events. Brittany graduated from the Art Institute of Vancouver with an Event Management diploma

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Marilyn Lawrie

Sponsorship and Exhibit Sales Manager

Marilyn has more than 20 years of experience in business development consulting in many industries. She has an innate ability to empathize with and influence people of all ages, cultures and backgrounds. Her expertise in sales management and marketing comes from working with associations, small businesses, and international corporations. Marilyn’s specialty knowledge in health care marketing ensures a solid understanding of the ethical requirements in sourcing new, viable partners or working with sensitivity within an established network.

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Eunji Na, BTM

Project Manager

Since joining Sea to Sky, Eunji advanced from Project Assistant to Project Manager in a short time, strengthening her experience in conference and association management including registration, membership, speaker management, sponsorship, marketing, managing online platforms for virtual conferences. Eunji has a Bachelor degree of Hotel and Event Management from Dongguk University in South Korea, as well as previous experience in the hospitality industry. Eunji speaks Korean and English.

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Lydia Eggers, BCom

Bookkeeper, Lead and Associations

Lydia is responsible for Sea to Sky’s accounting function. She has more than twenty years of experience providing management and clients with detailed and accurate accounting reports and project costs in support of strategic decision making. She has a Bachelor of Commerce degree in Economics and Accounting. Lydia speaks English and German.

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Kim McLaren, CPA, CGA

Bookkeeper, Projects

Kim has more than 20 years of experience with bookkeeping and accounting functions and holds her CPA, CGA designation.  She brings with her a love for numbers and ensures all financial transactions are tracked and reported accurately in order to provide a clear picture of our clients’ finances. When Kim isn’t preparing balanced statements, she is an avid traveller and loves to visit and explore new places. 

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Chaimaa Gamraoui, M.I.B.

Senior Project Coordinator

Chaimaa has a passion for event planning and execution and has been coordinating events for over six years in Canada and all over the world. She holds a Master of International Business from ESCA University in Casablanca, Morocco. Her unique ability to connect with a diverse multilingual, multicultural audience allows her to build long term, meaningful connections. Chaimaa is fluent, written and spoken, in English, French, and Arabic, and proficient in Spanish.

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Debbie Risk, BA

Senior Project Coordinator

Debbie has her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology (Clinical/Counselling, Afrikaans/Nederlands and Industrial) and has worked as a researcher and consultant at the Human Sciences Research Council in South Africa, managed an education consultancy firm, and held various roles in conference management over the years. She speaks English and Afrikaans.

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Katrina Sutela, BHM

Senior Project Coordinator

Katrina has a Bachelor of Hospitality Management degree and over 10 years experience in project coordination working with a destination management company and previously Sea to Sky. After 5 years in Finland working in office management, Katrina is delighted to be back continuing her career in conference and association management. She speaks Finnish and English

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Lynn Chitty, ACIM

Project Coordinator

Lynn holds a Professional Diploma in Marketing from the Chartered Institute of Marketing (United Kingdom) and began her career working in the pharmaceutical industry where she coordinated sales and marketing initiatives, was responsible for organizing technical workshops and monitoring client satisfaction according to established ISO: 9001 quality assurance protocols. In 2010, shortly after the Winter Olympics, Lynn began working in Vancouver’s dynamic event industry where her passion for events and association management were born and continue to grow to this day. Lynn speaks English and is currently studying French.

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Ella Lam, BCom

Project Coordinator

Ella holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree in Accounting from Curtin University of Technology (Western Australia), and is currently pursuing a Post Baccalaureate Diploma in Global Hospitality and Tourism Management at Capilano University. She has a passion for building community through conference and association management. Ella speaks English, Cantonese, and Mandarin.

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Andrea Schreil, BA

Project Coordinator

Andrea worked previously as an Event- and Marketing Manager at the Munich Airport in Germany. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Tourism Management with a focus on destination and event management from the Diploma University of Applied Sciences (Germany). She has more than six years of experience in the German event and marketing industry. Even as a child, she discovered her passion for the Meetings and Events Industry and loves to work with people from all over the world. Andrea speaks English and German.

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Vivian Trieschmann, BBA

Project Coordinator

Vivian has a Post Baccalaureate Diploma in Global Hospitality and Tourism Management at Capilano University in Vancouver, Canada and a Bachelor degree in Business Management from the PUC University in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She has more than ten years of experience in the travel industry and recently discovered her passion for the Meetings and Events Industry. Vivian speaks English and Portuguese.

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Francisca Padilla

Project Assistant

Francisca is a second-year student in Diploma in Tourism Management International at Capilano University in Vancouver, Canada, and has a Bachelor’s Degree in Ecotourism Project Management at DUOC UC in Santiago, Chile. She has experience in hospitality and special events planning in Chile and New Zealand. She has recently discovered her interest in the meetings and conferences sector where she wants to continue learning and growing professionally. Francisca speaks English and Spanish.

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