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The first five board presidents of CMABC
The first five board presidents of CMABC (then the Society of Industrial and Cost Accountants of British Columbia). From left to right and in chronological order: Norman Terry, CGA, CMA; F.G. Coburn, CMA; N. Abramsen, CMA; V.E. Feimann, CGA, CMA; and C.F. Bailey, CGA, CMA. The CMA designation was originally called the RIA or Registered Industrial Accountant.

 


Presidents & CEOs

Name Year
C.H. Davis, RIA     1945-1955
L. Watkins, RIA 1955-1957
S. Lindsay, RIA 1957-1961
R.M. Underwood, RIA 1961-1962
F.R. Evans, RIA 1962-1964
C.M. MacLeod, RIA 1965-1969
W.B. Somerville, RIA 1969-1979
William Easton, FCPA, FCMA 1979-1999
Colin W. Bennett, FCPA, FCMA, LL.D (Hon.), CA (Hon.)  1999-2012
Vinetta Peek, FCPA, FCMA 2012 to 2015

 


Chairs

Name Year
N. Terry, CGA, CMA 1945-1946
F.G. Coburn, CMA 1946-1947
N. Abramsen, CMA 1947-1948
V.E. Feimann, CGA, CMA 1948-1949
C.F. Bailey, CGA, CMA 1949-1950
K.H. Orr, CMA 1950-1951
D.B. Grant, BCom, FCIS, CMA 1951-1952
T.A. Kennedy, CMA, FCMA 1952-1953
W.B. Hards, CMA, FCMA 1953-1954
N. Abramsen, CMA 1954-1955
G. Ernest Owen, FCMA 1955-1956
John Cummings, CMA 1956-1957
G.F. Cassidy, CMA 1957-1958
D. Robert Alexander, CMA, FCMA 1958-1959
Victor J. Christison, CMA 1959-1960
W.I. Kitchener, CMA 1960-1961
L.A. Milne, BCom, CGA, MCI, CMA, FCMA 1961-1962
Darell Campbell, BCom,  FCMA 1962-1963
Lawrence N. Dyer, BCom, FCMA 1963-1964
Kenneth Broderick, ACIS, CMA 1964-1965
Kenneth Broderick, ACIS, CMA 1965-1966
B.A. Denton, CMA 1966-1967
W.A. Atkinson, BA, ACBA, CMA, FCMA 1967-1968
Kenneth A. Simpson, CMA 1968-1969
Graham J. Alce, CA, CMA, FCMA 1969-1970
Roger A. Cradock, FCPA, FCMA 1970-1971
H.S. Bryant, CMA 1971-1972
Elmer J. Benoit, FCPA, FCMA 1972-1973
E. George Hartmann, FCPA, FCMA 1973-1974
G.S. Knights, CMA 1974-1975
W. James Fedorak, BEd, MEd, FCPA, FCMA 1975-1976
John F. Wray, CPA, CMA 1976-1977
Melvin R. Tupper, CPA, CMA 1977-1978
Gordon H. Farrell, MBA, FCPA, FCMA 1978-1979
J.Vern Gibson, CPA, CMA 1979-1980
H.A. (Bert) Miles, CPA, CMA 1980-1981
William H. Symons, FCPA, CA, FCMA 1981-1982
Kenneth R. Keeping, FCMA 1982-1983
George Bogdanow, FCMA 1983-1984
Ernest M. Iannacone, MBA, FCPA, FCMA 1984-1985
G. Brian Hobson, FCPA, FCMA 1985-1986
Bayne E. Boyes, FCPA, FCMA 1986-1987
Paul R. Williams, FCPA, FCMA 1987-1988
Robert F. Stuart, FCPA, FCMA 1988-1989
John F. Huguet, FCPA, FCMA 1989-1990
Alan J. Barnard, FCPA, FCMA 1990-1991
Carol E. Klassen, MBA, CPA, CMA 1991-1992
John H. Podmore, CPA, CMA 1992-1993
Brian J. Kennedy, FCPA, FCMA 1993-1994
John T. Mould, FCPA, FCMA 1994-1995
James B. Pammenter, BEc, FCPA, FCMA 1995-1996
Katherine MacNeill, BA, CPA, CMA 1996-1997
Vincent H. Poon, BCom, FCPA, FCMA 1997-1998
Ronald W. Coulter, FCPA, FCMA 1998-1999
Donald A. (Don) Hincks, Dipl.T, FCPA, FCMA 1999-2000
Rhonda Hunter, BA, FCPA, FCMA 2000-2001
Robert A. (Bob) Strachan, FCPA, FCMA 2002-2003/2001-2002
Karen Botham, FCPA, FCMA 2004-2005/2003-2004
Fred Zdan, MBA, FCPA, FCMA 2006-2007/2005-2006
Mehb Jessa, FCPA, FCMA 2007-2008
Mia Maki, BA, MBA, FCPA, FCMA 2008-2009
Donalda (Donnie) MacDonald, FCPA, FCMA 2009-2010
Kelvin Stretch, MBA, FCPA, FCMA 2010-2011
Stephen (Steve) Lee, AAT, FCPA, FCMA 2011-2012
Patricia (Pat) Kennedy, BA, FCPA, FCMA 2012-2013
Tammy Towill, MBA, FCPA, FCMA 2013-2014
Simon Philp, FCPA, FCMA 2014-2015

 


BC FCMAs

Name Year
W.A. Atkinson, FCPA, FCMA 1979
Darell Campbell, BCom, FCMA 1979
Lawrence N. Dyer, BCom, FCMA 1979
David O. Hunter, FCPA, FCMA 1979
Thomas A. Kennedy, FCPA, FCMA 1979
L.A. Milne, FCPA, FCMA 1979
G. Ernest Owen, FCMA 1979
R. Glynn Spelliscy, FCMA 1979
N. Terry, FCPA, FCMA 1979
Clifton H. Davis, FCPA, FCMA 1980
Robert E. Taylor, FCPA, FCMA 1980
William B. Hards, FCPA, FCMA 1981
Kenneth R. Keeping, FCMA 1981
John Payne, FCPA, FCMA 1981
Graham J. Alce, CA, FCMA 1982
D. Robert Alexander, BCom, FCPA, FCMA 1982
Malcolm J. Allan, FCPA, FCMA 1982
George W.B. Bogdanow, FCMA 1982
Roger A. Cradock, BCom, MBA, FCPA, FCMA 1982
Gordon H. Farrell, MBA, FCPA, FCMA 1982
James J. Hewitt, FCPA, FCMA 1982
Fred H. Ougden, FCMA 1982
E. George Hartmann, FCPA, FCMA 1983
John Hunter, FCPA, FCMA 1983
Archibald McCaig, FCPA, FCMA 1983
William G. Rodden, FCPA, FCMA 1983
Ross J. Turner, FCPA, FCMA 1983
C. Margaret Briscall, BCom, MBA, FCPA, FCMA 1984
Kenneth G. Nichols, FCPA, FCMA 1984
Ernest M. Iannacone, MBA, FCPA, FCMA 1985
William C. Easton, BA, CAE, FCPA, FCMA 1986
Gim H. Huey, FCPA, FCMA 1986
James Nelson, FCPA, FCMA 1987
William H. Symons, CA, CFE, FCPA, FCMA 1987
Bayne E. Boyes, FCPA, FCMA 1988
Robert F. Stuart, BCom, FCPA, FCMA 1990
Paul R. Williams, FCPA, FCMA 1990
G.E. Beth Gibson, BA, FCPA, FCMA 1991
Darl W. Hill, CMC, FCPA, FCMA 1991
John F. Huguet, FCPA, FCMA 1994
Alan J. Barnard, FCPA, FCMA 1997
Raymond Meyer, FCMA 1999
John T. Mould, FCPA, FCMA 2000
Donald A. Hincks, Dipl.T, FCPA, FCMA 2001
Hana C. Carbert, BCom, FCPA, FCMA 2002
Brian J. Kennedy, FCPA, FCMA 2002
Robert Meggy, BSc, FCPA, FCMA 2002
Colin W. Bennett, FCPA, FCMA, LL.D (Hon.), CA (Hon.)  2003
William J. Bryden, BCom, MBA, FCPA, FCMA 2003
Theodore T.Y. Chen, BCom, MBA, FCPA, FCMA 2003
Angela M. Downey, FCPA, FCMA 2003
W. James Fedorak, BEd, MEd, FCPA, FCMA 2003
Jane Peverett, BCom, MBA, FCPA, FCMA 2003
Yvonne M. Pinder, BCom, MBA, FCPA, FCMA 2003
Jerome R. Berkson, BCom, FCPA, FCMA 2004
Maureen Fizzell, BEd, BCom, MSc, FCPA, FCMA 2004
Richard A. Lightheart, Dipl.T, FCIS, PAdm, CAE, FCPA, FCMA 2004
Laurence E. Metz, FCPA, FCMA 2004
Robert C. Nichols, BCom, FCPA, FCMA 2004
Vincent H. Poon, BCom, FCPA, FCMA 2004
Robert A. Strachan, FCPA, FCMA 2004
Joseph Y.K. Yau, BCom, CA, FCPA, FCMA 2004
James P. Blatchford, BA, MBA, CFE, FCPA, FCMA 2005
K. Jayne Brooks, MEd, MBA, PhD, FCPA, FCMA 2005
Graham S. Fane, FCPA, FCMA 2005
Jeff D. Kroeker, BA, MBA, FCPA, FCMA 2005
Richard D. Krowchuk, BCom, MBA, FCPA, FCMA 2005
Rose Mailloux, AIMA, FCPA, FCMA 2005
Mia Maki, BA, MBA, FCPA, FCMA 2005
Donald B. Nilson, BCom, MSc, CFP, FCPA, FCMA 2005
Peter R. Norwood, BCom, MBA, CA, FCPA, FCMA 2005
James B. Pammenter, BEc, CMC, FCPA, FCMA 2005
Anthony C.W. Tam, BSc, MBA, PhD, FCPA, FCMA 2005
Karen Botham, BCom, FCPA, FCMA 2006
Allan D. Cobbett, MBA, LLB, FCPA, FCMA 2006
Peter G. Herz, Bcom, FCPA, FCMA 2006
Wayne A. Jefferson, FCPA, FCMA 2006
Thomas E. McInulty, FCPA, FCMA 2006
Alladin Versi, FCPA, FCMA 2006
Bruce Belsher, BA, MHSc, FCPA, FCMA 2007
Elmer J. Benoit, FCPA, FCMA 2007
Karen F. Bittner, FCPA, FCMA 2007
Alexander Dancs, FCPA, FCMA 2007
G. Brian Hobson, FCPA, FCMA 2007
Patricia A. Kennedy, BA, FCPA, FCMA 2007
Kelvin Stretch, MBA, FCPA, FCMA 2007
Rick S. Thorpe, FCPA, FCMA 2007
Judith J. Watson, BAdmin, FCPA, FCMA 2007
Cheryl R. Wenezenki-Yolland, AAT, FCPA, FCMA 2007
Fred Zdan, MBA, FCPA, FCMA 2007
Meryle Corbett, FCPA, FCMA 2008
Patricia A. Eagar, MBA, FCPA, FCMA 2008
James W. Ferguson, FCPA, FCMA 2008
Mehb Jessa, BBA, FCPA, FCMA 2008
Donalda MacDonald, FCPA, FCMA 2008
Bernard Magnan, BCom, MBA, CMC, FCPA, FCMA 2008
Clayton G. Harmon, CFP, CAFM, FCPA, FCMA 2009
Mark J.L. Kennedy, AAT, FCPA, FCMA 2009
Stephen Lee, AAT, FCPA, FCMA 2009
Mervin G. Michaels, BCom, MBA, FCPA, CA, FCMA 2009
Aklilu Mulat, BA, BSc, FCPA, FCMA 2009
Robert J. Pellatt, BCom, FCPA, FCMA 2009
John G. Reith, FCPA, FCMA 2009
Elaine Eccleston, MBA, FCPA, FCMA 2010
Timothy J. Edwards, Dipl.T, MBA, FCPA, FCMA 2010
Frank Hunaus, BCom, FCPA, FCMA 2010
Rhonda M. Hunter, BA, FCPA, FCMA 2010
Kenneth J. Mulloy, FCPA, FCMA 2010
Sidney G. Norman, FCPA, FCMA 2010
James P. Olsen, AAT, FCPA, FCMA 2010
Jeff Champion, FCPA, FCMA 2011
Ronald Coulter, FCPA, FCMA 2011
Judy Lloyd, FCPA, FCMA 2011
Tammy Towill, FCPA, FCMA 2011
Helen Vallee, FCPA, FCMA 2011
Barbara VanDerLinden, FCPA, FCMA 2011
Jack Wong, FCPA, FCMA 2011
Joan Axford, Dipl.T, FCPA, FCMA 2012
Gerald Dragomir, FCPA, FCMA 2012
Viola Gressel, AAT, FCPA, FCMA 2012
Al-Karim Kara, MBA, FCPA, FCMA 2012
Ronald Matthews, BCom, FCPA, FCMA 2012
Bruce McLennan, BCom, MBA, FCPA, FCMA 2012
Clifford Neufeld, MBA, FCPA, FCMA 2012
Simon Philp, AAT, FCPA, FCMA 2012
Jacques Fleurant, FCPA, FCMA 2013
Diane L. Kerley, FCPA, FCMA 2013
David C. Kruyt, BBA, FCPA, FCMA 2013
Sing Chung M. Li, MBA, FCPA, FCMA 2013
Lyndon W. Peterson, CCIM, AAT, FCPA, FCMA 2013
Michael W. Thiessen, BA, AAT, FCPA, FCMA 2013
Robert J. Broekhuizen, Dipl.T, FCPA, FCMA 2014
David. B. Hallinan, AAT, FCPA, FCMA 2014
Debora F. Musil, FCPA, FCMA 2014
Vinetta Peek, CMA (Hon.), FCPA, FCMA 2014
Ken R. Puls, AAT, FCPA, FCMA 2014
Weilie Tjoe, Dipl.T., BSc., FCPA, FCMA 2014
Curt Walker, BBA, FCPA, FCMA 2014
Mervyn Miller, FCMA n/a

 


Honorary CMAs

Name Year
Ronald William Park, CPA, CA, CMA (Hon.) 1990
Howard A. Mann, BA, CPA, CMA (Hon.) 1993
Lois D. Etherington, BEd, MBA, PhD, CPA, CMA (Hon.) 1997
Paul Levie, CPA, CMA (Hon.) 2003
J. Maureen Roger, CPA, CMA (Hon.) 2003
Vinetta Peek, FCPA, CMA (Hon.), FCMA 2007
Douglas Alley, CPA, CMA (Hon.) 2010

Life Members

Name Year
R.A. McIntrye, RIA 1953
P. Russell, RIA 1962
N. Abramsen, RIA 1969
M.A. Gilmour, RIA 1969
A.W. Ingall, 1969
R.C. Lucas, RIA 1969
Norman Terry, CGA, RIA 1969
W.C. Jones, RIA 1974
J.P. Golds, RIA 1975
C.H. Davis, RIA, FSMAC 1976
J.H. Tyner, RIA 1976
R. Glynn Spelliscy, FCMA 1980
W.A. Evans, RIA 1981
S.A. Gray, RIA 1981
W.B. Hards, RIA, FSMAC 1981
J. Hunter, RIA, FSMAC 1981
T.A. Kennedy, RIA, FSMAC 1981
E.S. McKelvie, RIA 1981
F.H. Ougden, FCMA 1981
G.E. Owen, FCMA 1981
J. Payne, RIA, FSMAC 1981
A. Stewart, RIA 1981
John F. Abercrombie, CPA, CMA 1982
L.D. Bell, RIA 1982
K.W. Broderick, RIA 1982
J.D. Goforth, CA, RIA 1982
David O. Hunter, FCMA 1982
G.A. Jones, BA, RIA 1982
T.K. Milne, RIA 1982
W.R. Sommerville, BCom, RIA 1982
W. Walton, RIA 1982
E.C. Argue, RIA 1983
Alexander W. Brown, BA, MA, CMA 1983
Victor J. Christison, CMA 1983
John Cummings, CMA 1983
M.J. Danco, RIA 1983
J. Eltringham, RIA 1983
D. Robert Alexander, BCom, FCPA, FCMA 1984
L.R. Bennett, RIA 1984
W.I. Kitchener, CMA 1984
Emil J. Zak, CMA 1984
W.A. Atkinson, BA, ACBA, RIA, FSMAC 1985
Darell Campbell, BCom, FCMA 1985
George E. Weightman, BA, CMA 1985
William J. Glazier, CPA, CMA 1990
Kenneth R. Keeping, FCMA 1990
Peter D. Jacobsen, CPA, CMA 1990
Kenneth G. Nichols, FCPA, FCMA 1990
John F. Wray, CPA, CMA 1990
George Bogdanow, FCMA 1991
Lawrence N. Dyer, BCom, FCMA 1991
Elmer J. Benoit, FCPA, FCMA 1992
Henry J. Lenaghan, BCom, CPA, CMA 1992
Louis Newburg, CMA 1992
Kenneth A. Simpson, CMA 1993
Harry Skelton, CPA, CMA 1993
Ernest T. Tesluck, CPA, CMA 1993
W. James Fedorak, BEd, MEd, FCPA, FCMA 1994
L. William Grange, CPA, CMA 1994
Roderick MacKenzie, CPA, CMA 1994
John F. Mead, CMA 1994
Mervyn Miller, FCMA 1994
William G. Rodden, FCPA, FCMA 1994
Carl L. Bertholm, CPA, CMA 1995
E. George Hartmann, FCPA, FCMA 1995
Jessie H. Ponech, CMA 1995
Roger A. Cradock, BCom, MBA, FCPA, FCMA 1996
Ernest M. Iannacone, MBA, FCPA, FCMA 1996
Sidney G. Norman, FCPA, FCMA 1996
Darl W. Hill, CMC, FCPA, FCMA 1997
John H. Podmore, CPA, CMA 1997
Melvin R. Tupper, CPA, CMA 1997
Alexander Dancs, FCPA, FCMA 1998
James W. Ferguson, FCPA, FCMA 1998
Desmond G. McKillop, BCom, CMA 1998
Kenneth J. Mulloy, CPA, CMA 1998
Alan J. Barnard, FCPA, FCMA 1999
Harry N. Bottomley, CPA, CMA 1999
William C. Easton, BA, CAE, FCPA, FCMA 1999
Peter A. Gardner, CGA, PAdm, CMA 1999
C. Margaret Briscall, BCom, MBA, FCPA, FCMA 2001
Carol J. Bruvall Einarson, CPA, CMA 2001
Norman W. Clarke, CMA 2001
G. Brian Hobson, FCPA, FCMA 2001
Raymond Meyer, FCMA 2001
Robert E. Taylor, FCPA, FCMA 2001
Peter G. Herz, BCom, FCPA, FCMA 2002
Gary J. Lotochinski, BCom, CPA, CMA 2002
Mervin G. Michaels, BCom, MBA, FCPA, CA, FCMA 2002
Loreen R. Francis, CPA, CMA 2003
Donald F. Hall, CPA, CMA 2003
Arthur E. Low, CPA, CMA 2003
James L. Pollock, CPA, CMA 2003
Robert Pomerleau, BSc, CMA 2003
Bayne E. Boyes, FCPA, FCMA 2004
Gordon H. Farrell, MBA, FCPA, FCMA 2004
Hank J. Leenders, CPA, CMA 2004
James B. Pammenter, BEc, CMC, FCPA, FCMA 2004
Vincent H. Poon, BCom, FCPA, FCMA 2004
John M. Powell, CFA, CPA, CMA 2004
Robert F. Stuart, BCom, FCPA, FCMA 2004
Paul R. Williams, FCPA, FCMA 2004
Graham J. Alce, CA, FCMA 2005
Ronald W. Coulter, FCPA, FCMA 2005
William H. Symons, CFE, FCPA, CA, FCMA 2005
Ross J. Turner, FCPA, FCMA 2005
Gim H. Huey, FCMA 2006
Clifford P. Kraft, CPA, CMA 2006
Judy A. Lloyd, BSc, FCPA, FCMA 2006
Alan A. Mann, CPA, CMA 2006
Robert F. Venema, CPA, CMA 2006
G.E. Beth Gibson, BA, FCPA, FCMA 2007
Harald K. Hall, CPA, CMA 2007
Alan M. Cobden, CPA, CMA 2008
R. Cary Corbeil, CPA, CMA 2008
Janet E. Falk, BA, BBA, CPA, CMA 2008
Anthony G. Mise, BCom, CGA, CMA 2008
George Pennock, CPA, CMA 2008
Brian R. Sibley, CISA, CPA, CMA 2008
Edward A. Surry, CPA, CMA 2008
Donald A. Hincks, FCPA, FCMA 2009
Brian J. Kennedy, FCPA, FCMA 2009
John W. Lebidoff, CPA, CMA 2009
J. Vern Gibson, CPA, CMA 2010
John F. Huguet, FCPA, FCMA 2010
Carol E. Klassen, MBA, CPA, CMA 2010
Anita M. Loudon, BSc, CPA, CMA 2010
Hubert A. Miles, CPA, CMA 2010
Robert J. Pellatt, BCom, FCPA, FCMA 2010
Katherine Barr, CPA, CMA 2011
Colin W. Bennett, FCPA, FCMA, LL.D (Hon.), CA (Hon.)  2011
John Mould, FCPA, FCMA 2011
Robert Nichols, FCPA, FCMA 2011
Allan D. Cobbett, FCPA, FCMA 2012
Jacqueline L. Hamilton, CPA, CMA 2012
Frank L. Sbrocchi, CPA, CMA 2012
Patricia A. Eagar, MBA, FCPA, FCMA 2013
George L. Nyman, CPA, CMA 2013
Yvonne M. Pinder, Bcom, FCPA, FCMA 2013
Patricia A. Kennedy, BA, FCPA, FCMA 2014
Donald B. Nilson, Bcom, MSc, FCPA, FCMA 2014
Peter Rook-Green, CPA, CMA 2014
James J. Hewitt, FCPA, FCMA n/a
William F. MacDonald, CMA n/a
Edith C. Warhurst, CPA, CMA n/a

 

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