Committees

The role of the BEA Committee is to promote the engagement of Richmond businesses with the Richmond Chamber of Commerce. They manage the nomination and judging process for the Business Excellence Awards, clearly and transparently.

The Business Excellence Awards is our biggest and most important event. The BEA Committee helps make the event successful and exciting.

2024 Chair: Lisa Wong, Lauren Financial Corp.

Roles/Objectives

• To review and finalize award categories, nomination packages, and judging criteria as deemed appropriate.
• To screen and judge Business Excellence Awards nominees and select winners.

The CANC provides a bi-lingual networking platform for Mandarin speaking business immigrants to connect with Chamber members.

The CANC is responsible for the success of the Mid-Autumn Festival Dim Sum Luncheon, Lunar New Year Banquet Dinner, & Annual Sports Tournament & BBQ events.

2023/2024 Co-Chairs: Rachel Li, Thinkbase Capital & Kevin Ma, Scotiabank

Roles/Objectives:

CANC meets 10-12 times a year to plan and organize annual events that align with Chinese festivities (or any other networking events) for the Richmond Chamber of Commerce:

CANC's goal for 2024 is to continue with the following three signature events:

• Annual Sports Tournament
• Lunar New Year Dinner
• Mid-Autumn Festival Dim Sum Luncheon

RCC’s Annual Golf Tournament has been a community favourite for over 45 years. Each June, the business community meets on the course for fun, networking and 18 holes of golf. The Golf Tournament Committee works for 6 months to guarantee a successful event each year.

As a standing committee of the Board, the PAC’s role is to provide direct support to the Board in preparing and supporting policy positions.

2023/2024 Chair: Connor Williams, Ashton Mechanical Group

Role/Objectives

The role of the Committee is to help the Board in addressing policy issues that are affecting businesses by giving information in the context of its mandate. The Committee will help the Board by:

• Advising the Board on matters of external public policy positions
• Writing and designing policy for the BC Chamber and Canadian Chamber AGMs
• Supporting the Board and Executive Director in their government relations functions
• Surveying membership to find out key priority policy areas
• Advising the Board about the values of the membership
• Performing other tasks as passed on to the Committee by the Board from time to time
• Putting together and hosting relevant policy presentations for PAC, the Board of Directors, and membership 

The Women’s Leadership Committee works to motivate, promote and empower women in business. The WLC is led by a small advisory committee, who are responsible for regular events and the Annual Women in Leadership Panel.

2023/2024 Chair: Cila Kwong, RBC Insurance

Roles/Objectives

The role of the WLC is to facilitate and encourage women’s leadership within the Richmond Chamber of Commerce Membership. The WLC will:

• CONNECT
  • Facilitate/ develop events centred around the WLC’s mandate
  • Generate networking opportunities for women
• INSPIRE
  • Educate members on key issues facing women in business
  • Reach out to young people to create opportunities to help them grow in their careers
• RECOGNIZE
  • Honour women in leadership within Richmond