TAMARA VROOMAN

CEO, VANCITY PREVIOUSLY #22––, 2017 – — ˜ ´

The CEO of Canada’s largest

credit union continues to boost Vancity’s reputation as a community leader, creating a variety of programs tailored to bolster local businesses doing good work in the city. Its partnership funding program has injected $306 million to its local business members and communities since 1994, for example, and its Envirofund grants support organizations undertaking lighter living initiatives and sustainable consumption through community projects and public education. More visibly, Vancity subsidized the Mobi bike-share program for low-income residents and recently provided a mortgage commitment to help save the nearly 80-year-old Rio Theatre when it was put up for sale in early 2018. All this community support while having a bang-up year: in 2017 Vancity had operating income of $530.6 million, a 17.8-percent increase from the previous year.