{"id":1798,"date":"2022-10-31T15:06:57","date_gmt":"2022-10-31T22:06:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/salishenvironmentalgroup.com\/?p=1798"},"modified":"2023-03-07T12:13:07","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07T20:13:07","slug":"new-board-of-directors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salishenvironmentalgroup.com\/resources\/new-board-of-directors\/","title":{"rendered":"New Board of Directors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recently we had the opportunity to host a private event at the sh\u00edsh\u00e1lh Nation long house to honour the $2,500,000 investment into our business from Raven Indigenous Capital Partners and to create and welcome Salish Environmental Group first board of directors.\u00a0 For the press release on the investment from Raven Indigenous Capital Partners <a href=\"https:\/\/salishenvironmentalgroup.com\/resources\/salish-environmental-group-receives-2500000-equity-investment-from-raven-indigenous-capital-partners-to-create-capacity-for-the-next-phase-of-expansion-for-their-composting-operations\/\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1835 img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/salishenvironmentalgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Untitled-design-5-450x377.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/salishenvironmentalgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Untitled-design-5-450x377.png 450w, https:\/\/salishenvironmentalgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Untitled-design-5-768x644.png 768w, https:\/\/salishenvironmentalgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Untitled-design-5-576x483.png 576w, https:\/\/salishenvironmentalgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Untitled-design-5.png 940w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Upper Left to bottom right: Jacqueline Jennings, R. Stuart (&#8220;Tookie&#8221;) Angus, Aaron Joe, Salar Shemirani<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1805 img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/salishenvironmentalgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Picture1-338x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"338\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/salishenvironmentalgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Picture1-338x450.jpg 338w, https:\/\/salishenvironmentalgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Picture1-768x1023.jpg 768w, https:\/\/salishenvironmentalgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Picture1-576x768.jpg 576w, https:\/\/salishenvironmentalgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Picture1.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 338px) 100vw, 338px\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<h6><em>From left to right: Stephen Nairne, Jacqueline Jennings, John Sutherland, Aaron Joe, Devon Krainer, and\u00a0<\/em><em>Mitch Langen<\/em><\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5>Salish\u2019s new board of directors is<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Jacqueline Jennings-Venture Partner with Raven Indigenous Capital Partners<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Jacqueline Jennings (she\/her), is a mixed Cree, Anishinaabe, Red River M\u00e9tis and settler descent, and is a Venture Partner with Raven Indigenous Capital Partners, Director of the Fireweed Fellowship and is a visiting professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Beedie School of Business, SFU. With a background in retail and the private sector, Jacqueline brings 20 years of experience in values-led consumer product and services business.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1803 img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/salishenvironmentalgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1516551821779.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/salishenvironmentalgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1516551821779.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/salishenvironmentalgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1516551821779-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jacquelinejennings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jaqueline Jennings Linkedin<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Salar Shemirani-Vice president Business Developments and Partnerships<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Salar is an executive with extensive experience in strategy and partnerships. To date, Salar has supported\u00a0numerous small and large companies in setting strategy, structuring deals &amp; partnerships, building high-performing teams, as well as raising capital. Salar\u2019s recent experience includes holding senior leadership roles at Terramera, the agricultural technology company in Canada; leading the strategy and exponential growth team at KPMG Canada.\u00a0Salar\u2019s interest and belief in Regenerative Agriculture has inspired him to undertake active advisory and non-executive roles in supporting the industry including agriculture and food companies in their mission to lead the world in creating a healthier planet and people. Salar joins the board of directors having previously been invited to serve on a number of industry, business and government advisory roles in Canada and the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1810 img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/salishenvironmentalgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/salar-shemirani-b8413388.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/salishenvironmentalgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/salar-shemirani-b8413388.jpg 200w, https:\/\/salishenvironmentalgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/salar-shemirani-b8413388-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/salar-shemirani-b3ba192a\/\">Salar Shemirani Linkedin<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>R. Stuart (\u201cTookie\u201d) Angus-Independent Business Advisor and Investor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tookie is the former Head of the Global Mining Group for Fasken Martineau and the former Managing Director of Mergers and Acquisitions for Endeavour Financial. Previously he served as Chair of BC Sugar Refinery Limited, and as a Director of various major mining companies. Tookie holds a Bachelor of Law degree from the University of British Columbia and is a retired member of the Law Society of British Columbia. Tookie has an extensive track record of strong leadership acquired through a wide range of experience at the senior levels of law firms, mining corporations and financial institutions. His broad experience and demonstrated ability to bring people of divergent views together for a common purpose adds strength to our Board and the Company.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1804 img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/salishenvironmentalgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Tookie-Angus-photo-cropped.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"210\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Aaron Joe-CEO and majority owner<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Aaron Joe is a\u00a0sh\u00edsh\u00e1lh Nation member and one of the original founders of Salish Soils\/Salish environmental group and continues to be the leader and CEO of the company.\u00a0 He is the vision that drives the company, with a deep belief that through innovation most of the waste produced on the Sunshine Coast and broader communities can be recycled, reused, re-purposed or turned around into high quality products that benefit our ability to steward our territories in a more holistic way.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1809  img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/salishenvironmentalgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/aaron-joe-picture-1-scaled-e1667252680690-450x327.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"303\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/salishenvironmentalgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/aaron-joe-picture-1-scaled-e1667252680690-450x327.jpg 450w, https:\/\/salishenvironmentalgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/aaron-joe-picture-1-scaled-e1667252680690-768x559.jpg 768w, https:\/\/salishenvironmentalgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/aaron-joe-picture-1-scaled-e1667252680690-576x419.jpg 576w, https:\/\/salishenvironmentalgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/aaron-joe-picture-1-scaled-e1667252680690.jpg 918w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 303px) 100vw, 303px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/aaron-joe\/\">Aaron Joe Linkedin<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We are excited about this new step in the company and look forward for what is to come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently we had the opportunity to host a private event at the sh\u00edsh\u00e1lh Nation long house to honour the $2,500,000 investment into our business from Raven Indigenous Capital Partners and to create and welcome Salish Environmental Group first board of directors.\u00a0 <a class=\"readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/salishenvironmentalgroup.com\/resources\/new-board-of-directors\/\">Read More \/\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/salishenvironmentalgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1798"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/salishenvironmentalgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/salishenvironmentalgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salishenvironmentalgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salishenvironmentalgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1798"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/salishenvironmentalgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1798\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1967,"href":"https:\/\/salishenvironmentalgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1798\/revisions\/1967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/salishenvironmentalgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salishenvironmentalgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/salishenvironmentalgroup.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}