Larry Clay is of Metis heritage and founder and president of Clay Construction. Formerly a high school teacher, Larry has been a custom home Master Builder and renovator in Metro Vancouver for the past 20 years. Larry’s expertise and commitment to premium customer care has earned Clay Construction the Canadian Home Builders Association awards at the local, provincial, and national levels.

He is an industry leader serving on local, provincial, and national home-building boards and committees. Larry is past president of Havan (Home Builders Association Vancouver) and Canadian Home Builders Association National’s president in 2021-22.

Cinnamon Bhayani is a proud Metis of Cree, Objibway, French and German descent. Cinnamon is a Regulatory Compliance Officer with the Government of Canada in the Department of Finance.

Passion for community demonstrated through involvement on multiple Boards and Committees and participation in the 2022 municipal election as a city council candidate for the city of Vancouver, focusing on public safety and housing issues.Cinnamon has a Master of Laws (LLM) in Banking and Financial Law.

Saul Joseph is of Coast Salish descent and is a member of the Squamish First Nation (Skwxwú7mesh). Saul is a partner with Clark Wilson and co-chair of their Indigenous Law Group. Prior to law school, Saul earned a Bachelor's Degree in Geography at the University of Victoria, with a specialization in coastal studies.

With extensive experience in all aspects of Indigenous business, Saul is passionate about protecting and advancing the rights of Indigenous peoples and generating socio-economic opportunities for positive change.

Michelle Laviolette is of Métis-Ojibway ancestry and married to a member of the Northwest Territory Métis Nation. Michelle is Vancity’s Director of Indigenous Banking and is passionate about advancing Vancity’s work to uphold Reconciliation as a core value. She oversees the development and implementation of a strategy that delivers on Vancity’s commitment to Reconciliation and cultivates relationships with Indigenous members, organizations, and communities.

Michelle has had a variety of roles in more than 20 years at the Vancity Group, and one career highlight was opening a remote community branch in Alert Bay, BC, in partnership with the ‘Namgis First Nation and the Village of Alert Bay.

Anthony Wingham is of Metis heritage and a driven and passionate entrepreneur with a focus on promoting Indigenous culture, sustainability, and innovation. His journey began at a young age, managing paper routes and establishing a successful tile installation business.

Anthony pursued academic opportunities in project management and business management at BCIT, UBC, and UVIC. He also completed executive education programs at the Jelly Academy, Tuck School of Business, and the Canadian Marketing Association program.

Andrew is a member of the Spuzzum First Nation and founder and principal at Crabtree Law. He has more than a decade of experience resolving disputes for corporations and individuals through negotiated settlements, tribunal hearings, arbitration, and litigation.

Andrew is passionate about pro bono and has acted for Pivot Legal Society in its defense of those without adequate housing. Andrew is a former member of the board of directors of the Vancouver Bar Association.

Kristin Kozar is a member of the Hwlitsum First Nation where she served on council for six years. Kristin currently works at the Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre where she is the co-lead of the Oral Testimony project and works primarily with research and engagement.

She has completed her MLIS degree with a concentration in First Nation curriculum in 2018 and has previously worked at what was formerly known as UBC Aboriginal Health where she researched and analyzed how to use Blockchain to give Indigenous peoples and communities autonomy over their own records.

Trevor Cootes is a member of the Huuayaht First Nation (HFN) where he served as an Elected Member of the Executive Council for seven years. Trevor has held the Economic Development portfolio for 7 years, Chaired the Economic Development Committee and Chaired the HFN Dev Co Board, which oversaw 7 Limited Partnerships owned by Huuayaht.

At the leadership level Trevor has worked to help further Huuayaht economic goals by creating business enterprises and building partnerships/joint ventures with forest companies and other businesses that create a strong self reliant Huuayaht economy.

Susan Miller is a member of the Katzie First Nation and was the elected Chief from 2013 to 2018. Susan has worked with First Nations for over 40 years and has extensive experience in policy development, specifically Health and Social programming, development & implementation, and governance structure. Susan is currently a Board member with the New Relationship Trust, on behalf of the BC Assembly of First Nations.

Susan also works as a consultant with her sister, Debbie Miller, and together they have formed sməq̓ʷɑʔ θə sɬənɬenəy̓ - Blue Heron Women Consulting.

Angela van den Hout is a descendant of the Flying Dust First Nation and a member of the Metis Nation of BC. Angela owns and operates Seven Generations Indigenous Business Consulting, which is a certified business with the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business.

Angela is a Director of the Vancouver Island Coast Economic Developers Association, and she is currently supporting business development for several Nations in BC and is an Associate of the Indigenomics Institute and the First Nations Major Projects Coalition.

Angela has a Certificate in Business Management and earned her B.A. in Environment & Sustainability from the University of British Columbia and completed MBA studies at UBC’s Sauder School of Business.

Gail Joe is a member of the Lower Nicola Indian Band, Nlaka'pamux Nation. Gail has more than 30 years of experience in Indigenous economic development and she has worked with all Nations Trust Company for over 21 years, providing business loans to Indigenous businesses throughout BC. For the last 11 years, she has owned and operated her own practice, Focus iN Consulting. In her practice, she works with the Community Futures Development Corporation of Central Interior First Nations in Kamloops, providing business recovery and financial literacy support to entrepreneurs.

For the past decade, Gail has also worked with the First Nations Market Housing Fund, a federal housing initiative to support and enhance individual homeownership throughout On Reserve lands across Canada.

Eric Velestuk is a member of the North Fraser Métis Association, where he holds the position of youth representative and is a member of the board.

Erik is currently a law student at the Peter A. Allard School of Law at the University of British Columbia. Eric has a passion for Reconciliation and has collaborated with Indigenous communities during his employment at the First Nations Health Authority and at Transport Canada. In his personal life, Eric has been an active member of the reserve army since 2016.