BLBC Hall of Fame Gala Dinner & Induction Ceremonies 2025
JABC will host the 19th annual Business Laureates of BC Hall of Fame Gala Dinner and Induction Ceremonies on May 5, 2025. The event will take place at the Vancouver Convention Centre West—home to the Hall of Fame itself.
For inquiries regarding sponsorship opportunities, please contact Delreen Motiwalla, Senior Director, Development & Hall of Fame Program | JABC.
The 2025 Laureate Inductees are:
- Ryan Beedie, President, Beedie and Keith Reginald Beedie (1926-2017) Founder and Former Chair, Beedie
- Stan Fuller, Cofounder and CEO, Earls Restaurants and Board Member, Fuller Family Restaurant Group and Bus Fuller (1928-2019), Cofounder, Earls Restaurants and Chairman, Fuller Family Restaurant Group
- John Nicola, Chairman, CEO and Co-Chief Investment Officer, Nicola Wealth
- Bob Stewart (1916-2003), Founding Partner and President, Sinclar Group Forest Products Ltd. and Ivan Andersen (1916-2011), Founding Partner and Secretary-Treasurer, Sinclar Group Forest Products Ltd.
PRESENTING SPONSORS
RECEPTION SPONSOR
LAUREATE CHAMPION SPONSOR
JUNIOR ENTREPRENEUR AWARD SPONSORS
STUDENT AWARD FOR ORATORY AND PRESENTATION SPONSORS
STAN FULLER & BUS FULLER’S VIDEO SPONSOR
RYAN BEEDIE & KEITH REGINALD BEEDIE’S VIDEO SPONSOR
BOB STEWART & IVAN ANDERSEN’S VIDEO SPONSOR
LAUREATE SELECTION SPONSOR
PLATINUM SPONSORS
MEDIA SPONSOR
GOLD SPONSORS
Anthem Properties Group Ltd.
Bank of America
Belkorp Industries Inc.
BMO
British Columbia Institute of Technology
Capital West Partners
Charlwood Pacific Group
Coast Capital Savings
Deloitte
Dilawri Group of Companies
Fred Withers & Dr. Kathy Jones
Intracorp Homes
Ledcor Group of Companies
Mark James Group
McCarthy Tétrault
McMillan LLP
Nurse Next Door
Polygon Homes
Premise Properties
PwC Canada
QuadReal Property Group
Spira Equity Partners
St. Paul’s Foundation
TD Bank Group
Wesbild Holdings Ltd.
SILVER SPONSOR
Aon
BC Children’s Hospital Foundation
Cadillac Fairview
Christie and David Garofalo
Conair Group Inc
Geyer Family
Gordon Food Service
Krystal Growth Partners
Oppenheimer Group
STEMCELL Technologies
White Crane Capital Corp.
2025 BLBC Hall of Fame Cabinet
Hall of Fame Co-Chairs
Abi Coman-Walker
Shelina Esmail
Past Hall of Fame Co-Chairs
Olin Anton
Peter Blake
Barbara Brink
John C. Kerr
Terry A. Lyons
Conrad Pinette
Jim Shepard
Bill Weymark
Fred Withers
Janet Wood
Nominations Committee Members
Barbara Brink
Lorraine Cunningham
Ross Langford
Leslie Lee
Kirsten Sutton
Fred Withers
Janet Wood
Governors
Olin Anton
Peter Blake
Barbara Brink
Terry Lyons
Bill Weymark
Fred Withers
Janet Wood
Selection Committee Members
Peter Dhillon, Chair
John Anderson
Kathy Butler
Debra Doucette
Dr. Allen Eaves
Peter Gustavson
Nancy Stibbard
Special Advisors
Kelly Heed
Casey Forrest
Cabinet Members
Warren Beach
Sheila Biggers
Doug Brandes
Barbara Brink
Brenna Daloise
Robin Dhir
Jenny Francis
Christie Garofalo
Michael Geller
Paul Geyer
Kelly Heed
Kirk Kuester
John Kump
Leslie Lee
Colby Miller
Chris Nicola
Beverley Pao
Walter Pela
Keith Spencer
Martin Thibodeau
Cathy Thorpe
Richard Weymark
Fred Withers
Janet Wood
Program Director
Delreen Motiwalla