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.

Read the news release here

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

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