Board of Directors

Bill Roche has specialized in designing K-12 curriculum-based resources related to financial literacy, entrepreneurship and social responsibility for over 20 years. He regularly speaks at conferences and special events, such as TEDx, promoting the importance of helping young people develop an entrepreneurial mindset. Bill works with policy makers, school districts and business leaders to create community partnerships that are scalable and impactful. He is also a member of Rideau Hall Foundation’s Innovation for Education Partners Group.

After leading the 2015 sale of his iconic nutritional brand Vega to White Wave Foods for $550 million, Charles Chang was ready to take on new challenges. He established his own personal investment fund, Lyra Growth Partners, to support the next generation of visionary entrepreneurs in Canada. In 2016, Charles donated $10 million to Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business to establish the Charles Chang Institute for Entrepreneurship. He also supports a variety of educational initiatives through the Charles and Eve Chang Foundation.

Matias Marquez is the CEO at ethos and an active advisor to early-stage technology companies. Matias was the past President of Buyatab Online Inc. which he founded in 2009. He grew it to be a global leader in digital gift giving. Under his leadership, the company was acquired by SVS, a US-based company located in Louisville, Kentucky. Matias has received many awards for his entrepreneurial success, including being named a BC Business Top 30 Under 30 recipient in 2016, winner of the 2016 EY Entrepreneur of The Year award and a recipient of Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 award in 2017.

Dr. Sarah Lubik is Simon Fraser University's first Director of Entrepreneurship and co-champion of the Technology Entrepreneurship@SFU program. She is a lecturer in Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the Beedie School of Business and the co-founder and marketing director of a high-tech startup. Sarah’s research on topics that include entrepreneurship education and innovation ecosystems has been published in leading journals. She has been named one of Business in Vancouver’s Top 40 under 40 and an Innovation Leader by the Government of Canada.

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