This month’s memo is a recap of our 2025 CMC-BC Awards Night, held in October. It was an incredible evening celebrating excellence in management consulting across British Columbia. Hosted at KWENCH Coworking & Culture Club in Victoria, the event featured TED Talk-style CMC Talks focused on the Power of Your Personal Story, the celebration of our award recipients and newly designated CMCs and FCMCs, delicious catering from Songhees Events & Catering, and a showcase of local Indigenous artists selling their work.
Awards Night was well attended, thank you to everyone who joined us. For those who couldn’t make it, I’ve included the key highlights below.
Congratulations to Our Award Winners
We were proud to recognize five outstanding members of the CMC-BC community.
Jasmina Burns of MNP, recipient of the 2025 CMC-BC Excellence in Collaboration Award
Adam Hughes of Parametric Pro Consulting, recipient of the 2025 CMC-BC Student Award
Hannah Clark of MNP, recipient of the 2025 CMC-BC Rising Star Award
Al Moxam of Moxam Management Consulting, recipient of the 2025 CMC-BC Distinguished Service Award
Dawn Ringrose of Organizational Excellence Specialists, recipient of the 2025 CMC-BC Lifetime Achievement Award
Congratulations to This Year’s New CMCs
- Jada Basi of CitySpaces Consulting
- Simon Daley of MNP
- Robin Gagne of Urban Systems Ltd.
- John Kenney of Urban Systems Ltd.
- Ehren Lee of Urban Systems Ltd.
- Eileen Lian of Eileen Consulting
- Silver McLaughlin of MNP
- Delbar Niroushak
- Jody Rechenmacher of Urban Systems Ltd.
- Kevin Salesse of MNP
- Brendan Smith
- Karan S. of MNP
- Erin Welk of Urban Matters CCC
- Heman Joshi of CGI
Welcome to the CMC-BC community!
Congratulations to Our New FCMCs
The Fellow Certified Management Consultant (FCMC) designation is a special recognition for those who have made significant contributions to clients, to their Institutes, to the profession, and to society. This year’s newly appointed FCMCs are:
And me!
Eric Anderson of Smartpoint Advisory Services
James Grieve of Catalyst Strategies Consulting
Thank You to Our Speakers
I want to extend our thanks to each of our speakers for sharing their stories with us:
Dr. DawnMarie Turner – Turner Change Management Inc.
Richard H. Eaton – Berlineaton
Ehren Lee – Urban Systems Ltd.
Chris Legler, MBA, CMC – Axios Growth Consultants
Dawn Ringrose, MBA, FCMC – Organizational Excellence Specialists
Thank You To All Those Who Mafe This Evening Possible
Kate Fagan Taylor
Thank you, Kate, for helping to make this year’s event such a success.
Thank you to Kate Fagan Taylor of GrowthPoints Strategies for leading the speaker coaching process leading up to this event. Each of our speakers at Awards Night spent the past six months working closely with Kate to shape and refine their talks. A TEDx speaker herself, Kate brought insight, structure, and clarity to the stories shared on stage.
Rob Cupello and Kristine Jones
I’d also like to recognize Rob Cupello and Kristine Jones from StrategyHive Solutions, along with Sandhill Winery in Kelowna. Rob and Kristine generously provided three Okanagan wine baskets from Sandhill Winery, which were drawn as prizes during Awards Night.
Thank you for supporting this year’s event.
James Grieve
Thank you to James Grieve of Catalyst Strategies Consulting. James generously donated fifteen copies of Launch Lead Live by Dr. Dawn-Marie Turner, one of our Awards Night speakers, which were drawn as prizes during Awards Night.
Thank you, James, for your generosity and support of a fellow CMC-BC member!
Alexa Tremblay
Finally, I want to celebrate my colleague, Alexa Tremblay, who served as Chair of this year’s Awards Night. Alexa’s fingerprints were on every detail, from the venue selection to the program flow to the flowers on the tables. As Alexa’s team members, Maggie Mckenna and I saw firsthand the care and dedication she put into planning and executing this key community building event.
Thank you, thank you, thank you, Alexa! We’re so proud to witness your evolution as a consultant and leader in our community.
Membership Renewal
You will have noticed several recent communications about membership renewal. If you haven’t had a chance to review your membership yet, you can do so in our newly launched Member Hub here.
Remember to connect with the CMC-BC LinkedIn feed as that is a channel we regularly use.
As always, please reach out to me at Ashka.Wirk@cmc-bc.ca with questions, ideas, or just to connect!
Sincerely,
Ashka Wirk
President and Council Chair, CMC-BC
