Executive Board

Funding Lead for Brands for Better Foundation.

Recognized as a high-energy, people connector and community builder locally and globally, Kim has an international story of building connection across cultures. A language enthusiast, writer, and translator, Kim launched Arvorei Communications Group to make a positive impact in the world, marrying her passions for language, creating connections & community, and wellness for people & planet.

While supporting impact-led businesses and not-for-profits to reach new language markets at home and abroad, Kim is also on a mission to do good. In an industry that can be very transactional, isolating, and even unethical for translators, she runs her agency differently–with a people-first approach.

Partnerships Director of Brands for Better Foundation.

Monika currently inspires and guides business to become a force for good, uncovering and maximizing their potential for positive environmental and social impact.

Her corporate career began in Europe with high tech giants, until she transitioned to Vancouver BC, where she focused on Digital Media. Always an innovator, in 1994 she founded a production company that focused on interactive corporate communications that created online communications strategies and websites for clients such as the BC Yellow Pages and ICBC. Monika realized that her work needed to better reflect her values in environmental and social sustainability, so she brought her experience in business and of best business practices within a sustainable framework together to found Greenworx Inc., specializing in the development of sustainability strategy and action plans.  She is also the co-Founder and was Executive Director of the Board of Change, a Vancouver business network with the mission to foster an economic model that values the pursuit of social and environmental sustainability equally with the pursuit of profit – a network close to 1,000 businesses strong.  Born in Vienna, Austria, Monika is fluent in French, German and English, is learning a few more, holds a degree in Systems Design Engineering from the University of Waterloo, is a certified Yoga instructor and avid world traveller.

Impact Advisor for Brands for Better Foundation’s Executive Team. Jill is a Venture Development Manager leading Energy Transition Ventures at Kite Company Creator. She was also a core leader for the Brand Battle for Good’s winning EcoMeter team. When she’s not connecting teams and projects, Jill enjoys adventuring in the mountains, thrifting for nonfiction books, running along the seawall, and spending time with her community.