“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” – Margaret Mead
Coworking BC Board
Monique Cherrie Co-Chair
After nearly 20 years working with customers in both B2C and B2B relationships, Monique decided to make a change and launch her own business. In 2019, Monique opened her newest adventure, a coworking space in Strathcona. "I think that coworking is an interesting business. There are many spaces available in today's market, and we all have a little something different to offer. Together as an industry we have an opportunity to help support entrepreneurs, the small business market, and the local community."
Monique Cherrie
Jacob Sayles Co-Chair
Jacob is a creative and entrepreneurial technologist with over 20 years of experience in the industry. In 2007 he opened Office Nomads, the first coworking space in Seattle, WA. To support this business and others like it, he wrote Nadine, the first open source coworking platform, and founded Open Coworking, a non-profit dedicated to the Coworking Movement. In 2016 he relocated to Vancouver, BC to take on the role of Director of Technology for 312 Main. He is currently the Technical Director at Kanawha Design, a family run coworking design studio that supports small, medium, and large collaborative spaces with business planning, operations, community development, IT infrastructure, and the many uses of technology to support their memberships and communities.
Jacob Sayles
Jason Wong Treasurer
Jason’s been a lifelong resident of Metro Vancouver. He studied Communication at SFU and spent nearly a decade in the corporate world before realizing that entrepreneurship was his calling. That's when he did what most aspiring freelancers would do...he became a dad. The challenge of being a "parentrepreneur" motivated forced him to open the award-winning Beta Collective back in 2014, which remains Surrey's first and only coworking space. Beta’s mission is centered on community impact and has since helped dozens of critical non-profit organizations get established in the rapidly growing Surrey City Center. More recently, Jason has brought his passion for community impact to open YVR Prep, a 10,000sf commissary kitchen in Burnaby for small-scale food manufacturers to help improve local food access and security. Jason is also very active in his volunteer capacity. In addition to being a founding member of CoworkingBC, he also serves on the board of DIVERSEcity Community Resources Society, the BC Small Business Roundtable (under the Ministry of Jobs, Economic Recovery and Innovation), and the Burnaby Board of Trade. Apart from his professional life, Jason is an aspiring DJ hack who loves old school hip hop, enjoys watching football and basketball, and frequently supports local restaurants and all his YVR Prep kitchen clients because he’s a terrible cook.
Jason Wong
Shane Austin
Erin Scarlett- Committee Chairperson
Erin cut her teeth in the career world in sales, she excelled to become a top sales representative in B2B before she discovered through sales that of her most cherished qualities were her skills in bringing people together. Erin partnered with her mother and her husband and opened The Fountainhead Network Coworking and Media Space in Port Coquitlam BC in 2019. Erin understands the importance of media and creativity in promoting small business “Bringing entrepreneurs together with media resources gives businesses the edge they need to stand out in a world where we are all competing for the attention of consumers.”
Erin Scarlett
Join the board!
Would you be interested in talking about the possibility of joining the Coworking BC Board? As our mission states, the main purpose of the Coworking BC board is to champion the message of coworking, locally and globally, and to commit to global coworking values. We strive to lead in best practices community centered spaces, while sharing what we know for the improvement of our cities and beyond. If you are interested, please email info@coworkingbc.ca.