Leroy "Lee" W. Hansen, Team Leader
Sponsored by the Rotary Club of Sumner
Profession: Architect
Hansen, Hansen & Johnson
28 Years
sunny.hansen@gte.net

Family: Lee has been married to Sunny for 44 years. They have two married daughters with two grand children.

Vocational Requests:
I would like to visit traditional and contemporary architectural projects. In addition I would like to visit architectural offices, government building review offices, and construction sites.

Personal History:
Lee has been a member of The Rotary Club of Sumner for twenty four years and served as its president in 1991 - 1992. Since that time he has been District Governor Representative for six years and has served as Assistant District Governor. Currently he is a District World Community Service chairman, coordinating projects in Thirteen clubs. WCS activities include projects in Mexico, Guatemala, Morocco, South Africa, and Argentina.

Professionally, Lee has been an architect for thirty-six years and is licensed in all states of the western USA including Hawaii. In addition he has a national certification which allows reciprocity in all states. He is active in the American Institute of Architects, serving on the Board of Directors for our state. He is a partner in both an architectural firm and a construction company which employ approximately twenty five to thirty architects, technicians, and craftsmen. Projects completed by his company include medical offices, food processing plants, housing, churches, ski resorts, distribution centers, schools, office buildings and military installations.

Lee's hobbies are traveling and playing tennis. He and Sunny have visited many countries including the United States, Canada, Mexico, Costa Rica, Equator, Venezuela and the Caribbean. They have been to most of the European countries as well as Turkey. In China they traveled while Sunny was an educational consultant to the American Schools in Guangzhou, Shanghai, and Beijing. While traveling Lee plays tennis and takes lessons from foreign professionals whenever possible; he continues to play in local tournaments and league competition.

Lee looks forward to a new experience in Cuiab'a.
 

Gillian D. Carrigan, Team Member
Sponsored by the Rotary Club of Victoria
Profession: Environmental Scientist/Project Manager
gilliandawn@hotmail.com

Vocational Requests:
This would allow me the opportunity to learn about the current procedures and processes of environmental management and sustainable development in Brazil, what level of awareness exists with the changes occurring in the environment, what expertise is available and what type of labour is used for different projects, and about the decision makers and their academic backgrounds. I would like to learn about project management methods used in Brazil, the different types of Brazilian technologies available for remediation projects and other fieldwork and also what types of sustainable practices are currently used in Brazil.

Personal History:
Gillian has been working in the environmental profession for the past 10 years. During this time she has been employed in both the public and private sectors, and is currently a project manager for an environmental consulting firm in Victoria. Prior to entering the environmental field she was involved in accounting/administration while pursuing a general accounting designation. The highlight of Gillian's "first career" was working in the United Kingdom for a large oil company responsible for building oil platforms in the North Sea.

During the past 8 years Gillian has been actively involved with the Air and Waste Management Association (AWMA) and has chaired various committees including the Education, Technical Program and Professional Development Committees. She is currently the Chair Elect for the Vancouver Island Chapter. Gillian is also involved with regional and municipal advisory committees relating to the environment, regional parks and civic heritage. Her educational background includes a Bachelor of Science Degree, a Diploma in Environmental Technology and 3 years of a general accounting program.

Rowing is a major component of Gillian's lifestyle, an activity she plans to take into her 'golden' years. She is attracted to water (bodies, falls, etc.) and enjoys reading, classical music and jazz (she plays the alto sax), dabbling with watercolors and sketching, travel, and experiencing other cultures. Her latest interest in learning Brazilian Portuguese!
 

Eric Dawson, Team Member
Sponsored by the Rotary Club of Comox
Profession: Chartered Accountant
Presley & Partners

Family: 3-1/2 year old daughter, Shannon
eadawson@presleyandpartners.com

Vocational Requests:
I would like to visit public accounting offices in Brazil to learn of the roll of public :accountants in Brazil and of the business and tax climate in Brazil. Visits to a broad range of private businesses will also allow me to see business practices in the country.

Personal History:
Eric received his designation as a Chartered Accountant in 1995 after completing 3 years of training. He has also obtained a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of British Columbia in 1991. Eric services a wide variety of clients with their accounting needs including retail, forestry, construction and professionals. He particularly likes to assist his clients with their tax planning needs.

Eric has recently taken over the position of Treasurer of the Comox Valley Chamber of Commerce, which is looking like it will be taking up a lot of his time and is looking forward to working with other business people to promote business within his community. He has previously been Treasurer of the Comox Valley Learning and Literacy Society, and has participated in tax preparation clinics for low-income seniors.

Eric likes to spend as much of his free time as he can with his daughter, but also enjoys skiing (both cross country and down hill), mountain biking, hiking and traveling. Eric hopes to take the opportunity in Mato Grosso to visit the Paantanal.
 

Scot J. Rutherford Hutton, Team Member
Sponsored by The Rotary Club of Campbell River Daybreak
Profession: Education consultant / Facilitator
centaur@island.net

Vocational Requests:
My profession is a broad and eclectic one so anything that is creative, artistic, intellectual, and challenging is of interest to me.

Personal History:
Scot was born in Calgary, Alberta, the last of four children brought up by his father (senior executive in the oil industry), and mother (owner / operator of a modeling agency). At 17 Scot took his first trip by himself to New York City for a month. The next year he moved to Vancouver to attend the University of British Columbia while each summer he would work in remote areas of Canada planting trees for 2 months which would allow him to travel around North and Central America for the other two months. By his third year of University he decided to take a break for a year and traveled all over Europe, the Middle East, and Northern and Eastern Africa.

After completing his first degree and with acceptance into the graduate programs of several schools in both the US and Canada he decided to spend some dime living and writing abroad, moving to Prague and living in Berlin, Istanbul, and Paris. Scot returned to Vancouver and completed a Masters Degree in Interdisciplinary Studies (Comparative literature, Anthropology, Classics, Art History, and Philosophy). He then spent 2 years as a sectionals lecturer in the English department. Deciding hot to relegate himself to a life of Academia he decided to make a break for it and become an education consultant, Scots work finds him creating programs and projects (Kindergarten through Post Secondary) with and for 3 school districts, the Provincial Government and the Federal Government.

Having lived in large cities all his life he decided to try a completely different lifestyle by moving to a Gulf Island (Quadra) and start working three fourth time s a consultant and one quarter time on learning how to build, woodwork, garden Play tennis, and be part of a strong community, Over the Past four years Scot has both learned a vast amount of experiential knowledge and come to the realization that there is still a world of wisdom that waits to be discovered.
 

Trevor MacKay, Team Member
Sponsored by The Rotary Club of Nanaimo
Profession: Police Officer
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
10 years

TREVOR.MacKay@RCMP-grc.gc.ca

Family:
Trevor is married with one young son who will be turning two years old the month the team is scheduled to depart for Brazil.

Vocational:
I would like to have the vocational exchange to visit both the Federal and local police forces, District Offices and Community Police Stations. I am interested in learning about community programs that deal with pro-active approaches in dealing with crime and public safety. In addition , I would like to have the opportunity to view / participate in the host country's training for both the Tactical and Emergency Response Teams ( SWAT ).

Personal:
Trevor hails from Ontario, Canada where he lived the majority of his life prior to joining the Royal Canadian Mounted Police ( RCMP ). Since acceptance into the RCMP, Trevor has had the opportunity to live / work in three different locations within the province of British Columbia. He enjoys the outside and all sorts of recreation activities, which include baseball, golf, floor hockey, scuba diving, snorkeling, his passion however is motorcycles. Trevor has been riding motorcycles for 13 years, he has traversed throughout central and western Canada, western United States and Nevada on a motorcycle.

Trevor enjoys new experiences and the chance to travel to a foreign country, he is looking forward to Brazil with great enthusiasm!!