Stephanie Smith
Richmond,BC
Summary
Experienced, results-oriented individual with a passion for continuous learning and innovation. Known for bringing teams together, building consensus, and leveraging analytical thinking and creativity to solve problems and deliver solutions.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
President
BC General Employees' Union
Burnaby, BC
06.2014 - 06.2024
- Led board meetings, strategic planning sessions, and additional committee meetings.
- Directed personnel matters encompassing recruitment, hiring, training, performance evaluation, and termination.
- Provided strategic direction and mentorship
- Fostered connections with essential parties such as employers, government entities, union members, and other union affiliates
- analyzed collective agreement and constitutional language for determinations
- Developed policies to support workers' rights and improve workplace conditions.
- Collaborated with government bodies to influence labour legislation and policies.
- Facilitated contract agreements by leveraging negotiation skills
- Championed diversity and inclusion initiatives within the union's operations.
- Oversaw conflict resolution strategies to address member disputes and grievances.
- Collaborated with staff members to ensure operational efficiency of the organization.
- Evaluated reports from department heads to assess progress towards achieving objectives.
- Actively participated in budgeting, financial planning, and analysis processes.
- Represented the organization at various events, conferences, and public engagements while also delivering speeches and serving as a media spokesperson.
- Cultivated and maintained positive working relationships with employees, executives and other interested parties.
- Provided organizational leadership and collaborated with executive to establish long, and short-term goals, strategies and policies.
- Guided senior management team in setting and achieving organizational goals.
Treasurer
BCGEU
Burnaby, BC
06.2011 - 06.2014
- Developed and implemented policies to ensure responsible fiscal management.
- Collaborated with committees to align budgets with organizational goals.
- Investigated variances between actual expenses vs projected budget results.
- Presented financial information at board meetings as needed.
- Provided financial advice to union leadership on funding strategies.
- Analyzed financial data to identify potential areas of cost savings.
- Implemented new procedures to improve internal controls over finances.
- Monitored financial records, including budgets, investments, and expenditures.
- Assisted with the preparation of annual budget reports
- Evaluated financial information to determine present and future financial performance.
- Oversaw development of annual budget and compared actual expenses against projected budget.
- Collaborated with finance and accounting departments to deliver comprehensive financial information to facilitate decision making
- Presented operational reports to senior management and executive teams.
Education
Trade Union Program
Harvard
Cambridge, Mass.02-2012
Leadership Development
Various
Skills
- Operations oversight
- Collaboration
- Effective negotiation
- Innovative solutions
- Understanding of collective agreements
- Labour relations
- Principled conduct
- Policy formulation
- Partnership development
- Relationship building
- Political insight
- Media relations and public speaking
- Budgeting
- Social media skills
- Leadership development
Board and Committee Work
- Vice Chair Kwantlen Polytechnic University 2024-present
- Vice Chair Dan's Legacy Foundation 2022-present
- Government Poverty Reduction Advisory Committee 2022-2025
- City of Victoria Councillor Remuneration Task Force 2024
- Government Task Force on Tourism during COVID 19 pandemic
- Chair BCGEU Provincial Executive 2014-2024
- Chair BCGEU Provincial Executive Finance Committee 2011-2014
- Chair BCGEU Women and Gender Rights Committee 2011-2024
- BC Targeted Benefit Pension Plan Trustee- 2011-2014
Timeline
President
BC General Employees' Union
06.2014 - 06.2024
Treasurer
BCGEU
06.2011 - 06.2014
Trade Union Program
Harvard
Leadership Development
Various