Tamara Vrooman

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Vancity CEO

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The CEO of the world's largest community-based credit union was born in Victoria and raised in Kamloops. After graduating from the University of Victoria, she quickly climbed the provincial public-service ladder, becoming a deputy minister in two portfolios, health and finance, before she was 35. Not surprisingly, she was awarded the Queen's Golden Jubilee medal for outstanding public service. She and her husband are raising a pre-school-age son, which does not leave her much time anymore for her unusual hobby: playing upright bass in a marching band. One of her childhood fantasies was to conduct a symphony orchestra and do not bet against her accomplishing that someday.