The 110 Arts Cooperative Board of Directors is comprised of 2 representatives from each of our member organizations, one of whom is a staff member and one from that organization’s own board of directors. While sitting on the board, these individuals make consensus-based decisions that are in the best interest of the 110 Arts Cooperative, as what benefits the co-op also benefits our members.
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President – David Pay
David Pay is the founder and Artistic Director of Vancouver’s Music on Main where he has earned an international reputation as a leading-edge classical and contemporary music programmer. Dave has been on faculty at The Banff Centre and Capilano University and is a frequent curator and speaker at conferences and festivals around the world. He served as Artistic Director of ISCM World New Music Days 2017, the largest new music festival in Canada’s history.
Vice President – Sarah Bakke
Sarah Bakke is the Development and Communications Manager at The Documentary Media Society, producer of the DOXA Documentary Film Festival and Vancouver Podcast Festival. Prior to joining the DOXA team, Sarah worked in a front-of-house management position at The Cinematheque and as Festival Assistant for the Vancouver International Women in Film Festival. She was also formerly a part of the editorial team at SAD Magazine, a Vancouver-based arts and culture publication. Sarah holds a degree in Art, Performance and Cinema Studies from Simon Fraser University, with a special focus in experimental and arthouse film.
Secretary – Libby Willoughby
Libby Willoughby (she/her) is a producer and arts manager living and working on the traditional, ancestral, and stolen territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and səlilwətaɬ nations. Prior to joining Touchstone Theatre as their General Manager at the start of the 2024/25 season, Libby was the General Manager and Producer at Pi Theatre. Her most recent producing credits include: Medicine, Beautiful Man, Lampedusa, Black & Rural, and Truth & Lies, which she co-directed with Richard Wolfe (Pi Theatre), In Response to Alabama which she co-created, co-wrote, produced, and performed in (Little Thief Theatre), as well as Past/Down and Halloween Hive (Little Thief Theatre/HIVE Collective). Outside of her life in the Theatre, Libby loves books, dogs, tea, and getting tattooed.
Treasurer – Keltie Forsyth
Keltie is the Director of Operations at the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival. Keltie is a arts administrator and theatre director of settler ancestry based out of the traditional and unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations. Keltie began her career in Amiskwaciwâskahikan (Edmonton) as General Manager of Workshop West Theatre and co-curator of their Canoe Theatre Festival. Since completing her MFA at the University of British Columbia, Keltie has worked as a an arts manager, freelance director, instructor, grant writer, and associate artistic director of both Pi Theatre for their 2016-2017 season and Ensemble Theatre Company from 2020. She also worked with C-Space as Operations Manager at Progress Lab 1422.
Gloria Wong
Gloria has enjoyed several varied careers in the arts as a professional pianist, educator, and arts management leader in programming and resource development. As comfortable with artistic content as business realities, she thrives on contributing to initiatives that serve ever-changing, always evolving communities. In recent years, Gloria has been championing music education by lending strategic and programming guidance for an international project in Hong Kong to revitalize the historic Haw Par Mansion for the creation of a new music institution, and leading an ambitious fundraising program for the Vancouver Academy of Music that includes two major Capital Campaigns for the transformation of Koerner Recital Hall, and for the renewal and expansion of its learning spaces. In addition, delivering Career Development programs and workshops at the Vancouver Academy of Music and UBC’s School of Music continues to be a most rewarding aspect of her activities. Gloria’s portfolio mix has included leading the artistic and operational management of the Vancouver Recital Society as one of North America’s premiere concert presenting organizations, and with a focus on resource development she has been the Associate Director for Donor Relations and Events at the VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation. Among her community involvements, Gloria is a board director of Music on Main, has served as a JUNO Awards jury member, and as Vice-Chair of the BC Alliance for Arts and Culture.
Dale Darychuk
Dale grew up in the Kootenays, received a B.A. in Linguistics from the University of Chicago and a law degree from the University of Toronto. He met his future wife when they both volunteered at the Powerhouse Theatre in Vernon. His legal career focused on representing injured persons and disinherited individuals. For several years, he was President of Access Pro Bono which provides free legal services to meet the critical needs of individuals and non-profit organizations across BC. He is now retired and living in Kelowna where he has taken up rowing and tap dancing. He continues to support all manner of the arts including a recent excursion into being a record producer.
Linda Sum
Linda Sum is a widely-respected investigator and trainer with over 20 years’ experience in the areas of harassment prevention, respectful workplaces and diversity. Linda has extensive experience designing and delivering workshops for a wide range of audiences.
Linda conducts investigations of harassment and bullying under workplace policies and collective agreements, as an independent external investigator. Her excellent analytical and interpersonal skills and a demonstrated talent for resolving workplace issues, backed by her legal training and experience, can benefit organizations of any size in any industry.
Linda has a Bachelor of Commerce and a Bachelor of Laws degree, both from the University of British Columbia, and previously practiced law in the area of labour and employment.