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Connect with your VPFO Communications & Engagement leader at any time for help to achieve the VPFO’s business goals…

Leadership and administration

University operations is at the core of what we do in the VPFO. Integrating communications, engagement and change across these efforts is a challenging and ever-changing task—even more complex when we include the wider university and beyond. We make this work by partnering with leadership at all levels to get the right information to the right people at the right time to enable operational excellence.

To learn more about Communications, see the Learn section of our website.

Chris Freek

Director, Communications & Engagement
Advising: VPFO & UBC
Phone: 604.827.0641
Email: chris.freek@ubc.ca
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/chrisfreek/

Communications Planning & Execution

To deliver strategic communications, we work as chief strategists and managers for your communications. To do this, we rely on expertise from many disciplines — from internal to external communications and a wide-variety of professional specialists.

To learn more about Communications, see the Plan section of our website.

Yvonne Kwok

Manager, Communications
Advising: VPFO
Phone: 604.827.3520
Email: yvonne.kwok@ubc.ca
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/yvonnek/

Kristy Lin

Communications Strategist
Advising: VPFO
Phone: 604.789.8391
Email: kristy.lin@ubc.ca
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/kristyklin/

Katie Earle

Communications Strategist
Advising: VPFO
Phone: 604.789.4429
Email: katie.earle@ubc.ca
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/katherine-earle/

Channel management

Making sure that our VPFO team is well-informed is a priority, and we have several different kinds of channels in our portfolio to connect information with the right audiences.

To learn more about Communications, see the Publish section of our website.

Tracy Pham

Manager, Digital & Creative
Advising: VPFO
Phone: 604.968.9614
Email: tracy.pham@ubc.ca
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/tracybpham/

Strategic engagement

Engagement happens when you meet with a stakeholder or a group of stakeholders to bring their perspective into your work. Really trying to see their point of view can shape your work or transform stakeholder buy-in. Strategic Engagement leads the communications work around the VPFO’s strategic initiatives and leads our work on stakeholder engagement.

To learn more about Engagement, see the Plan section of our website.

Annie Mullins

Manager, Strategic Initiatives
Advising: VPFO
Phone: 604.968.9268
Email: annie.mullins@ubc.ca
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/anniemullins/