The governing body of the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies is the Board of Trustees, as specified under the Deed of Trust for the Establishment of the Peter Wall Endowment, 1991. For administrative purposes, the Institute falls under the portfolio of the UBC Office of the Vice President Research and Innovation.
Board of Trustees
The role of the Board of Trustees is to “govern and manage the Peter Wall Endowment” (per Deed of Trust, 1991). The five Trustees are the UBC President (or designate), two UBC-appointed Trustees, and two donor-appointed Trustees.
- Gage Averill, Dean, Faculty of Arts (Chair)
- Jennifer Berdahl, Sociology, UBC
- Sathish Gopalakrishnan, Electrical and Computer Engineering, UBC
- Sonya Wall, Donor Family
- Bruno Wall, Wall Financial Corporation
Finance Committee
The finance committee reviews financial statements and endowment reports, including investments, before the information is submitted to the Board of Trustees for approval or information.
- Gage Averill, Chair, PWIAS Board
- Karamjeet Heer, UBC Comptroller (pro tem)
- Yale Loh, UBC Treasurer
- Sonya Wall, Donor Family
- Bruno Wall, Wall Financial Corporation
- Director, Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies (ex officio)
Academic Advisory Committee to the Interim Director
- Jessica Dempsey, Geography
- Denise Ferreira da Silva, The Social Justice Institute (GRSJ)
- Brett Finlay, Wall Distinguished Professor
- Renisa Mawani, Sociology
- Henry Yu, Principal, St. John’s College
- Olav Slaymaker, Geography
Academic Leadership Team
- Rafi Mohammed Arefin, Geography
- Sharon Stein, Educational Studies
- Will Valley, Land and Food Systems
- Hannah Wittman, Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability
