Biographies - Board of Governors

Erinn Pinkerton is a respected senior executive with over 20 years of expansive, results oriented, public-sector experience in the transportation industry. Pinkerton is the President and Chief Executive Officer of BC Transit, overseeing the delivery of public transit across 130 communities in BC. She is a visionary leader and is modernizing public transit through innovation, technology and converting the fleet to zero emission. Pinkerton is the recipient of Business in Vancouver’s 2021 ‘Influential Women in Business’ award and holds a Bachelor of Commerce and a Masters of Business Administration.

Marne Jensen is a seasoned labour relations and human resources professional with more than 20 years experience in the public education, transportation and non-profit sectors. She is currently a Director of Labour Relations with the BC Public Schools Employers’ Association.

Jensen has lived and worked in Victoria for 40 years. During her time as a student at UVic, she was a passionate advocate for access to quality post secondary education, a value she maintains along with her commitment to integrity and public accountability. 

Prior to her current role, Best served as a counsellor in Counselling Services, grounding her career in direct student support and well-being. She holds a BA (Hons) in Psychology from the University of Manitoba and a MA in Counselling Psychology from Simon Fraser University.

Marion Buller became Chancellor of UVic on January 1, 2022.

Buller received her undergraduate degree in anthropology (’75) and her law degree (’87) from UVic. In 1994, Buller became the initial First Nations woman appointed as a BC judge. In 2006, she established and presided in the First Nations Courts—now known as Indigenous Courts—and provided the foundation for the Aboriginal Family Healing Court conferences, meant to incorporate traditional restorative justice principles into sentencing proceedings and child protection matters. She was the chief commissioner for the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls from 2016 to 2019. She served as both a director and president of the Indigenous Bar Association and has been a member of B.C.’s Law Courts Education Society, the province’s law foundation and the B.C. Police Commission. Buller was commission counsel for the Cariboo-Chilcotin Justice Inquiry and published reports and articles dealing with Aboriginal rights and legal services for First Nations in B.C. Buller has received the Distinguished Alumni Award from the UVic Faculty of Social Sciences and an honorary Doctor of Laws from Thompson Rivers University. She is a member of the Mistawasis Nêhiyawak, a Cree First Nation in Saskatchewan.

Erin J. Campbell is Professor of Early Modern European Art in the Department of Art History & Visual Studies, University of Victoria. Her research focuses on the Early Modern domestic interior, and she has been published in numerous journals and essay collections and has co-edited and co-authored several books in her field. Over the course of her 21-year career at UVic, she has held key leadership roles in her department, including Graduate Advisor and Chair. She is a member of the Program Committee for the Medieval Studies Program, and has served on searches for Chairs, Deans, the Associate University Librarian, Digital Scholarship, and the Vice-President Academic and Provost. Campbell is Member-at-Large on Senate and a member of the Senate Committee on Learning and Teaching. She is currently Vice-President of the UVic Faculty Association, serving on the Advising and Dispute Resolution Committee, the Global Humanitarian Response Committee, Executive Committee, and CAUT and CUFA Councils.  As the current Chair of Art History & Visual Studies, she is a keen advocate for collegial governance and consensus-building for decision-making.

Roshan Danesh is a lawyer, conflict resolution innovator, and educator whose areas of work, teaching, and writing include constitutional law, Indigenous rights, international peace-building, and leadership and organizational change. 

Danesh completed his S.J.D at Harvard Law School and LL.B at the University of Victoria, and has taught at many academic institutions including the University of British Columbia and University of Victoria.  For the last 20 years Danesh has worked extensively on advancing Indigenous title and rights and reconciliation, including advising the Union of BC Indian Chiefs, the British Columbia Assembly of First Nations, Indigenous nations across Canada, as well as the federal, provincial, and local governments. 

For two years Danesh served as the special counsel on Indigenous reconciliation to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada Jody Wilson-Raybould. Danesh has also advised governments and organizations around the world in the areas of peace-building, human rights, proactive conflict-resolution, organizational management and change, and leadership. 

Paul Ramsey is an alumnus of the University of Victoria, who graduated in 1996 with a Master of Science in Statistics. He has lived in Victoria with his partner Susan for 25 years, and they have raised two children here. Ramsey works as a software engineer for Crunchy Data, developing open source database software. In his professional career he has run a small business, managed software start-ups, put on conferences, and directed international non-profits. The best part of all of it has been helping other people succeed.

Jyoti Stephens is the VP of Mission and Strategy for Nature’s Path Organic Foods. Stephens leads the company’s commitment to sustainability, including ethical sourcing, climate strategy, waste, community engagement and sustainable packaging. As head of Strategy, she works with the Executive Team and her family to define and refine the company’s vision, mission, values and long-range strategic plan.   

Stephens currently serves on Trust Protector Committee of the Sustainable Food and Agriculture Perpetual Purpose Trust and was previously a board member of the Sustainable Food Trade Association. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology from the University of Victoria and an MBA with a focus on Sustainable Food and Agriculture from the Pinchot University (Presidio Graduate School).