OWN WITH LIKEMINDED PEOPLE
Across the street from the ordinary.
Whistler Vacation Club at Lake Placid is a member owned, Not-for-Profit, British Columbia Society. The Club offers beautiful, private and spacious condo Units conveniently located within Creekside, for people who wish to enjoy Whistler without the hustle and bustle of the Village. Creekside features a variety of amenities including shops, restaurants, a beautiful mountain lake, playgrounds and access to the Ski Areas. The Club owns 13 Units at Lake Placid Lodge, and these are a combination of 1 Bedroom and 2 Bedroom Units. The membership base is a group of over 600 members with varying ownership interest in the Club from odd year, even year, annual, fixed week, Economy, Summer and Ski season intervals as well as points based members.
Lake Placid Lodge is conveniently located across from the gondola, as well as grocery stores, ski rentals, lessons, guest services, liquor store, bus stop, health club and restaurants. What else could you possibly need?
The Management and Board of Directors work collaboratively to enhance each members’ and guests’ vacation experience, no big egos about our Club or what we do…..just a committed group prepared to roll up their sleeves and get the job done. We’re classified ‘do-ers’, working constantly on fine tuning our member centric culture to provide an elevated level of member service.
President – Jan Naughton
Vice President – Gustaf Karlholm
Treasurer – Bruce Hildebrand
Secretary – Kary York
Director – Patty Klascius
Director – Don Dutchak
Director – Robert Leach
Director – Kim Olson
MEET THE TEAM
Great things in business are never done by one person. They’re done by a team of people.
-Steve Jobs

Marlene Coleman nee Scott
General Manager/Executive Director
To understand Marlene’s drive, one merely has to look at her past. Marlene completed her first ultra – distance running race in 1996, a 56 mile (90km) race named Comrades Marathon in South Africa. Her next big race was New York Marathon in 2001, followed by competing in the infamous Ironman Canada Triathlon in 2007, and running Boston Marathon in 2010. Many short triathlons, multiple marathons and ironman events have occurred in between as she’s an avid swimmer, runner, and keen cyclist. Marlene participates in the Vancouver to Whistler Gran Fondo each year, representing an Italian cycling club founded in Tuscany, Italy.
Marlene received her strata and rental real estate license in 2008 from the University of British Columbia and added an Advanced Strata Management License from Langara College.
Her competitive nature and extensive education and business experience is the cornerstone to understanding the fundamentals of financial management, budgets, goals and objectives and in providing value to our Club.
Marlene established a sound business foundation at a young age, having founded a candy manufacturing company in South Africa which distributed high end candy products to retail outlets throughout South Africa, Australia and North America. She sold the business and studied to receive her Executive MBA before arriving in Canada in 1998.
Her eye for innovation, business acumen and a commitment to clean principled management has been the key to her leadership and success.

Doug Meredith
Chief Financial Officer
• Detailed Financial Manager with excellent problem solving skills and attention to detail with over 40 years of financial experience in the forestry, pulp and paper industry.
• Previous position was Directory, Strategy and Planning responsible for the coordination of the monthly forecasting and annual planning process for the company with sales in excess of $1.8 billion.
• Worked closely with the CEO and CFO to provide analytical and financial support for material sent to the Board of Directors.
• Worked on numerous special studies including assessing the viability of merging or purchasing other companies that would complement existing facilities.
• Recognized as someone who is constantly looking for opportunities to improve processes and eliminate duplication.
• Served as the Strata Treasurer for own condo complex for 7 years and continue to provide financial guidance.

Rita De La Cruz
CPA, CGA
Rita is from the Philippines and migrated in Canada in February 2013. For the last 10 years she worked as an Accountant in different industries such as non-profit organization and government owned controlled corporation from her home country, before she left to live here in Canada for good. She continued her fashion with number crunching and got her designation as Certified General Accountant in September 2015. Rita joined the company in February 2016 and plays the role as an Accountant to help the CFO in the preparation of reliable financial reports of the company.

Roberta Ryland
Marketing Manager
Roberta was born and raised in beautiful White Rock, BC and continues to live close by. A mother of 4 little boys that keep her more than busy, when Roberta finds some free time her favorite thing to do is to go on nature walks with her kids and dogs anywhere near water.
Most summers you can find Roberta travelling around BC racing a… monster truck. Winters are mostly spent at kids hockey games and on snowboards with the family. Roberta has a background in marketing, and design work.

Tanya Rodriguez
Member Service Manager

Keirra Oliver
Rental Inventory Manager
Keirra was born in Zimbabwe and lived there for 11 years before moving to the United Kingdom were she started working in Hospitality at the age of 14.
She then decided to start studying Hospitality and Tourism which she did for 7 years. Having worked in the Hospitality Industry for over 10 years in different organizations she is excited to continue my journey in this every changing industry.
OUR PARTNERS
We work with the very best. We are proud of our partners, who work with us to deliver the best in bespoke travel
OUR PROMISE
No request is too big or too small for our team. If it matters to you, it matters to us. Let us make your escape perfect.

Our Club, Whistler Vacation Club, epitomises outdoor adventure, family, affordable comfort and easy access to Whistler. As members, we’re excited to share our Club, the Whistler experience and help you create memorable vacation experiences… We Make Dream Vacations.
Turning moments into memories is what we do best.

At Whistler Vacation Club we take pride on making your vacationing experience one to remember. Our members are our number 1 priority and we want to serve nothing but the best. We Make Dream Vacations.
Turning moments into memories is what we do best.

The Whistler Vacation Club Team understands that our attention to detail and genuine care for our members and guests is what gives us the upper hand when it comes to vacationing. We believe this is why we continue to receive awards and top ratings through multiple channels. We Make Dream Vacations.
Turning moments into memories is what we do best.