Executive
Steve Laver
President
What’s perhaps most noteworthy about Steve, is that after becoming an Owner at our Storied Places® location in Whistler in 2003 he became so passionate about the business he took over the company! Steve brings a wealth of senior executive experience, most recently as founding partner of Bentall Capital and Chief Operating Officer of Bentall Corporation in Vancouver. Prior to his tenure with Bentall Corporation, Steve held the position of President and Managing Director of Brookfield Management Services out of Toronto. He also spent 13 years with Trammell Crow in the United States as Managing Director of Corporate Services. A landed immigrant in Canada now, Steve is married to Janet and together they have four children. Educated in Illinois at Principia College and at the Harvard Business School, Steve considers himself a business builder - which combined with his genuine enthusiasm for the product, can only mean great things ahead for Storied Places®.
Maurice Ouellette
Vice President Development
Maurice is a senior professional with more than twenty years experience in real estate development and project management. He has been responsible for all aspects of the development, design and construction of projects throughout North America and in Asia. He received a Bachelor of Architecture degree from UBC in 1984 and since then has worked to represent the interests of Owners and Investors in the planning, design and construction of projects recognized for their innovation, quality and design. Maurice was born in Saskatchewan in 1956 and grew up in Southern Alberta before he and his wife Jacquelyn moved to Vancouver in 1989. He has been a leader of several landmark projects including the Fairmont Hotel at Vancouver International Airport and is responsible for the look and quality of our projects.
Allan Copping
Vice President Finance
Allan is responsible for the financial and administrative affairs of Storied Places®. He’s the logic guy with the big calculator who keeps our reality meter in check. But he also has a passion for golf and foreign travel and makes invaluable contributions to define our product. Allan is a Chartered Accountant and has extensive experience in real estate asset management and finance. Prior to joining Storied Places®, he was an asset manager and technology leader for Bentall Capital; a leading real estate services company and managed a portfolio of real estate properties located in Western Canada and the West Coast of the United States. A graduate of UBC Allan and his wife Ann-Marie, who works for the Leisure and Travel Group of Intrawest, live in Vancouver with their two children.
Mark Edwards
Vice President of Operations
Mark leads the planning and management of opening and operating each of our Storied Places® with the goal of ensuring owner experience like no other is consistently delivered. He has been with the company since its inception in 2003 and is originally from Victoria, BC. Mark’s background in luxury hotel management has taken him around the world and he spent over a decade with Fairmont Hotels and Resorts in a variety of leadership roles. After a stint in New York City with W Hotels Mark moved to Colorado to join Storied Places and complete his Executive MBA. Mark, Anne and Hershey, their chocolate lab, now reside in Southern California where they enjoy an active lifestyle and hobbies such as cooking, hockey, swimming, mountain biking, and skiing.
Melissa Clancy
Director of Marketing
Melissa’s career was established in the marketing department of Grand Hyatt Melbourne, where she spent 5 years immersed in corporate branding and customer relationship management. Pondering life outside the hospitality industry, she decided to negotiate the agency world (AKA ‘the other side’), spending the next 5 years developing and implementing integrated marketing solutions for an array of clients and industries. Feeling confident her stripes were sufficiently earned, she chose to really mix things up by moving some 8000 miles from home to defect back to the corporate marketing world. Since joining Storied Places®, Melissa has been responsible for the development and delivery of our corporate brand initiatives. She is also Australian, and has a funny accent, which we try not to hold against her too much.
