Jack Farley
Trustee
Jack and his wife Nancy reside in West Vancouver where he went to West
Van High School. After graduation he attended UBC and in 1958 secured a
degree from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of BC. In 1993 he was
elected a Fellow of the Institute.
Jack is President of Farley Enterprises Ltd, a personal investment company
dealing in such areas as property management and development and fund
raising consulting. He is a Director and Officer of several associated
Companies. He was Vice President and CFO of Cottrell Forwarding Co. Ltd
for twenty two years.
From 1982-1988, Jack served Simon Fraser University as a member of the Board of Governors, Executive Director of the President’s Club and Director of SFU’s Capital Campaign. In 1990 he received the President’s Club Distinguished Leadership Award. Significantly, he chaired the committee that raised the necessary funds to save the SFU Football Program for which he received the Fred Dietrich Memorial Award.
He has been a Director of the Vancouver Opera Association, Treasurer
of the Community Arts Council of Vancouver and Director of the BC Amateur
Sports Council. Currently, Jack is a Past President of Probus Club Vancouver,
made up of retired and semi-retired professional and business persons,
former executives and others. He is also Chairman of West Coast Alternatives
Society, an organization for the prevention and treatment of substance
abuse.
Jack has served as Treasurer and President of the Lions and as President of both the Canadian Football League and the Western Football Conference. He has been inducted into the BC Lions Wall of Fame and Jersey # 83 was retired in his name on his retirement from the Board of Directors.
After being inducted into the BC Sports Hall of Fame as a builder, Jack
became Chair of the BC Sports Hall of Fame & Museum Foundation. He
chaired the Fund Raising Committee which raised $5 million to build a
new facility at BC Place Stadium. In 2006 he was the recipient of the
Sport BC President’s Award.
In 2008 Jack received a BC Community Achievement Award.
