About GLA

Leiza is an Associate with Gratitude Learning Associates Ltd. She has over 20 years of experience in education and training, with experience teaching English, Media, IT and Art to college level adult learners. She has worked in colleges and universities in the UK – specializing in Educational Technology and training staff and students on virtual facilitation and course design.

Leiza’s most recent experience working for the University of Victoria as Learning Experience Designer – Accessibility, and she worked for over 7 yrs with the BC Provincial Government as an Instructional Designer and Developer, working on course design and delivery, with expertise in virtual classroom design and virtual faciltiation.

With an English first Degree, Post Graduate Certificate in Education ( PGCE) and Masters Degree in Digital Art, Leiza has a passion for online learning and visual/digital media. She is committed to bringing accessible, innovative and exciting learning to the classroom: be that virtual or physical.

Contact Leiza: anna-leiza.barthorpe@gratitudelearningassociates.com

Doris is an Associate with Gratitude Learning Associates.  As a CPA, CMA, she was a controller for a large retailer, a manager at one of the big four accounting firms, and a training manager for the provincial government. 

During her tenure with the Ministry of Finance, she was awarded the Apex Award in Leadership for her work in professional ethics training. 

Doris has been involved with developing and delivering training to CPAs for 17 years, starting with the CMABC and CPABC Preparatory Program.  She has also developed custom ethics programs for university business faculties and corporation accounting staff. 

Doris was appointed a director of the first board of CPABC after a directorship on the board of CMABC.  She completed her CMA at Simon Fraser University, earning the David Aplin Leadership and Strategic Management Award. 

Doris also earned an MBA from Royals Roads University, winning the Founders Award for Leadership and Sustainability.

Contact Doris: doris.good@gratitudelearningassociates.com

Mark is a seasoned HR professional who currently holds a position in Strategic HR for Citizen’s Services, specializing in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (EDI), as well as leading their Reconciliation efforts. Mark has more than three decades of experience in coaching leaders, supervisors, and a variety of other individuals, including; new Canadians, military families, returning-to-work parents, and those looking to change career paths.

As a certified coach, Mark currently offers leadership, team, and EDI coaching as part of the Corporate Coaching Services Team. Additionally, Mark is passionate about facilitation and learning. He spent 5 years as a Corporate Learning Specialist for the PSA Learning Centre, where he helped create and facilitate workshops province-wide on various personal and professional development topics. Prior to this, he was the Employee Engagement Manager at the Ministry of Children and Family Development. He also served as the Learning and Development Advisor and Manager of Occupational Health and Safety at the Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction. All of Mark’s career endeavours have a common thread: A deep commitment to helping people. He firmly believes that human beings have far more commonalities than differences and that with a bit of effort, a lot of listening, and heaps of understanding, we can all feel included in working toward our individual and collective goals and aspirations. 

Contact Mark: marktjohnson@gratitudelearningassociates.com

Donna is an associate with Gratitude Learning Associates Ltd.  She brings over 32 years of varied experiences from financial management roles, teaching, public speaking and volunteer positions.  Donna’s experience in financial management roles is both from private sector and Government. Experiences in executive level positions include Corporate Controller in Private industry, to Director and Executive Director positions in Government culminating with retirement in 2019 as CFO of a large Provincial Government ministry. Donna served on the Financial Curriculum Advisory Committee for the BC Public Service and has taught ethics and senior level financial management courses to Government employees for over 13 years, and accounting courses to college students for 9 years.  Donna’s zest for life is infectious and spills over in her enthusiasm as a trainer.

Donna is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CMA) and holds various certificates including the Toastmasters International ATM Silver, CFO’s Leadership Program Certificate, and Strategic Management Certificate.

Contact Donna: donna.porter@gratitudelearningassociates.com

Jeff is an Associate with Gratitude Learning Associates Ltd. He brings over 30 years of customer service, leadership, financial, and training expertise to the GLA team. Having worked in senior management in the private sector; director in a senior government, as well as in several director roles for Chambers of Commerce and soccer organizations, Jeff’s expertise ranges from managing and leading change to financial statement, pro forma and business case development and includes training design, development and delivery of governance, ethics, sustainability, financial, procurement ethics, and change management training.  

Jeff is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CGA), has a Certificate of Adult Continuing Education from the University of Victoria, a Certificate of Change Management from University of British Columbia, is a Certified Scrum Master and a qualified Instructional Skills Workshop facilitator and trainer.

Contact Jeff: jeff.price@gratitudelearningassociates.com