Instructors

Maureen Sullivan, BA, LLB

Maureen Sullivan, BA, LLB

Maureen has been an instructor with NECI since 1995. From 2004 – 2010, as part of the NECI team, she was a curriculum designer and instructor for the Procurement and Contract Management Program (PCMP). An experienced litigator, mediator and dispute-resolution practitioner, Maureen has an in-depth knowledge of both procurement law and contracting issues. She also has particular expertise...

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Tracey Lee Lorenson, BA, LLB, CHRP, C.Dir

Tracey Lee Lorenson, BA, LLB, CHRP, C.Dir

Tracey is a lawyer with a diverse background that includes law, executive management, consulting, training, writing and procurement. She joined the NECI team in 2007 and is an instructor of NECI’s Signature Seminars as well as for its Public Sector Procurement Program (PSPP).  In both the public and private sectors, Tracey has been a member of leadership teams dealing with risk...

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Katherine Caughran, MBA, SCMP, CPM

Katherine Caughran, MBA, SCMP, CPM

Katherine is a procurement and contract management consultant with  20 years of experience in supply chain management. She joined the NECI team in 2007 as an instructor for the Procurement and Contract Management Program (PCMP). With experience as both an employee and a consultant, Katherine has worked in the public and private sectors on strategic planning, sustainability, facilities...

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Bonita Russell, BA, M.Ed, MBA, Ph.D

Bonita Russell, BA, M.Ed, MBA, Ph.D

A successful business consultant, teacher and project manager, Bonita has more than 20 years of experience in the public and private sectors.  She joined the NECI team in 2007 and brings to her instructing a wealth and breadth of practical knowledge. She has taught business courses and strategic management at both the graduate and undergraduate level at several BC university-colleges. As a...

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Judy Pryce, B.Comm, CA

Judy Pryce, B.Comm, CA

Judy is a chartered accountant and management consultant with more 20 years of experience in the public and private sectors. Her work includes nine years in a variety of senior management roles within the B.C. government, and six years leading the western Canadian Alternative Service Delivery practice for PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting. She joined the NECI team in 2004 and was a curriculum...

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Michael Large, B.Comm, LLB,LLM

Michael Large, B.Comm, LLB,LLM

Michael is NECI’s newest instructor, signing on in 2011.  A well-rounded and well-regarded lawyer, Michael joins NECI with over 10 years of legal experience, cut within top-tier law firms and cultivated within diverse legal departments.  Most notably, Michael served as Assistant General Counsel with the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority, a Crown corporation created as the federal...

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