Our Board of Directors
Be Passionate
Brookes Westshore was founded by a team of international educators who share the desire to deliver high-quality education accessible to youth around the world. The Board of Directors develop schools that focus on the whole child through the rigors of academics, the balance of physical education and socio-emotional support.
Graham Brown
Chairperson
BA, MSc, PhD
Graham Brown
Chairperson
BA, MSc, PhD
Graham graduated with his doctorate from University of British Columbia in 2005, and spent four years in Singapore as Assistant Professor at Singapore Management University where he developed a model leadership program for the university. Graham returned to Canada in 2009 to help start Brookes Education Group, beginning with Brookes Shawnigan Lake, and has led the expansion of the Brookes group to open new schools in Korea (2011), Cambridge (2015) and California (2017). Graham’s work in leadership has been at the foundation of the Brookes educational model. In 2012, Dr. Brown founded Powerful Youth and created the Global Leadership Academy to help students develop leadership and social entrepreneurship skills so they can make a difference in their own communities.
In addition to his work with Brookes and Powerful Youth, Graham is also an associate professor at the University of Victoria, Gustavson School of Business, where he teaches entrepreneurship. He is active in the community as a father of four, volunteer, and part time berry farmer.
Jerry Salvador
Director Americas, Director New School Development
MA, BA Hon. Dip Ed.
Jerry Salvador
Director Americas, Director New School Development
MA, BA Hon. Dip Ed.
Jerry joined the Brookes Education Group as one of the co-founders of Brookes Shawnigan Lake. He is also the Founding Chairman of Dwight School Seoul. Jerry came to the group as a 28-year veteran of the prestigious United World Colleges movement where he was Dean of Studies, Director of Residence, and Assistant and Interim Director at Lester B. Pearson College of the Pacific in Victoria, British Columbia. He has extensive knowledge of the International Baccalaureate Organization. As part of a UWC’s initiative, Jerry became the Director of the Hermann Gmeiner SOS International College in Santa Ana, Costa Rica. This is a unique school designed to provide academically high achieving SOS orphans with the International Baccalaureate Diploma. Jerry’s role was to raise the academic standards of the school and to lead the IB Diploma authorization process. In turn, he initiated the process for Hermann Gmeiner SOS International School to become a United World College, currently UWC Costa Rica.
Through education, we aim to create a learning environment empowering the next generation of global change-makers who are not only confident and passionate in learning for themselves but are inspired to make a difference and help others.
Each Board member encourages and truly believes in the limitless potential of every Brookes student.
Brookes Westshore Society is a non profit organization responsible for running Brookes Westshore School.