Johanna Shapira

(BA (UVic), MA Anthro (Goldsmiths, University of London), PgDip (Roehampton).  Raised in Vancouver, Johanna has recently returned after 25 years in New York, London and Singapore where she developed her love for music, dance, and art.  She spent 10 years as a Senior Vice President at Ogilvy and Mather New York as a Director of Strategic Planning, and 10 more as Director of Ethnographic Research with Ipsos UK, working in London, Europe and China. Also, in London, Johanna trained as a Psychodynamic Psychotherapist at Roehampton University, working with the NHS and in private practice in London and Singapore.  She is currently working as a research consultant and indulging her love of all things Vancouver.  She has been a life-long lover of early music and a supporter of both Early Music New York and Handel House in London. She joined the Board in 2018.