Technology Executive and Entrepreneur Dennis Pilarinos is no stranger to investing in novel ideas. Dennis has been working at the forefront of technological innovation for over 20 years holding senior roles at companies like Microsoft, Apple and selling his last company to Apple.

Bringing his zest for novel solutions alongside his passion for conservation, Dennis sat down with us to discuss his hope of using his business insights and gains to support NBSF with the goal of helping advance protection for endangered old-growth forests in BC.

Johnny Rodgers, founding employee of Slack, grew up in Ontario and moved to BC in 2005 where his passion for environmental advocacy ignited with his proximity to the endangered old-growth temperate forests of the province’s coastal regions. Both he and his wife, Jessica, became deeply impacted by their encounters with old growth and motivated to help protect them upon their growing awareness of the imminent industrial activities threatening what little remained of these ecosystems. Now parents to two little boys, they have committed themselves to helping preserve these imperiled forests for future generations.