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Candace Kwinter

Board of Governors Committee Member
The Jewish Agency for Israel

Candace Kwinter began her career in the Financial Services Industry with the CIBC Bank in 1978 becoming a Branch Manager in 1984. After eleven years she left the Bank to pursue a life insurance and financial planning practice with Sun Life Financial Group and in 2001 she developed her own financial planning practice, Candace Kwinter Financial Services Ltd.

Candace is the President of the North Shore Jewish Community Centre/Congregation Har El.

This is her second term as she was also President of the Synagogue from 2005 to 2007. From 2008 to 2011, Candace served on the Pacific Northwest Region of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism.

Candace is currently a Board Member of the Jewish Federation of Vancouver for the second time, the chair of the IOAC (Israel & Overseas Affairs Committee) and a member of the Local Pacific Committee of CIJA (Centre for Israel & Jewish Affairs).

Additionally, Candace is a committee member of the Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Vancouver and a volunteer at CJPAC (Canadian Jewish Political Affairs Committee).

Candace is married to Alan Kwinter and they have four children and two grandchildren.