To contact BCCIE staff directly, view our Employee Directory.

Dr. Randall Martin, Executive Director

Dr. Randall Martin, Executive Director of the BCCIE, has experience spanning more than twenty years in post-secondary education, development education and international education, including more than 15 years supporting the internationalization efforts of Simon Fraser University (SFU) in Vancouver. He began his professional career teaching in the college sector, moved to a university development project in Eastern and Central Indonesia, after which he returned to Canada mandated to design and implement international student programming for SFU, where he spent much of the last twenty years. For the past two years Dr. Martin has been Executive Director of the BC Council for International Education.

Ms. Tina Chow, Director of Marketing and Quality Assurance

Tina Chow has been involved with international business and education for over twenty years.  Her previous positions include Director of International Education with the Langley School District, Director of Marketing & Client Services with the Canadian Education Centre Network, and Assistant Director of Education Services with the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada.  Ms. Chow has a BA from University of British Columbia, post-graduate diploma from Capilano’s McRae Institute of Management and MBA from Institut des Hautes Etudes Economiques et Commerciales (INSEEC) in Paris.  She has also worked abroad in Hong Kong and speaks Korean.

Ms. Sandra Partridge, Manager, Education Quality Assurance

Sandra Partridge manages all aspects of the administration and promotion of the EQA Designation for private and public post-secondary education in BC. She has over 11 years of experience working in the BC post-secondary education system in the development, management and promotion of international programs and programming frameworks. Sandra has always been an advocate of lifelong learning and has a BA and French Language Diploma from the University of Victoria and is currently enrolled in a technical design program at BCIT. Her deep interest in and respect for all cultures has inspired her extensive travel to Asia, Latin America, Africa and Europe and serves as the foundation for her commitment to the promotion of international education and internationalization.

Ms. Christina Wu, Communications Coordinator

Christina Wu brings her past experience in non-profit communications to her current role at BCCIE. She coordinates a variety of communication initiatives to inform and engage with BCCIE’s various stakeholder groups, in addition to working closely with the marketing team. She has a curiousity for learning about different cultures and has travelled extensively. Christina has a joint major in Business and Communication (BBA) from Simon Fraser University. Outside of work she enjoys volunteering her communication skills with the local non-profit, Global Agents.

Ms. Karen Yuen, Education Quality Assurance Assistant

Karen Yuen is the Assistant for the Education Quality Assurance (EQA). She has previously worked at BCCIE as a Co-op student for a number of consecutive terms in the position of Web Designer and later as Communications Assistant. She is a recent graduate of Simon Fraser University (SFU) with a Bachelor of Science degree in Interactive Arts and Technology. Karen has participated in SFU’s Exchange Program studying abroad in Sweden and has traveled to parts of Scandinavia. Upon her return from her exchange, she has been volunteering in SFU’s Global Partnering System helping incoming international students settle in Vancouver. Karen has also recently returned from traveling within Central China and plans to further expand her traveling experiences in the future. She is happy to have the opportunity to work with all of BCCIE’s staff, regional stakeholders and international partners again.

Mr. Tony Kwan, Communications Assistant 

Tony Kwan works on web development and graphic design for BCCIE, and provides technical support for its contacts management system. He has worked on a variety of animation and web development projects, for clients such as Simon Fraser University (SFU) and the New city Group. He is a graduate from SFU's School of Interactive Arts and Technology and has furthered his learning through training courses at Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design.    

Ms. Robin Garcha, Marketing Assistant

Robin works closely with the Marketing team but provides ongoing support to the Communications team as well as the manager of China and East Asia Programs. Robin is a recent graduate from Simon Fraser University (SFU) where she completed a joint major (BBA) in Business and Communication. Robin’s passion for travel began in high school when she embarked on an exchange to Europe. Since then she’s been fortunate enough to have travelled to many places.  She loves learning about different cultures and one day hopes to have traveled the world! Although being born in Canada, Robin’s native language is Punjabi. Having previously completed two successful co-op work terms with BCCIE, international education is an industry of interest to Robin, one she would like to continue learning more about and seeing it grow.