Urs Boxler, Secretary

Born and raised in Switzerland, Urs began exploring the world in his early 20s when he emigrated to Canada, settling in Toronto in 1967. There, he started a new career in information technology and met his wife Judy, also a budding computer programmer. Urs spent two years at a California college and a year in Chicago where he earned an MBA at Northwestern University. Back in Switzerland, he worked four years for a consulting company and was assigned a challenging IT project for the Swiss army. This was followed by two years of world travels and one year working for an international consulting company in Australia.

Finally, Urs and Judy settled in Vancouver in 1980. Urs joined Sierra Systems Consultants as an IT designer, project manager and consultant for many clients, primarily in education and health care, eventually becoming a partner and taking on additional assignments in company management functions. One of his memorable projects was a patient care system that grew into an international product and is still in use across North America.

Urs took early retirement in 1998, and he and Judy spent summers exploring the Pacific Northwest on their sailboat, Raven Song. Eventually the live-aboard lifestyle was replaced with a permanent residence on Pender Island, where they had owned a property and cabin since 1991. They moved into their new home in 2016 and continue refining their house and property.

Feeling at home on Pender, they enjoy volunteering, and Urs joined the Board in 2020.