90th Anniversary Celebration

Join us in celebrating 90 years of impact and the future ahead. This event will feature entertainment, celebrations and speeches including from the Foundation’s new CEO Ian Bird, and Sandra Richardson who will be retiring this fall after 25 years in the role. The Victoria Foundation is excited to welcome Ben Nemtin home to Victoria as our keynote speaker. Ben is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, global motivational speaker and co-star of The Buried Life. His powerful story and message of purpose, resilience and fearless goal‑setting have inspired audiences around the world. About our Keynote Speaker, Ben Nemtin Ben Nemtin is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of What Do You Want to Do Before You Die? and creator of The Bucket List Journal. He was ranked the #2 Motivational Speaker in the world by Global Gurus and co-starred in the hit TV show The Buried Life. Over half of Fortune 100 companies have turned to Ben to inspire their teams around purpose, change, and fearless goal-setting.Ben’s message lives in radical possibility. In university, he was blindsided by depression and forced to leave school. Searching for a way forward, he and three friends wrote the world’s greatest bucket list and set off in a rickety RV to chase it. They never imagined it would inspire a global movement.Their mission became simple: for every dream they achieved, they helped a stranger achieve theirs. From playing basketball with President Obama and surviving on a deserted island, to reuniting a father and son after 17 years and surprising a young girl with a life-changing bionic arm.Oprah called their mission “truly inspiring,” while The Today Show put it simply: it’s about living with purpose. Ben believes the fastest way to grow, personally and professionally, is to connect to purpose.