Doramy
Ehling

Doramy Ehling had her first taste of volleyball while managing her high school volleyball team at Point Grey Secondary School in Vancouver. She was later invited by Sandy Silver to move to Ottawa in 1980 to manage the Junior National Women’s team program, working with Head Coach Michel Gagnon.

This experience was the beginning of her lifetime of involvement with Volleyball Canada and sport in general. She remained with the National Team Program from 1981-1983 before taking on the role of Technical Coordinator with Volleyball Canada.

Following her time with Volleyball Canada, she went to work for the CIAU/CIS as the Director of High Performance and International Programs before moving to Sport Canada in the Team Sport Unit. Doramy also worked with the Federal Secretariat on the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games. During that time, she had the opportunity to work on several major policy initiatives including the National Sport Policy, Federal Hosting Policy, Policy on Sport for Athletes with Disabilities, and Policy on Aboriginal Peoples’ Participation in Sport.

In 2004 Doramy moved back to Vancouver and volunteered for Volleyball BC and joined the campaign to move the Women’s National Team Centre from Winnipeg to the Richmond Olympic Oval. She is currently employed as the CEO of the Rick Hansen Foundation.

Doramy has been an active volunteer in the sport community over the past 30 years including serving on the Boards of Volleyball BC, Sport BC and the Sport Medicine Council of Canada and participating in Olympic, Pan American, Commonwealth and World University Games Mission Staffs. She is currently the Chair of the Volleyball BC Board of Directors and the Host Committee of the National Women’s Volleyball Training Centre.

Doramy is also a member of the Advisory Board, Diversity Institute, Ryerson University and a member of the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade’s Advisory Committee of the Diversity and Inclusion Leadership Council.

Currently Doramy is employed as the Chief Executive Officer of the Rick Hansen Foundation (RHF). As CEO, she leads the Foundation in its’ vision of an inclusive world where people with disabilities are living to their full potential. Over the past 11 years, Ehling has supported the development of several innovations at RHF including the Rick Hansen Institute (a global translational research network) and the Rick Hansen Foundation Accessibility Certification™ program. She has also been involved in national awareness and fundraising campaigns associated with the Foundation’s 20th, 25th and 30th Anniversaries.

Originally from Vancouver and a graduate of the University of British Columbia, Doramy now resides in Richmond, BC with her two daughters.

Today, we are honoured to induct Doramy Ehling as a Builder into the Volleyball Canada Hall of Fame for her work as an administrator and leader in our sport.