Directors
Fraser Basin Council Board of Directors
As of November 2024
Colin Hansen
Chair, Fraser Basin Council
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Lori Ackerman
Former Mayor, Fort St. John
Matt Austin
Assistant Deputy Minister, Ministry of Forests, Integrated Resource Operations Division
Simran Bains
Vice President – Operations, Westberry Farms Blueberries, Abbotsford
Romona Baxter
Nlaka’pamux Nation Tribal Council, Lytton
Wendy Booth
Community Development Consultant, Fairmont Hot Springs
Oliver Brandes
Co-Director, POLIS Project on Ecological Governance, University of Victoria, Victoria
Anna Classen
Regional Director General, Environment and Climate Change Canada
Barb Cote
Chief, Shuswap Indian Band
Jack Crompton
Mayor, Whistler, Squamish-Lillooet Regional District
David Didluck
Associate Regional Director General, Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Cassie Doyle
Chair, Canada Energy Regulator
Judy Dueck
Councillor, City of Maple Ridge
Ann Duong
Sustainability Manager, University of Northern BC (FBC Youth Director)
Michelle Edwards
Representative, Lillooet Tribal Council
Tara Faganello
Assistant Deputy Minister, Ministry of Municipal Affairs
Jason Fisher
Executive Director, Forest Enhancement Society of BC
Percy Folkard
Rancher, Kamloops
Nancy Gale
Former Executive Director, Cariboo-Chilcotin Child Development Centre, Williams Lake
Lori Halls
Deputy Minister, Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship
Patricia Heintzman
Sustainability Consultant, Squamish
Jason Houde
Representative, Tŝilhqot’in National Government
Maureen LeBourdais
Director, Cariboo Regional District
Rhona Martin
Director, Columbia Shuswap Regional District
Robert Michell
Chief, Stellat’en First Nation
Shirley Moon
Director, Bulkley-Nechako Regional District
Clarence (Kat) Pennier
Grand Chief, Stó:lō Tribal Council
Jordan Point
Executive Director, First Nations Fisheries Council
Councillor, Musqueam First Nation
Sylvia Pranger
Mayor, District of Kent, Fraser Valley Regional District,
Jamison Squakin
Okanagan Nation Alliance
Tricia Thorpe
Director, Area “I”, Thompson-Nicola Regional District
Owen Torgerson
Mayor, Valemount, Fraser-Fort George Regional District
Cathy Ulrich
Former CEO, Northern Health, Prince George
Tamara Vrooman
President and CEO, Vancouver Airport Authority
Richard Walton
CPA, Former Mayor, District of North Vancouver
Jack Wong
Former CEO of the BC Real Estate Foundation
Top banner image: FBC Board and staff members during the June 2024 Board Meeting during a regional tour day in the Prince George. Photo: Kelly Bergman.