Our Staff

Chief Executive Officer

FBC Staff Team (alphabetical order)

Here is our team of full and part-time staff — the people who keep the Fraser Basin Council and our programs running throughout the year. For our office locations, see FBC Offices.

• Mahdis Araujo
• Mary Barrientos
• Claire Borgonos
• Patrick Breuer
• Susan Chalmers
• Eliana Chia
• Stephanie Chong
• Sonja Dodig
• Theresa Fresco
  
• Shannon Gilchrist
• Tanya Hebron
• Denise Palmer Hoskins
• Shikhar Kumar
• Carol-Ann Leeson
• Steve Litke
• Andrea McDonald
• Kim Menounos
• Inger Miller
  
• Cait Murphy
• Jessie Ning
• Bob Purdy
• Terry Robert
• Adriana Ruso
• Lindsay Sackett
• Mike Simpson
• Michael Stanyer
• Cherry Tam
• Mercy Tamonte
• Afarin Tavasoli
• Pete Thimmaiah
• J-M Toriel
• Christina Toth
• Jim Vanderwal
• Balakrishnan (Bala) Venkata
• Erin Vieira
• Hannah Wasstrom *currently on leave
• Tom Welfare
• Jane Wellburn
  
• Frances Woo

Mahdis Araujo
EV Advisor, Sustainable Transportation

T: 604-488-5364 | E: 

GVSS office

Mary Barrientos
Program Administrator, Sustainable Transportation
T: 604 488-5350 | E:  | F: 604 488-5351

GVSS office

Claire Borgonos
Finance and Administrative Coordinator

T: 604 488-5372 | E:

Patrick Breuer
EV Advisor, Plug in BC

T: 604 488-5367 |

GVSS office

Susan Chalmers
Program Coordinator Special Projects & NCLGA

T: 250-564-6585 |

Northern Interior/Upper Fraser Office

Eliana Chia
Program Manager, Climate & Energy Resilience

T: 604 488-5377 | E: | F: 604 488-5351

GVSS office | About Eliana

Stephanie Chong
Youth Program Coordinator

E:

About Stephanie

Sonja Dodig
Youth Program Manager
T: 604 488-5350 | E:  | F: 604 488-5351

GVSS office | About Sonja

Theresa Fresco
Regional Manager, Greater Vancouver-Sea to Sky
T: 604 488-5363 | E:  | F: 604 488-5351

GVSS office | About Theresa

Shannon Gilchrist
Program Coordinator, Plug-In BC

E:

GVSS office

Tanya Hebron
Program Lead, Community Energy

T: 604 488-5350 | E:

GVSS office

Shikhar Kumar
Commercial ZEV Advisor, Zero-Emission Fleets Program

T: 604 600-4727 | E:

GVSS office

Carol-Ann Leeson
Executive Assistant, Council Governance

E:

Andrea McDonald
Communications Coordinator, Salmon-Safe BC and Climate Action Toolkit

E:

Kim Menounos
Regional Manager, Upper Fraser

T: 250 612-0282 | E: 

Northern Interior/Upper Fraser Office

Inger Miller
Program Lead, Charging Infrastructure, Plug In BC

T: 604 488-5350 | E: 

GVSS office

Cait Murphy
Program Lead, Climate Resilience
T: 604 488-5353 | E:   | F: 604 488-5351

GVSS office | About Cait

Jessie Ning
Finance Manager
T: 604 488-5356 | E:  | F: 604 488-5351

GVSS office | About Jessie

Terry Robert
Director, Special Projects

T: 250 612-0252 | E:

Northern Interior/Upper Fraser office | About Terry

Lindsay Sackett
Program Coordinator

T: 250 612-0252 | E:

Northern Interior/Upper Fraser office

Michael Stanyer
Program Coordinator, Plug in BC
T: 604 488-5364 | E:

GVSS office

Cherry Tam
Youth Program Lead
T: 604 488-5354 | E: 

GVSS office | About Cherry

Mercy Tamonte
Finance Coordinator
T: 604 488-5372 | E: | F: 604 488-5351

GVSS office | About Mercy

Afarin Tavasoli
Program Administrator, Sustainable Transportation

E: 

GVSS office | About Afarin

Pete Thimmaiah
Program Manager, Zero-Emission Fleets Program, Plug in BC
T: 604 488-5365 | E:

GVSS office | About Pete

J-M Toriel 
Program Coordinator, Plug In BC

Christina Toth
Assistant Regional Manager, Fraser Valley

T: 604 864-9295 | E:

Fraser Valley Office | About Christina 

Balakrishnan (Bala) Venkata
Research Analyst, Fleets Program

T: 236 877-2886 | E:

GVSS office | About Bala

Erin Vieira
Associate Regional Manager, Thompson
T: 250 314-9660  | E: 

Thompson office | About Erin

Tom Welfare
Program Lead, Energy Efficiency

C: 236 333-4467 |