Board Elections

Voting for the 78^th Forest Professionals British Columbia Board election opened December 9, 2024, and closed January 9, 2025.

Molly Hudson, RPF, RPBio, and Joe Kenny, P.Eng, RPF, were elected to the board as members at large.

Kerri Simmons, RPF, currently board vice-chair, becomes chair of the 78^th board. Kelly Kitsch, RFT, the current board chair, becomes past-chair. Dave Clarke, RPF, a board member at large, becomes the new vice-chair.

Members carrying forward to the 78th board:

• board members at large Derek Burdikin, RPF, Juliet Goveia, RPF, and Janice Mathers, RPF;
• government-appointed board members Alison Dempsey, LLB/JD, LLM, PhD; Margaret Lanthier, BA, B.Ed, CIM, Ian Miles, MBA, C.Dir, and David Morel.

We thank Jamie Jeffreys, RPF, and Sally Sellars, RPF(non-practising), whose terms on the board are ending.

The 78th FPBC Board took office at the annual FPBC forestry conference and AGM in February.

FPBC’s nomination committee establishes the slate of candidates for election to the board as required by Section 26 of the Professional Governance Act (PGA). The nomination committee confirms registrant candidates meet integrity, merit-based selection, and procedural principles required by the PGA.