Board Members

The board is responsible for governing Forest Professionals BC (FPBC) affairs and exercising all rights and powers vested in it by the Professional Governance Act (PGA) and our bylaws.

The 79th board serves from February 2026 to February 2027.

Current Board

Dave Clarke, RPF

Chair

Janice Mathers, RPF

Vice-chair

Kerri Simmons, RPF

Past-chair

Alison Dempsey, PhD, LLB/JD, LLM

Government-appointed board member

Margaret Lanthier, BA, B.Ed, CIM

Government-appointed board member

Ian Miles, MBA, C.Dir.

Government-appointed board member

Juliet Goveia, RPF

Board member at large

Molly Hudson, RPF, RPBio

Board member at large

Joe Kenny, RPF, P.Eng

Board member at large

Meggin Messenger, MPA, BScF, RPF

Board member at large

Ken Price, RFT

Board member at large

Current & Past Board Chairs

The Foresters Act was given royal assent in the BC Legislature on April 3, 1947. The first FPBC board was named in the Foresters Act and met for the first time on April 14, 1947.

The first FPBC annual general meeting was held on January 8, 1949 under president F.D. Mulholland, RPF.

The Foresters Act was repealed on Feb. 5, 2021, when regulations to fully implement the PGA came into effect.

Or download the PDF list of all the FPBC Board Chairs.