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 78th board serves from February 2025 to February 2026.
Current Board
Kerri Simmons, RPF
Board chair
Dave Clarke, RPF
Vice-chair
Kelly Kitsch, RFT
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
David Morel
Government-appointed board member
Derek Burdikin, RPF
Board member at large
Juliet Goveia, RPF
Board member at large
Molly Hudson, RPF, RPBio
Board member at large
Joe Kenny, RPF, P.Eng
Board member at large
Janice Mathers, RPF
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The Foresters Act was repealed on Feb. 5, 2021, when regulations to fully implement the PGA came into effect.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.