Directors & Staff
Our Board of Directors is responsible for overall policies and practices of the Foundation. We govern grant making, learning awards and community outreach.
Jill Dunbar - Chair
Jill Dunbar moved to the Bulkley Valley for work as a professional forester in the early 1980’s. She enjoys the great outdoor recreation opportunities, the local cultural scene and the sense of community here. Volunteering with the Bulkley Valley Community Foundation provides her with the chance to help build those important values.
Colleen Burns - Secretary
Colleen and her family have lived in New Hazelton for 30 years. Currently, her time is spent providing clinic training and coordination for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Diagnostic Clinics and attempts at keeping the weeds from taking over her vegetable garden.
Jacqueline Wheatley - Director
Jacqueline grew up in the Bulkley Valley from 1992-2004 and then left to see the bigger, brighter world picture - starting with her biology degree in Victoria and then travelling to various places around the world. After realizing that she was done with seasonal work and wanting to start a career, she is back in Smithers in the natural resource sector with a strong appreciation for this area and the incredible value it contains.
Dee McRae - Director
Dee came to the Bulkley Valley for love, over 30 years ago and stayed to raise a family, work and play in the outdoors. All of this was enriched by the many clubs and organizations in the valley. Dee saw first hand that the opportunity to apply to a local foundation for funding can make a real difference to what the small local organizations can offer.
John Howard - Director
John is a long time resident of the Bulkley Valley. He retired from a 29-year career with the BC Public Service. In his last position, he was the Skeena Region Babine Parks Area Supervisor, a role he held for almost 18 years. John is active in the community and also serves on the Board of Directors for the Smithers Golf and Country Club. He enjoys golfing, fishing, bike riding and camping when not chasing the grandkids around the yard at Tyhee Lake.
Tony Pesklevits - Director
Mike Doogan-Smith - Director
Ryan Hill - Director
STAFF
Deb Camenzind, Office Adminstrator
PAST DIRECTORS
Charlie o’Malley - Smithers
Kate Daniels - Telkwa
Sean Mitchell - Smithers
Loren Kelly - Smithers
Bonnie McCreary - Smithers
Sandra Lavallie - Houston
Regina Saimoto - Smithers
Rod Holland - Telkwa
Juanita Hagman - Smithers
Karen Rabiossi - Smithers
Pauline Gomez - Hazelton
Don Chinnick - Smithers
Colin Bruintjes - Smithers
Tanya Amonson - Houston
William David Stene - Smithers
Betty Anne Walker - Smithers
Grant Harris - Smithers
Dale Perry - Smithers
Cathryn Bucher - Smithers
Don Edgecumbe - Smithers
Kelly Mattson - Hazelton
Laura Stanton - Smithers
Shirley Higgins - Houston
Dick Bandstra - Smithers
Peter Weeber - Smithers
Dan Young - Smithers
Lorna Motz - Smithers
Charles Wilson - New Hazelton
John Perry - Smithers
Linda Mangnall - Smithers
Hank Van Der Meulen - Smithers
Staffie Brine - Smithers
Jim Goodacre - Smithers
Arnold Amonson - Houston
Susan Leuenberger - Houston
Katharine Davidson - Smithers
Harry Norman Isaac - Smithers
Jytte Oulton - Smithers
Alan Cooper - Smithers
Carol Morganthaler - Smithers
Patricia McCammon - Smithers
Edward James Whalley - Smithers
Carole Young - Smithers
Margaret Davies - Smithers
Frederick Shortreid - Smithers
Gordon Williams, Sr. - Smithers
Charles Northrup - Smithers
John R. Milne - Smithers
Edward Donaldson Bobb - Smithers
