Board of Directors
Paul Brent
Saturna Island
PRESIDENT
Paul Brent is a Saturna Islander having graduated from a “weekender” in the early 90’s to a full-time resident in 2007. Paul’s career was spent in transportation and resources, in both the public and private sectors, encompassing line and executive level positions and most of the latter half as an independent consultant.
Ed Andrusiak
Galiano Island
VICE PRESIDENT
Ed discovered Galiano in the early 1970s, built a house near Stockade Hill in 1986 and retired to the Island full time with his wife Sher in 2010. Ed holds a M.Sc. from UBC and spent most of his professional life in park program operations, planning, design and management.
Peter Paré
Pender Island
SECRETARY/TREASURER
Peter Paré and Lisa Baile have owned property on Pender Island for 39 years and in the last decade Peter has been a volunteer with a number of Pender and Gulf Island groups.
Deborah Goldman
Mayne Island
Deborah Goldman is a resident of Mayne Island and has a BA (Women’s Studies and Health Sciences) and a Procurement Certificate. Retired from a 30-year career with the BC Government in Child Welfare Services with vulnerable children and families, Deborah worked not only as a Social Worker and Team Manager but in Finance as a Contract Manager travelling throughout the province.
Mike Hoebel
Galiano
Michael Hoebel is a long-time resident of Galiano Island. He earned a Ph.D. in ecology from UBC and is a retired provincial civil servant, former university professor, and secondary school science teacher.
Jean Deschenes
Pender Island
Jean happily discovered Pender Island in 1986 and has never left. After travelling for a year following secondary school, Jean spent 10 years as a tax lawyer’s Legal Assistant. With a combination of legal tax experience and accounting credentials, she became an Income Tax Auditor working in Toronto, and then Vancouver.
Richard Blagborne
Saturna Island
Richard Blagborne is a retired architect whose professional career included responsibilities for strategic planning, master planning, urban design, exhibition planning and programming, architectural design, and project management.
Staff
Melody Pender
Pender Island
Executive Director, SGI CRC
Melody arrived on Pender Island in 2006 to take on the expansive role of Human Resource Manager at the Poets Cove Resort.
Kylie Ali
Pender Island
Program Manager
On Pender Island, Kylie oversees the overall operations of programs with the island coordinators on Mayne, Saturna, and Galiano.
Andrea Mills
Pender Island
Program Manager, Volunteer and Youth Engagement Program
Andrea has a background in recreation management (focusing on integration for children with special needs) in both the Children’s Camp and Recreation Centre environments.
Mamie Hutt-Temoana
Pender Island
Program Supervisor, Gulf INLET
Mamie is the former CEO of the Association of Neighbourhood Houses of BC, an organization that reached out to more than 20,000 beneficiaries with 500 staff and 350 programs.
Monica Morten
Saturna Island
Island Coordinator, Gulf INLET
Monica Morten, MA is a clinical counsellor with over 20 years of experience working in the field of counselling and non-profits.
Veronica Vos
Saturna Island
Island Coordinator
Veronica has lived on Saturna Island for 5 years. As a young resident, she is passionate about the social and economic health of our islands.
Max Stockholder
Mayne Island
Island Coordinator
Max Stockholder comes to us with experience working in food security, mental health, poverty reduction, and homelessness.
Carol Wilson
Galiano Island
Island Coordinator
Carol has worked for and with community businesses & organizations both on and off-island including the Access to Media Education & Activity Centre Societies locally;
Priscilla Maki
Pender Island
Career Advisor, Employment Services
Priscilla moved to Pender Island in 2018. She has worked in the public school system as a classroom teacher, librarian, and counsellor.
Tania Honan
Pender Island
Administrator, Employment Services
Tania moved to Pender Island in 2002, building a home and raising a family.
Jim Peacock
Pender Island
Program Coordinator, Community Justice Program
Jim has been a Pender Islander since 2010. As the first President of the SGICRC, he couldn’t be happier to see how far the centre has come in the last few years.
Community Development Leaders 2020
Taeven Lopatecki - Pender Island
Community Development Leader
Youth Engagement Program
My name is Taeven (she/her) and I am from Pender Island, though I have been to school on Saturna Island as well.
Sidra Treall - Pender Island
Community Development Leader
Youth Engagement Program
Hello! My name is Sidra, & I’m so thrilled to be joining this team! I’ll be working on Pender; I returned here in August after moving away thirteen years ago.
Kailyn Chutka - Galiano Island
Community Development Leader
COVID 19 Response
My name is Kailyn Chutka. For the past three years I have been working as a classroom teacher
Christine Cameron - Pender Island
Community Development Leader
COVID 19 Response
Hello my name is Chris, I am a scientist and I was born in Vancouver, BC.
Erika Preece - Galiano Island
Community Development Leader
COVID 19 Response
Hey all, my name is Erika and I’m 27, originally from Ontario.
Justine Apostolopoulos - Mayne Island
Community Development Leader
COVID 19 Response
My name is Justine, I’m a resident of Mayne Island, going on my fourth year here.
Tavish Wherley - Mayne Island
Community Development Leader
COVID 19 Response
I moved to Mayne in 2019. Not long after I arrived, I began volunteering with the Island’s conservancy, and training with local fire hall.
Quynn Stafford - Pender Island
Community Development Leader
COVID 19 Response
My name is Quynn Stafford and I live on Pender Island. I am 18 years old and am currently taking a gap year to save up for university.
Ally Cooper - Galiano Island
Community Development Leader
COVID 19 Response
Hi everyone! My name is Ally Cooley and I have been on Galiano for about 3 months now, I’m looking forward to exploring all of the gulf islands this year!
Thea Battle - Galiano Island
Community Development Leader
COVID 19 Response
I’m from Vancouver and I moved to Galiano after I graduated high school.
Summer Staff 2020
Ellie McLeod
Volunteer Coordinator
Youth Engagement Program
Ellie is a fifth year student at the University of Victoria in Environmental Geoscience and Indigenous Studies.
Zacharie Fransvaag-Dinelle
Volunteer Coordinator
Youth Engagement Program
Zacharie is a graduate of Ryerson University with a Major in Creative Industries and Minors in Communications and Fashion.
Logan Clelland
Community Centre Supervisor
COVID 19 Response
Logan has been working on Pender for the past 2 summers, putting himself through a Bachelors of Arts degree with a major in Economics, a minor in Business, and a certificate in communications.
Levi Mundy
Community Information Assistant
COVID 19 Response
Levi Mundy is a History graduate from the University of Victoria. He has spent most of his life on Pender and knows the island and its people well.
Benedict Beattie
Community Information Assistant
COVID 19 Response
Benedict has lived on Pender part-time since he was 14. In 2018 he received a Bachelors of Arts in Religious Studies from the University of Victoria.
Jillian Swan
Volunteer Coordinator
COVID 19 Response
Jillian is lucky to have grown up on beautiful Pender Island.