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BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
CHAIR:
Mayor Stephanie Killam - District of Mackenzie, Mackenzie, BC
Stephanie Killam recently retired as the senior secretary at Mackenzie Secondary School, a position she held since 1979. Politically, she has been a municipal councillor for nine years and in November 2005 was elected the mayor of Mackenzie. Stephanie has served in the community in various capacities: the Mackenzie Co-operative Association Board, Autumn Lodge Society (seniors housing), Museum Society, Club 55 (seniors social activities), Omineca Beetle Action Coalition, Chamber of Commerce, District Labor Committee, CUPE shop steward, high school grad sponsor, and a member of the Municipal Emergency Program committee. In the health community, she has been a committee member or official of the Mackenzie & Area Health Advisory Committee, the Mackenzie Secondary School Occupational Health and Safety, Mackenzie & District Hospital Board, Community Health Council, Northern Interior Regional Health Board & Steering Committee, Children’s & Women’s Health Center, Vancouver/Richmond Health Board, Riverview Hospital Board, Provincial HIV/AIDS Advisory Council, and the Provincial Health Policy Advisory Committee.
VICE-CHAIR:
Dr. Bill McGill - Second Vice President of the Prince George Chamber of Commerce, Prince George, BC
Dr. Bill McGill has served on the Board of the Prince George Chamber of Commerce since 2008. He has been a member of the Board of Resources North Association since its founding in 2007 and of the former McGregor Model forest from 2001. He is active on the Board of the Haida Gwaii Higher Education Society, has served on the Board of the Innovation Resource Center, and was a founding member of the Northern Technology and Engineering Society. He is currently employed by University of Northern BC, Prince George, BC where he is a professor in the Ecosystem Science and Management Program and was Dean of Science and Management from Jan 2001 – June 2010. Prior to coming to Prince George in 2001 Bill was at the University of Alberta for 30 years in the Department of Renewable Resources where he served as Chair, Department of Soil Science, and Associate Dean, Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, U of Alberta; President, Edmonton Branch, Alberta Institute of Agrologists; and President of the Canadian Society of Soil Science. His research focus is on biogeochemistry and its application to sustainable land use, resource recovery, and soil remediation & reclamation. He has supervised or co-supervised to completion 14 PhD. students and 22 MSc. students. He has authored or co-authored 120 refereed, and 130 professional or applied science publications. He has been honoured for his work by being named a Fellow of the Agricultural Institute of Canada, of the Canadian Society of Soil Science and of the Soil Science Society of America.
SECRETARY:
John DeGrace - Plateau Minerals Corp., Prince George, BC
John graduated from Queen’s University with a B.Sc. (Eng.) and from Memorial University with a M.Sc., both in geology. He joined the Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources’ Regional Office in Prince George in early 2007 after a career of over 20 years in University administration. As their Regional Geologist he maintained a current awareness of mining and exploration (both minerals and coal) throughout the north-central and north-eastern regions of the province by monitoring, documenting and reporting on activities - both to the Ministry and to the public. In June 2009, John returned to his previous position as the Registrar at the University of Northern British Columbia for a two year period before moving onto Plateau Minerals Corp. Also in the post-secondary field, he was Research Administrator and later Registrar at the University of Prince Edward Island. In former lives, he was a survey geologist and geological consultant in Newfoundland and Labrador; a non-partisan researcher (principally in mining and energy) with the Research Branch, Library of Parliament in Ottawa; and Director of Energy and Minerals for the Province of Prince Edward Island.
TREASURER:
Lynda Currie - Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, Fort St. James, BC
Lynda Currie has spent the last 20 years working in the resource sector. Her work experiences have taken her to a number of northern communities: Dease Lake, Smithers, Houston, Burns Lake, and Prince George. Of particular note is the high degree of involvement that Lynda has had in communities that have been affected by the Mountain Pine Beetle. Lynda is currently the District Manager of the Fort St James Forest District. Most recently, Lynda graduated from Royal Roads University as a Certified Executive Coach.
Dr. ’Lyn Anglin - Geoscience BC, Vancouver, BC
’Lyn is President and Chief Executive Officer of Geoscience BC. She received her Bachelors in geology from Queen’s University, a Master’s in geology from Memorial University of Newfoundland, and her PhD from Carleton University. All of her academic research has been focused on mineral deposits. Prior to joining Geoscience BC, she was the acting Director of the Pacific Division of the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC) based in Vancouver. She has over 10 years of experience in the GSC managing resource and mineral deposit work across Canada. This included managing field and office-based components of resource assessments in Nunavut, community consultations with Inuit communities in Nunavut, and managing a multi-partner geoscience research program in Yellowknife, NWT. In addition to working for the Geological Survey of Canada, she also worked as a Science Policy Coordinator for the R&D tax credit program at Revenue Canada in the early 1990s. ’Lyn is an active member of the Vancouver mineral exploration community and sits on a number of geoscience advisory committees and society councils. She is the President of the Geological Association of Canada. She has also been a lead organizer for International Mines’ Ministers meetings at PDAC reflecting her extensive background in the use of geoscience to attract investment in mineral exploration.
Doug Routledge - Council of Forest Industries, Prince George, BC
Doug Routledge received his forestry degree from the University of British Columbia, and was granted registration with the Association of BC Forestry Professionals. He is currently Vice President, Northern Operations with the Council of Forest Industries. Doug was appointed to this position in 2003 having held the position of General Manager, Forestry with the Northern Forest Products Association since 1993. During the 12 years previous to that, Doug was Forestry Supervisor with West Fraser Mills at their Williams Lake and then Quesnel operations, and Silviculture Department Manager at the Prince George-based Industrial Forestry Service.
Dan M. Jepsen - C3 Alliance Corporation, Vancouver, BC
Dan Jepsen is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the privately held company C3 Alliance Corporation. The newly formed company focuses on developing mutually beneficial relationships between indigenous people, business and Governments. As the former President and CEO of the Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia, Dan brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in the resource sector with specific expertise in association governance and operations, Government, NGO and indigenous relations, and communications and media relations. Dan is a co-author of the Canadian Best selling, Mineral Exploration, Mining and Aboriginal Community Engagement: A Guidebook. The Guidebook is a vital resource in guiding and developing progressive and positive business relationships and practices with aboriginal people, communities, and the resource sector. Dan is a BC Registered Professional Forester with over 25 years of experience in the resource sector. Dan has actively been engaged in over 20 First Nation Joint Ventures and is a frequent speaker on sustainable resource development, international certification, and NGO and indigenous relations.
Debora Munoz - Prince George, BC
Debora Munoz served as a Prince George City Councillor from in November 2005 to November 2011. Debora has also served on the Regional District of Fraser Fort George and the Fraser Basin council. Debora has spent the past thirty years working in diagnostic health sciences and she currently works as a Clinical Neurophysiology Technologist at Prince George Regional Hospital. In 2006 she was the recipient of the Northern British Columbia Today’s Woman Technology Leadership Award. Debora has been a long time advocate in support of health and well being in community, in promoting and celebrating cultural diversity, and in harmonizing economic, social and environmental growth.
Ross Peck - Wildlife, Resources, & Land Use Consultant, Hudson Hope, BC
Ross Peck was born and raised in Northeastern British Columbia and now lives on the Peace River near Hudson’s Hope. His formal education included a stint at UBC where he obtained a BA in Geography, and the University of Idaho which resulted in a M.Sc in Wildlife Management. He currently maintains status as a Registered Professional Biologist, and consults on wildlife, resource and land use issues. After twenty five years of owning and operating a guide outfitting operation on the east slope of the Rockies with his wife Deborah, they retired from the wilderness tourism business in 2005. Ross participated in the initial LRMP planning process in the Ft Nelson area, which led to the formation of the Muskwa-Kechika Management Area (MKMA), He sat on the MKMA advisory board for 9 years, initially as vice chair, and then was appointed to the chair position from 2001 through to March of 2007. Ross currently sits as a director on the Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation Board, the Peace Habitat and Conservation Endowment Trust, and his interest in local history has led to the chairmanship of the Hudson’s Hope Historical Society. He currently spends as much time as he can at home on the Peace river with his fly rod, while raising a few horses and the odd hay crop.
Chief Dominic Frederick – Lheidli T’enneh First Nation, BC
Chief Dominic Frederick, or Domo as most people refer to him, was born and raised at Clesbanachuck Miworth. He is Carrier and has always lived amongst their people. He was elected Chief of the Lheidli T’enneh in March 2004. In the past year and a half, he has been working with the Councillors and staff most diligently to improve the way of life for their community and to make them more accessible to the membership. He has been providing more information in various departments and corporations as well as to gain a better understanding of their organization. They have been reorganizing the Band on how they do business with the Government and amongst other Nations. They are basically trying to set a long term goal for their members so that in the future, the kids and their kids will be more prepared to be able to sustain themselves and have a better way of life.
Gavin Dirom – Association for Mineral Exploration BC, Vancouver, BC
Gavin joined AME BC in late 2008 and is the President and Chief Executive Officer. He has almost 20 years of mineral exploration and mining industry experience, with a focus on safety, environmental management, project permitting and sustainable development in British Columbia. Gavin has worked with the province’s mineral producers and smelters to help ensure that BC is a world leader in health and safety, environmental science and reclamation of industrial sites. Before joining AME BC, Gavin held the role of Vice President, Environment, Health and Safety at the Mining Association of British Columbia (MABC). Prior to MABC, he served as Senior Policy Advisor with Natural Resources Canada on environmental assessment and regulatory process issues facing mineral exploration and mining projects in western Canada. Gavin also serves on the Board of the Britannia Beach Historical Society and is active on Business Council of BC committees, the BC Technical and Research Committee for Reclamation and the Canadian Mining Innovation Council. He is the current chair of the Genome BC Mining Initiative. He holds a M.Sc. degree in Environmental Management from Royal Roads University as well as a B.Sc. in Physical Geography and Environmental Science from the University of Victoria. Gavin has co-authored technical research papers with the Geological Survey of Canada and is also a registered Professional Agrologist (P.Ag.). Gavin and his wife Kathy have four children and reside in North Vancouver, BC.
Kathie Swift – FORREX Forum for Research and Extension in Natural Resources, Kelowna, BC
Kathie is one of the founding extension specialists of the Partnership and now manages the Knowledge Exchange program within the organization. She brings to the Partnership a diversity of experiences in her over 20-year involvement in forestry – everything from conducting research to running forestry education programs in her local school district. With an avid interest in problem-solving, Kathie strives to put context around forest management issues so that the solutions developed are practical and effective in their application. One of the practical solutions developed from her extension work include the Stand Establishment Decision Aids, a series of brief practical summaries for practitioners designed to help them address various ecological limiting factors through the use of the latest science and innovations. Kathie also strives to build collaborations with natural resource management professionals, technical experts, and other members of the FORREX extension team so that issues facing natural resource decision makers are addressed in a team approach. Ms. Swift is currently registered with the Association of BC Professional Foresters as a Professional Forester and holds an Honour’s BSc Forestry from Lakehead University and an MSc from the University of British Columbia.
Dale Morgan – Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations
Dale Morgan has 18 years of experience working in the natural resource sector, mostly in the forest industry and more recently in the Provincial Government. Dale has worked in the north for most of his career living in Sandspit and now resides outside of Dawson Creek on a small acreage with his wife and 2 children. Currently, Dale is the Regional executive director for the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations in the Northeast Region, and previously, Dale was the District Manager for the Peace Forest District. Dale is a Registered Professional Forester and graduate of the University of British Columbia Forestry Program.
Chris Ritchie – Ministry of Environment
Chris Ritchie moved to Prince George in 1989 from the lower mainland to take a Natural Resources Officer position with the Carrier Sekani Tribal Council. He subsequently moved to the Ministry of Environment where he worked as a habitat biologist and later became the Habitat Section Head for the Omineca Region. Recently Chris has been the Manager of the Ministry's mountain pine beetle response team. He is currently managing the mountain caribou recovery program. Chris is married with 2 grown children.
Dr. Kathy Lewis - University of Northern BC, Prince George, BC
Dr. Kathy Lewis is a Professor and the Chair of Ecosystem Science and Management at the University of Northern British Columbia. BSF degree from UBC in 1983, MSc in Forest Pathology from Virginia Polytech in 1985, and PhD in Forest Pathology from Oregon State University in 1990.
Dr. Lewis’ research interests are in the area of ecological roles of pathogenic fungi and insects in forests, the relationships between pathogens, insects and their physical and biological environments, and how those relationships are affected by external influences such as forest management and climate change.
Dr. Lewis is currently the Chair of the Ecosystem Science and Management Program at UNBC, which administers degrees in Natural Resources Management (majors in Wildlife and Fisheries, Foret Ecology and Management, Outdoor Recreation and Conservation), Biology and Environmental Studies. Dr. Lewis has taught courses in forestry, natural resources management and biology. She has served on the Board of Directors for the John Prince Research Forest, jointly managed between UNBC and the Tl’azt’en Nation, the Provincial Forest Appeals Commission and the Environmental Appeal Board, the Board of Examiners for the Association of BC Forest Professionals, the External Review Panel for the Sustainable Forestry Initiative, and the Provincial Forestry Roundtable.
Steve Dunk - Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, Calgary, AB
Steve is currently Manager, BC Operations with the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers. He joined the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers from Talisman Energy for a two year assignment in May, 2009.
Steve has a degree in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Alberta.
Steve has over 25 years experience in the Upstream Oil and Gas Industry. He has worked for major oil and gas companies in numerous technical and management field and office based positions in oil and gas operations, reservoir development, facilities, and management in Canada, Indonesia and New York State.
Steve enjoys traveling, hiking, skiing and scuba diving with his wife and two teen age children.
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Stephanie Killam
District of Mackenzie
Dr. Bill McGill
Prince George Chamber of Commerce
John DeGrace
Plateau Minerals Corp.
Lynda Currie
Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations
Lyn Anglin
Geoscience BC
Doug Routledge
Council of Forest Industries
Dan Jepsen
C3 Alliance Corporation
Debora Munoz
Prince George City Council
Ross Peck
Consultant
Chief Dominic Frederick
Lheidli T’enneh First Nation
Gavin Dirom
Association for Mineral Exploration BC
Kathie Swift
FORREX Forum for Research and Extension in Natural Resources
Dale Morgan
Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations
Chris Ritchie
Ministry of Environment
Dr. Kathy Lewis
University of Northern BC
Steve Dunk
Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers
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