Board of Directors

Association Governance

BCPSEA operates under a co-governance model between the province’s 60 public boards of education and the provincial government. Under the BCPSEA Bylaws, each board of education must appoint a designated Trustee Representative to BCPSEA.

Role of the BCPSEA Trustee Representative

Board of Directors

Through the BCPSEA Bylaws, the Board of Directors is comprised of seven school trustee Directors elected by geographic region, and up to four Directors appointed by the provincial government.

Role of the BCPSEA Board Director

Trustee Directors

Fraser Valley Region

Shirley Wilson, Abbotsford School District, BCPSEA Vice Chair

Kootenay-Boundary Region

Dawn Lang, Kootenay Lake School District

Metro Region

Donna Sargent, Richmond School District

Northern Interior Region

Linda Martens, Cariboo-Chilcotin School District

Northwest Region

Margaret Warcup, Coast Mountain School District

Thompson-Okanagan Region

Rob Zandee, Okanagan-Similkameen School District

Vancouver Island-Coastal Region

Eve Flynn, Qualicum School District, BCPSEA Chair

Government Directors

John Davison, President and CEO, Public Sector Employers’ Council Secretariat

Ken Dawson, Executive Director, Labour Strategy and Coordination, Public Sector Employers’ Council Secretariat

Cloë Nicholls, Assistant Deputy Minister, Ministry of Education and Child Care

Flavia Coughlan, Secretary Treasurer, Vancouver School Board