Advisory Committees
The Regional Advisory Committees are defined by Provincial legislation and play a key role in governance. Their regional knowledge and ground-truth perspective provides the Board with valuable information about local needs, regional priorities and the region’s changing economic environment. The RACs provide each community with an equal voice in regional decision-making and development of strategy and policy.
North Island-Sunshine Coast Regional Advisory Committee
Mayor Bob Wells, Courtenay – Chair
Stuart McLean, Director, Regional District of Nanaimo – Vice Chair
Alton Toth, Chair, Sunshine Coast Regional District
Anna Kindy, MLA, North Island
Andrew Hory, Chair, Mount Waddington Regional District
Brennan Day, MLA, Courtenay-Comox
Clay Brander, Chair, qathet Regional District
Mayor Dan Law, Tofino
Mayor Dennis Buchanan, Alert Bay
Mayor James Furney, Port McNeill
Mayor John Hendersen, Sechelt
John Jack, Chair, Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District
Josie Osborne, MLA, Mid Island-Pacific Rim
Mayor Julie Colborne, Zeballos
Mayor Kermit Dahl, Campbell River
Mayor Kevin Cameron, Port Alice
Chief Lorena Joe, shíshálh Nation Government District
Mayor Marilyn McEwen, Ucluelet
Mayor Mark Baker, Sayward and Chair, Strathcona Regional District
Mayor Martin Davis, Tahsis
Mayor Michael Lott, Gold River
Mayor Nicole Minions, Comox
Mayor Patricia Corbett-Labatt, Port Hardy
Randene Neill, MLA, Powell River-Sunshine Coast
Mayor Ron Woznow, Powell River
Mayor Sharie Minions, Port Alberni
Mayor Silas White, Gibsons
Stuart McLean, Director, Regional District of Nanaimo
Mayor Teunis Westbroek, Qualicum Beach
Mayor Vickey Brown, Cumberland
Will Cole-Hamilton, Chair, Comox Valley Regional District
Central-South Island Regional Advisory Committee
Mayor Mark Swain, Lantzville – Chair
Mayor Rob Douglas, North Cowichan – Vice Chair
Dana Lajeuness, MLA, Juan de Fuca-Malahat
Debora Toporowski, MLA, Cowichan Valley
Mayor Doug O’Brien, Parksville
Kate Segall, Chair, Cowichan Valley Regional District
George Anderson, MLA, Nanaimo-Lantzville
Mayor Leonard Krog, Nanaimo
Mayor Michelle Staples, Duncan
Paul Brent, Director, Capital Regional District
Robert Botterell, MLA, Saanich North and the Islands
Sheila Malcolmson, MLA, Nanaimo-Gabriola Island
Stephanie Higginson, MLA, Ladysmith-Oceanside
Mayor Tim McGonigle, Lake Cowichan
Mayor Tricia McKay, Ladysmith
Vanessa Craig, Chair, Regional District of Nanaimo
