The Board is advised by two Regional Advisory Committees comprised of the Mayors, Regional District Chairs and MLAs from the region. The Regional Advisory Committees meet two or three times a year to review funding requests and to provide strategic advice to the Board. The Chairs from each of the committees attend Board meetings as ex officio members.
The Regional Advisory Committees play a key role in operations. Their regional knowledge and ground-truth perspective provides the Board with valuable information about local needs, regional priorities and economic environment. The RACs provide each community with an equal voice in regional decision-making and development of strategy and policy, ensuring that no community is left unheard.
North Island-Sunshine Coast Regional Advisory Committee (NISCRAC)
Mayor Bob Wells, Courtenay (Chair)
Mayor Andy Adams, Campbell River
Mayor Russ Arnott, Comox
Michele Babchuk, Chair, Strathcona Regional District
Mayor Leslie Baird, Cumberland
Mayor Bill Beamish, Gibsons
Mayor Dennis Buchanan, Alert Bay
Patrick Brabazon, Chair, qathet Regional District
Mayor Kevin Cameron, Port Alice
Mayor Julie Colborne, Zeballos
Mayor Martin Davis, Tahsis
Mayor Dennis Dugas, Port Hardy
Mayor Dave Formosa, Powell River
Honourable Scott Fraser, MLA, Alberni-Qualicum
Andrew Hory, Chair, Mount Waddington Regional District
John Jack, Chair, Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District
Ronna Rae Leonard, MLA, Comox Valley
Mayor Sharie Minions, Port Alberni
Mayor Mayco Noel, Ucluelet
Mayor Josie Osborne, District of Tofino
Chief Warren Paull, Sechelt Nation
Lori Pratt, Chair, Sunshine Coast Regional District
Nicholas Simons, MLA, Powell River-Sunshine Coast
Mayor Darnelda Siegers, Sechelt
Honourable Claire Trevena, MLA, North Island
Mayor Brad Unger, Gold River
Mayor Gabriele Wickstrom, Port McNeill
Mayor Brian Wiese, Qualicum Beach
Central South Island Regional Advisory Committee (CSIRAC)
Mayor Mark Swain, Lantzville (Chair)
Sonia Furstenau, MLA, Cowichan Valley
Mayor Leonard Krog, Nanaimo
Mayor Ed Mayne, Parksville
Mayor Michelle Staples, Duncan
Ian Morrison, Director, Cowichan Valley Regional District (Vice Chair)
Doug Routley, MLA, Nanaimo-North Cowichan
Mayor Al Siebring, North Cowichan
Michelle Stilwell, MLA, Parksville-Qualicum
Mayor Aaron Stone, Ladysmith
Ian Thorpe, Chair, Regional District of Nanaimo
