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 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 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 (NISCRAC)
Mayor Bob Wells, Courtenay – Chair
Mayor Sharie Minions, Port Alberni – Vice Chair
Mayor Andy Adams, Campbell River
Mayor Russ Arnott, Comox
Michele Babchuk, MLA, North Island
Mayor Mark Baker, Sayward
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
Andrew Hory, Chair, Mount Waddington Regional District
John Jack, Chair, Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District
Jesse Ketler, Chair, Comox Valley Regional District
Mayor Dan Law, Tofino
Ronna Rae Leonard, MLA, Comox Valley
Stuart McLean, Director, Regional District of Nanaimo
Donna McMahon, Vice-Chair, Sunshine Coast Regional District
Mayor Mayco Noel, Ucluelet
Honourable Josie Osborne, MLA, Alberni-Qualicum
Chief Warren Paull, Sechelt Nation
Mayor Darnelda Siegers, Sechelt
Honourable Nicholas Simons, MLA, Powell River-Sunshine Coast
Mayor Brad Unger, Gold River and Chair, Strathcona Regional District
Mayor Gabriele Wickstrom, Port McNeill
Mayor Brian Wiese, Qualicum Beach
Central South Island Regional Advisory Committee (CSIRAC)
Mayor Mark Swain, Lantzville – Chair
Tyler Brown, Chair, Regional District of Nanaimo
Mayor Bob Day, Lake Cowichan
Sonia Furstenau, MLA, Cowichan Valley
Mike Hicks, Director, Capital Regional District (Juan de Fuca)
Honourable John Horgan, MLA, Langford-Juan de Fuca
Lori Iannidinardo, Chair, Cowichan Valley Regional District
Mayor Leonard Krog, Nanaimo
Honourable Sheila Malcolmson, MLA, Nanaimo
Mayor Ed Mayne, Parksville
Adam Olsen, MLA, Saanich North and the Islands
Doug Routley, MLA, Nanaimo-North Cowichan
Mayor Al Siebring, North Cowichan
Mayor Michelle Staples, Duncan
Mayor Aaron Stone, Ladysmith
Adam Walker, MLA, Parksville-Qualicum
