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 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
Honourable Josie Osborne, 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 (Vice-Chair)
Mayor Mayco Noel, Ucluelet
Chief Warren Paull, Shishalh Nation
Lori Pratt, Chair, Sunshine Coast Regional District
Honourable Nicholas Simons, MLA, Powell River-Sunshine Coast
Mayor Darnelda Siegers, Sechelt
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)
Mayor Bob Day, Lake Cowichan
Sonia Furstenau, MLA, Cowichan Valley
Honourable John Horgan, MLA, Langford-Juan de Fuca
Mike Hicks, Director, Capital Regional District (Juan de Fuca)
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
Adam Walker, MLA, Parksville-Qualicum
Mayor Aaron Stone, Ladysmith
Tyler Brown, Chair, Regional District of Nanaimo
Honourable Sheila Malcolmson, MLA, Nanaimo
