Arlaine Fehr has lived in Gold River since 1970. Her children graduated from Gold River Secondary School and went on for Post Secondary educations. She was an employee of School District 84 for 45 years. During this time she served on a number of Ministry of Education committees. Arlaine is a member of the Gold River Futures Society, the Gold River Residents’ Association, and the Gold River Restorative Justice Society. This is her first term as a Trustee.

Contact:

PO Box 382, Gold River, BC V0P1G0

Phone: 250-283-7367

afehr@viw.sd84.bc.ca

Jenniffer Hanson is a mother of four, Collin, Miranda, Danica, and Jenniece, with one grandchild. Jenniffer has been a trustee since 2008, this being her fourth term. She has lived most of her life in Kyuquot, leaving only for post secondary education opportunities including a one year business administration program from Malaspina University, and the Leadership Essentials program from Vancouver Island University. Jenniffer attributes her strong values, beliefs and teachings to her grandparents, parents, aunts, uncles, friends and her own children.

Contact:

General Delivery, Kyuquot, BC, V0P1J0

Phone: 250-332-5259

jhanson@viw.sd84.bc.ca

Allison Stiglitz is a mother of two amazing young men, Seth and Brody, and wife to Devlin Alcock. She moved to Tahsis in 2003 and feels blessed to call this remarkable little village home and to raise her boys here from a young age. For the past 13 years, Allison has been working full-time at the Tahsis Building Supply while being actively involved in the school and community. She spent a decade working locally with the BC Paramedic’s Services as well as volunteering actively with the Parents’ Advisory Council at Captain Meares School. In 2014, Allison became PAC President, a role she held up until she was elected School Trustee in 2018. Allison believes that, with strong morals and the confidence to succeed, our youth will live happy and full lives. Her goal is to empower them to do it!

Contact:

PO Box 307, Tahsis, BC V0P1X0

Phone: 250-934-6437

astiglitz@viw.sd84.bc.ca

Cynthia (Cyndy) Rodgers has been involved with education for over 30 years. She started her career in 1986, in Montreal at The Canadian Institute for Neuro-Integrative Development. Followed by teaching a cognitively disabled class in Chisasibi, Northern Quebec. After moving into Guidance Counselor, Resource/Special Ed. Programmer and Gifted Education in Flin Flon, Manitoba and Leader, Saskatchewan. Finally retiring from teaching in Zeballos. During her career, Cyndy became active as a child advocate and continued her professional knowledge, resulting in a B.Sc., B.Ed., P.B.E.D., M.Ed., and was accepted into the University of Abertay, Dundee, Scotland to complete a PhD. Life long travel and both personal and professional experiences developed into a passion for helping struggling children. The children who often fell between the cracks. Traumatized children who often suffered from a lack of services. As someone diagnosed with ADHD in her early 60’s, and as a parent of a child who also struggled, she is personally aware of the issues faced by children. In an effort to reverse this trend she authored her book, Believe Children: Understanding and Help for Children with Disordered Behaviour. Cyndy is a presenter; workshops include: Healing from Shame, Learning Together - Bridging the gap Between Home and School, What is Discipline and How to Use It, ADHD, Healing the Traumatized Child, etc. Also a fitness instructor, she volunteers whenever she can and is currently working on her second book. Cyndy has a firm belief that trauma on a developing brain needs to be healed before any significant learning can be undertaken and if firmly committed to neuro-biological recovery for our most vulnerable children.

Contact:

PO Box 197, Zeballos BC V0P 2A0

Phone: 250-761-4247

crodgers@viw.sd84.bc.ca