Our Board of Directors
The FVISS Board of Directors help to provide direction and support to the society. Board members are volunteers, and help to represent various stakeholder groups in the region.
If you are interested in becoming a Board of Directors Member, please contact info@fviss.ca
Current Board Executive:
Victoria Brookes, Chair
Retired, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (Agassiz)
Ken Schwaerzle, Director
Dairy Farmer
Nichole Marples, Treasurer-Secretary
Langley Environmental Partnership Society
Current Directors at Large:
Janne Perrin, Director
Retired, Chilliwack Field Naturalist, Miami River Streamkeepers
Alida Janmaat, Director
University of the Fraser Valley (Biology)
Steve Clegg, Director
City of Chilliwack
FVISS 2018 Board of Directors
2021 Board of Directors
Victoria Brookes, Chair (Retired, AAFC Agassiz)
Birgit Gagne, Vice-Chair (Egg Farmers of Canada BC)
Nichole Marples, Treasurer-Secretary (LEPS)
Ken Schwaerzle, Director (Dairy Farmer)
Janne Perrin, Director (Chilliwack Field Naturalist, Miami River Streamkeepers)
Alida Janmaat, Director (UFV Biology)
Steve Clegg, Director (City of Chilliwack)
2020 Board of Directors
Victoria Brookes, Chair (Retired, AAFC Agassiz)
Birgit Gagne, Vice-Chair (Egg Farmers of Canada BC)
Nichole Marples, Treasurer-Secretary (LEPS)
Ken Schwaerzle, Director (Dairy Farmer)
Janne Perrin, Director (Chilliwack Field Naturalist, Miami River Streamkeepers)
Alida Janmaat, Director (UFV Biology)
Ron Bertrand, Director (Retired, BC Ministry of Agriculture)
Angela Oscienny, Director (AAFC Agassiz)
2019 Board of Directors
Victoria Brookes, Chair (Retired, AAFC Agassiz)
Terisha Mitchell, Vice-Chair (AAFC Agassiz)
Nichole Marples, Treasurer-Secretary (LEPS)
Renee Prasad, Director (UFV Agriculture)
Ken Schwaerzle, Director (Dairy Farmer)
Janne Perrin, Director (Chilliwack Field Naturalist, Miami River Streamkeepers)
Alida Janmaat, Director (UFV Biology)
Ron Bertrand, Director (Retired, BC Ministry of Agriculture)
Jennifer Meier, Director (District of Mission)
Birgit Gagne, Director (Egg Farmers of Canada BC)
2018 Board of Directors
Renee Prasad, Chair (UFV Agriculture)
Ken Schwaerzle, Vice-Chair (Dairy Farmer)
Nichole Marples, Treasurer-Secretary (LEPS)
Victoria Brookes, Director (Retired, AAFC Agassiz)
Terisha Mitchell, Director (AAFC Agassiz)
Janne Perrin, Director (Chilliwack Field Naturalist, Miami River Streamkeepers)
Alida Janmaat, Director (UFV Biology)
Ron Bertrand, Director (Retired, BC Ministry of Agriculture)
Birgit Gagne, Director (Egg Farmers of Canada BC)