My portfolio has included working to develop an Arts & Cultural Centre, working to develop a framework for the management of the District's rental properties, and working with community groups to increase their capacity and assist with the District's management of events. This has included fostering a deepening network of cultural groups, assisting them with business and strategic planning activities, and working with the Chamber of Commerce to fully realize the potential of economic growth through building the non-profits capacity.I assisted with the Emergency Operations Centre during the flood events of spring 2018. I am Summerland's lead on BC Transit and sit on the South Okanagan Transit working group with 5 other communities. I was recently honoured to be tasked with leading the newly created Indigenous Relations file, working to advance Reconciliation both within the District of Summerland's corporate culture as well as external relationship building with Penticton Indian Band.

As Coordinator of the Okanagan Similkameen Healthy Living Coalition, I work to advocate, communicate and educate local leaders on opportunities available to build healthier communities.Our most recent work has been focussed on food policy and food security issues and we hope to be an integral part of bringing the Southwest Food Systems work of Kwantlen's Sustainable Food Systems Institute to the Okanagan-Similkameen.

I represented the needs of a diverse, largely elderly citizenry to regional and provincial government, utilities (Fortis and Telus), and the BC Utilities Commission. I worked with the media, convened and ran Town Hall meetings, and used transparent methods to distribute grant in aid funding. I sponsored and helped to coordinate a series of educational and capacity building meetings and “Community Conversations” workshops with my colleague Kim English. We partnered with the Okanagan Regional Library for our Community Conversations and focused on Similkameen residents as a whole.I served on two sub-provincial Boards (Southern Interior Local Governement Association-SILGA and Southern Interior Beetle Action Coalition- SIBAC) representing a Southern Interior region much larger than the RDOS- both boards advocated, educated and worked on community development and leadership development.I championed and led an initiative to develop affordable housing in the Similkameen Valley using the Community Land Trust model common in the UK and USA. This initiative will assist in rural revitalization by creating a pool of affordable housing and employment while caring for seniors and allowing them to age in place.Environment: Served a 2500km2 area of 2,200 peopleAccomplishments: Brought together multiple community stakeholders working in silos to work on shared projects to increase community health in both the town of Hedley and the Similkameen Valley- most notably the Similkameen Valley Tourism Plan and the Similkameen Valley Watershed plan. In addition I was a strong supporter of the adoption of the Protocol agreement signed between the Okanagan Nation Alliance and the Regional District Okanagan Similkameen.

Worked in one of the best respected Similkameen Valley wineries tasting rooms. Built relationships to encourage "wine club" participants and managed/produced the MailChimp newsletter.

Worked with local governments and cultural institutions on strategic plans involving social, cultural and economic development. Work included a preliminary assessment of the Princeton and District Museum and Archives prior to the renovation project they were planning on undertaking, facilitating a Community to Community forum between the Upper Similkameen Indian Band and Town of Princeton, and a down town revitalization project for the Town of Keremeos.

Worked with Bill McLennan to develop new signage for the famed Great Hall of the Musuem. Research, layout, editing and Exhibition Design with David Cunningham were all components of this project undertaken as a prelude to the large Museum Renewal project.Worked with a team to restore the Haida Longhouse built by Bill Reid. Years of scratchitti had marred the soft cedar plank exterior. Preventative area maintenance included hazard identification and removal.

BC Yukon Society of Transition Houses is a provincial umbrella organization serving a wide membership of anti-violence agencies, primarily Transition Houses and Children Who Witness Abuse programs.We worked to raise awareness of Prevention of Violence Against Women week by creating a province wide art competition aimed at post secondary school art students. The art show was curated by recognized leaders in the arts and anti-violence sectors. The winning artwork was made into t-shirts, large bus shelter posters, and worn by about twenty MLA's on steps of the Legislature during Prevention week. Twenty finalists had their work shown at the Roundhouse gallery in Vancouver and the Kelowna Art Gallery in Kelowna.

Starting as a gallery preparator and photographer, I organized a number of systems which improved the safety of the collections and increased sales. I began working in sales and developed lasting relationships with many clients who would buy artworks sight unseen- based on my close understanding of their wants and needs, and my ability to satisfy them.