Board of Trustees

Region
Trustee
Alberni-Clayoquot
Fred Boyko
Campbell River
Ron Kerr
Capital
Al Wickheim
Central Coast
Jayme Kennedy
Comox
Nicole Minions
Comox Valley
Richard Hardy
Courtenay
Wendy Morin
Cowichan Valley
Kate Segall
Cumberland
Nick Ward
Daajing Giids
Jesse Embree
Duncan
Jennifer Capps
Gold River
Alison Pringle
Ladysmith
Amanda Jacobson
Lake Cowichan
Lorna Vomacka
Lantzville
Jonathan Lerner
Masset
Sheri Disney
Mount Waddington
Andrew Hory
Nanaimo
Erin Hemmens (Chair)
Nanaimo Region
Jessica Stanley
Region
Trustee
North Coast Region
Evan Putterill
North Cowichan
Tek Manhas
North Saanich
Jack McClintock
Parksville
Mary Beil
Port Alberni
Todd Patola
Port Alice
Russell Murray
Port Clements
Kazamir Falconbridge
Port Hardy
Treena Smith
Port McNeill
Ann-Marie Baron
qathet
Andrew Fall
Qualicum Beach
Jean Young
Sayward
Debbie Coates
Sidney
Richard Novek
Sooke
Al Beddows
Strathcona
John Rice
Tahsis
Cheryl Northcott
Tofino
Ali Sawyer
Ucluelet
Jennifer Hoar
Zeballos
Ronald Deck
Member Details

Appointed to the Board of Trustees in 2019 by the Comox Valley Regional District. Serves as Member at Large on the Executive Committee.

Daniel Arbour

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Appointed to the Board of Trustees in 2019 by the District of Sooke.

Jeff Bateman

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Appointed to the Board of Trustees in 2019 by the Village of Cumberland. Serves as Member at Large on the Executive Committee.

Vickey Brown

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Appointed to the Board of Trustees in 2020 by the City of Duncan.

Jenni Capps

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Appointed to the Board of Trustees in 2019 by the Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District. Serves as Member at Large on the Executive Committee.

Penny Cote

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Appointed to the Board of Trustees in 2019 by the Nanaimo Regional District. Serves as Member at Large on the Executive Committee.

Vanessa Craig

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Appointed to the Board of Trustees in 2019 by the Village of Daajing Giids.

Jesse Embree

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Appointed to the Board of Trustees in 2020 by the City of Campbell River. Serves as Member at Large on the Executive Committee.

Colleen Evans

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Appointed to the Board of Trustees in 2019 by the qathet Regional District.

Andrew Fall

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Appointed to the Board of Trustees in 2019 by the Village of Port Clements.

Ian Gould

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Appointed to the Board of Trustees in 2021 by the City of Port Alberni.

Debbie Haggard

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Appointed to the Board of Trustees in 2021 by the Town of Qualicum Beach.

Scott Harrison

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Appointed to the Board of Trustees in 2019 by the City of Nanaimo. Serves as Vice Chair of the Board and Executive Committee.

Erin Hemmens

Mike Hicks
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Appointed to the Board of Trustees in 2009. Mike Hicks represents the Capital Regional District.

Mike Hicks

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Appointed to the Board of Trustees in 2019 by the Mount Waddington Regional District.

Andrew Hory

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Appointed to the Board of Trustees in 2019 by the Central Coast Regional District.

Jayme Kennedy

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Appointed to the Board of Trustees in 2022 by the Town of Comox.

Jonathan Kerr

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Appointed to the Board of Trustees in 2021 by the Village of Sayward.

Norm Kirschner

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Appointed to the Board of Trustees in 2017 by the Strathcona Regional District.

Brenda Leigh

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Appointed to the Board of Trustees in 2019 by the Village of Port Alice.

Bruce Lloyd

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Appointed to the Board of Trustees in 2022 by the Village of Tahsis. Serves as Member at Large on the Executive Committee.

Cheryl Northcott

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Appointed to the Board of Trustees in 2019 by the District of North Saanich.

Jack McClintock

Marilyn McEwen
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Appointed to the Board of Trustees in 2015 by the District of Ucluelet.

Marilyn McEwen

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Appointed to the Board of Trustees in 2019 by the District of Tofino. Serves as Member at Large on the Executive Committee.

Duncan McMaster

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Appointed to the Board of Trustees in 2019 by the Village of Gold River.

Brenda Patrick

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Appointed to the Board of Trustees in 2019 by the City of Parksville.

Teresa Patterson

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Appointed to the Board of Trustees in 2021 by the District of Lantzville.

Karen Proctor

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Appointed to the Board of Trustees in 2019 by the North Coast Regional District. Serves as Member at Large on the Executive Committee.

Evan Putterill

Fred Robertson
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Appointed to the Board of Trustees in 2017 by the District of Port Hardy. Serves as Member at Large on the Executive Committee.

Fred Robertson

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Appointed to the Board of Trustees by the Village of Zeballos.

Barb Lewis

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Appointed to the Board of Trustees in 2022 by the Municipality of North Cowichan.

Rosalie Sawrie

Manno Theos
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Appointed to the Board of Trustees in 2017 by the City of Courtenay.

Manno Theos

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Appointed to the Board of Trustees in 2020 by the Town of Ladysmith.

Jeff Virtanen

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Appointed to the Board of Trustees in 2021 by the Town of Lake Cowichan.

Lorna Vomacka

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Appointed to the Board of Trustees in 2021 by the Town of Sidney.

Peter Wainwright

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Appointed to the Board of Trustees in 2019 by the Town of Port McNeill. Serves as Chair of the Board and Executive Committee.

Gaby Wickstrom

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Appointed to the Board of Trustees in 2022 by the Village of Masset.

Regina Williams

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Appointed to the Board of Trustees in 2021 by the Cowichan Valley Regional District.

Mike Wilson

Executive Committee

Chair: Erin Hemmens (City of Nanaimo)

Vice Chair: Jonathan Lerner (District of Lantzville)

Members-at-Large

  • Mary Beil (City of Parksville)  
  • Sheri Disney (Village of Masset)  
  • Russell Murray (Village of Port Alice)
  • Cheryl Northcott (Village of Tahsis) 
  • Richard Novek (Town of Sidney)
  • Evan Putterill (North Coast Regional District) 
  • John Rice (Strathcona Regional District)
  • Ali Sawyer (District of Tofino)
  • Jessica Stanley (Regional District of Nanaimo)

Board Meetings

All Board meetings are open to the public and full agendas are posted in advance. Unapproved minutes are posted shortly after their respective meeting and are indicated with an asterisk (*). Once approved minutes are posted, the asterisk is removed.

Board Meetings

Contact the Board

Phone: 250.729.2310
Email: board@virl.bc.ca
Mail: Board of Trustees
Vancouver Island Regional Library
Box 3333
Nanaimo, BC V9R 5N3

Policies

VIRL Board policies establish the operational framework for public services and internal administration. Board policies provide the Executive Director with the framework for Decision-making, Proposing future direction of the organization, and Running the day-to-day business of the libraries.

Policies

Reports and Plans

Would you like to learn more? Check out the Reports and Plans page where we keep all sorts of interesting information. You can find Adopted Financial Plans, past issues of our From the Board Table Newsletter, and Economic Impact Assessment Reports just to name a few.

Reports and Plans