BC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ANNOUNCES NEW BOARD OF DIRECTORS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Prince Rupert, June 3, 2009 - The BC Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce its Board of Directors for 2009/2010, who were inducted at the Chamber's 57th Annual General Meeting and Conference in Prince Rupert at the end of May.  Leading the board is Chair David Bodnar, of Terasen Gas.

The Board of Directors is made up of highly-skilled professionals from all regions of the province.  Each director lends a diverse knowledge base to the Chamber's policies and governance.

The 2009/2010 Board of Directors are: 

David Bodnar - Chair - Director, Community, Aboriginal & Government Relations, Terasen Gas, Surrey
Mike Watson (First Vice Chair) - President, Ignite Management Services, North Vancouver
Sue Bock (Second Vice Chair) - President & Owner, Bock & Associates, Trail
Justin Rigsby (Immediate Past Chair) - Controller & Partner, Alm-Wood Contracting, Campbell River
Helen Dutch (Treasurer) - Senior Manager, Assurance & Advisory, Deloitte & Touche, Vancouver
John Turner - Manager, Government Relations, Spectra Energy, Fort St. John
Maureen Kirkbride - Director, Government Relations, Telus, Vancouver
Brant Hasanen - Financial Advisor, Edward Jones Investments, Kamloops
Kim Vokey - Human Resources Manager, Pioneer Hardware, Campbell River
Angela Pollock - General Manager, Habitat at Royal Roads, Victoria
David MacKenzie - Area Director - Sea to Sky, Bellstar Hotels & Resorts, Pemberton
Peter W. Brown - Proprietor, Peter W. Brown Law Corporation, Vancouver
Wayne Kuypers - Owner, Toy Box Storage, Langley
Carla Wright - Manager, Property Management Impala Service, Summerland
Shell Duggan - Licensed Realtor, Century 21 Executives (North), Vernon
Kerry Rakuson - Administrator, Kootenay Real Estate Board, Nelson
Jeanette L. Sissons - Account Manager, Small Business, CIBC, Cranbrook
Karen A. Watt - CEO, Excel Personnel, Kamloops
Lorne Calder - CFO, Integris Credit Union, Prince George
Bruce Lantz - President, Megamedia, Fort St. John
Mike O'Neill - Prince Rupert
Dan Albas - General Manager, Premier Martial Arts, Penticton
Rod Cox - President, CFR Management, Terrace
Barbara Tinson - Senior Manager, Commercial Banking, National Bank of Canada, Vancouver
Dave Allen - Owner, Just Business Magazine, Sechelt
Michael Kerr - Industrial Technology Advisor, National Research Council, Prince George
Steve Saville (Legal Counsel) - Fasken Martineau DuMoulin, Vancouver
Margie Hibbard - BC & Yukon Junior Chamber of Commerce Representative, Penticton
Dianne Hawkins (BC Chamber Executive Representative) - Executive Director, Comox Valley Chamber of Commerce, Courtenay
Daren E. Hancott (Chair, Board of Governors) - Vice President, Canadian Operations, University of Phoenix Vancouver Campus, Burnaby

The BC Chamber of Commerce is a not-for-profit organization representing the interests and concerns of local Chambers of Commerce and corporate members from across the province.  Through the BC Chamber of Commerce members access benefits, partnerships, and networking opportunities.  Most importantly, the BC Chamber of Commerce routinely advocates to Provincial and Federal governments on behalf of its members to ensure that their concerns are being heard.  The BC Chamber of Commerce - the Voice of Business in BC - gives the business community a presence on the provincial level.