The Board is advised by two Regional Advisory Committees comprised of the Mayors, Regional District Chairs and MLAs from the region. The Regional Advisory Committees meet two or three times a year to review funding requests and to provide strategic advice to the Board. The Chairs from each of the committees attend Board meetings as ex officio members.
The Regional Advisory Committees are defined by Provincial legislation and play a key role in governance. Their regional knowledge and ground-truth perspective provides the Board with valuable information about local needs, regional priorities and economic environment. The RACs provide each community with an equal voice in regional decision-making and development of strategy and policy.
North Island-Sunshine Coast Regional Advisory Committee (NISCRAC)
Mayor Bob Wells, Courtenay – Chair
Mayor Sharie Minions, Port Alberni – Vice Chair
Mayor Kermit Dahl, Campbell River
Mayor Nicole Minions, Comox
Michele Babchuk, MLA, North Island
Mayor Mark Baker, Sayward
Mayor Vickey Brown, Cumberland
Mayor Silas White, Gibsons
Mayor Dennis Buchanan, Alert Bay
Chair, qathet Regional District
Mayor Kevin Cameron, Port Alice
Mayor Julie Colborne, Zeballos
Mayor Martin Davis, Tahsis
Mayor Pat Corbett-Labatt, Port Hardy
Mayor Ron Woznow, Powell River
Andrew Hory, Chair, Mount Waddington Regional District
John Jack, Chair, Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District
Jesse Ketler, Chair, Comox Valley Regional District
Mayor Dan Law, Tofino
Ronna Rae Leonard, MLA, Comox Valley
Stuart McLean, Director, Regional District of Nanaimo
Donna McMahon, Vice-Chair, Sunshine Coast Regional District
Mayor Marilyn McEwen, Ucluelet
Honourable Josie Osborne, MLA, Alberni-Qualicum
Chief Warren Paull, Sechelt Nation
Honourable Nicholas Simons, MLA, Powell River-Sunshine Coast
Mayor Michael Lott, Gold River
Chair, Strathcona Regional District
Mayor James Furney, Port McNeill
Mayor Teunis Westbroek, Qualicum Beach
Central South Island Regional Advisory Committee (CSIRAC)
Mayor Mark Swain, Lantzville – Chair
Tyler Brown, Chair, Regional District of Nanaimo
Mayor Tim McGonigle, Lake Cowichan
Sonia Furstenau, MLA, Cowichan Valley
Capital Regional District (Juan de Fuca)
Honourable John Horgan, MLA, Langford-Juan de Fuca
Mayor Leonard Krog, Nanaimo
Honourable Sheila Malcolmson, MLA, Nanaimo
Mayor Doug O'Brien, Parksville
Adam Olsen, MLA, Saanich North and the Islands
Doug Routley, MLA, Nanaimo-North Cowichan
Mayor Rob Douglas, North Cowichan
Mayor Michelle Staples, Duncan
Mayor Aaron Stone, Ladysmith
Adam Walker, MLA, Parksville-Qualicum
