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Staff and Board

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Our Staff

Headshot of Dan Huang-Taylor smiling. He has short-cropped hair and wears a white t-shirt underneath a tan shirt.

Dan Huang-Taylor

Executive Director

Headshot of Christine Ryan smiling. She has long blonde hair and is wearing a white blouse and a thin necklace.

Christine Ryan

Director of Operations

Headshot of Nick Johnson smiling. He has short dark hair parted on the side, facial hair, and is wearing a red and blue plaid shirt.

Nick Johnson

Manager, Member Services

Headshot of Sherri Binks. Her hair is in a bun, and she's wearing dark glasses and a grey sweater.

Sherri Binks

Manager, Food Programs

Headshot of Katie Orr. She has brown shoulder-length hair parted on the side and is wearing a bright blue sweater.

Katie Orr

Director of Development and Communications

Headshot of Shanille Samra smiling. She has long dark hair and is wearing a white sweater.

Shanille Samra

Financial Controller

Headshot of Marina Heidt smiling. She has shoulder-length, reddish-blonde hair and is wearing a colourful necklace and a seafoam green blouse.

Marina Heidt

Financial Clerk

Headshot of Natalia Ribeiro smiling. She has short hair and is wearing a black vest over a jean shirt and white tank top.

Natalia Ribeiro

Administrative Coordinator

Headshot of Wes Graham. He has short, cropped hair and is wearing glasses and a black shirt.

Wes Graham

Member Services Coordinator

Our Board of Directors

Food Banks BC is governed 
by a volunteer board of directors, elected by the membership annually.

The board is comprised of community representatives and representatives from our food bank network. 

Hajira Hussain, Chairperson

Treska Watson, Vice Chairperson

Cathy Chaplow, Treasurer

Alison Colwell

Elaine Laberge

Kim Roberts

Lindsay Miles-Pickup

Lucille Gnanasihamany

Mavis A. Erickson

Mike Cooke

Mike Olson

Scott Nicoll, Past Chair

Sydney Goodfellow

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