I came to the SeaChange Board with a background in marine biology and marine education, after retiring from the Capital Regional District in March 2020. There, I coordinated community stewardship initiatives on the Gorge Waterway, Esquimalt Lagoon and Bowker Creek for 10 years. As part of that work, I participated in the Green Shores Local Government Working Group and the CRD’s Abandoned Boat Program. Prior to that, I worked in the non-profit environmental sector with the World Fisheries Trust, Gorge Waterway Action Society, and SeaChange’s EcoRowing program in Tod Inlet. I spent earlier years living in Bamfield where I worked as a kelp farmer, marine educator, and naturalist on sailboats doing multi-day trips along the BC and SE Alaska coasts.

My knowledge and interests include native plants, ecological restoration, shoreline ecology, and gardening. In addition to my work with SeaChange, I also volunteer with the Friends of Tod Creek Watershed in their restoration work in Whitehead Park and recently joined the board of Peninsula Streams Society.