Executive Committee
The Executive Committee, subject to decisions made and directions set by General Meetings and Staff Rep Assemblies, oversees the business of VESTA, and exercises the powers of the local on behalf of the membership.
Members are elected by the VESTA Annual General Meeting to serve on the Executive Committee for a one-year term. Minutes of all Executive Committee meetings are distributed to all worksites via Staff Reps.
President: Joanne Sutherland joanne@vesta.ca
Vice-President: Allison Jambor allison@vesta.ca
Vice-President/Grievance Officer: Darren Tereposky darren@vesta.ca
Vice-President: Marjorie Dumont marjorie@vesta.ca
Vice-President: Jody Polukoshko jody@vesta.ca
Secretary Treasurer: Leslie Roosa leslie@vesta.ca
President: Rob McGowan rob@vesta.ca
1st Vice President: Vacant
District Health & Safety Chair: Vacant
District Professional Development Rep: Cathleen With
AE Local Rep to BCTF: Donna Brack donna@vesta.ca
TTOC Rep: Vacant
Staff Rep (SHEC): Vacant
Staff Rep (GPEC): Vacant
Vanessa Lefebvre vanessa@vesta.ca
Donna Brack (Adult Ed) donna@vesta.ca
Karine Ng karine@vesta.ca
Chlöe McKnight chloe@vesta.ca
Natasha Burditt natasha@vesta.ca
Glen Hansman glen@vesta.ca
Heather Allison heather@vesta.ca
Alexandra de Montigny alexandra@vesta.ca – Member at Large who identifies as having First Nations, Inuit, or Metis ancestry
Aboriginal Ed Committee: Jennifer Sebastian jennifer@vesta.ca
Communications Committee: Vacant
Health & Safety Committee: Danielle Durant danielle@vesta.ca
Professional Issues Committee: Patricia Gudlaugson patricia@vesta.ca and Sylvia Jackson sylvia@vesta.ca
Social Justice & Solidarity Committee: Elaine Ong, Samuel Couture, Liam Patterson-Morris and Eric Proulx
Teachers on Call Committee: Vacant
WLC/Bargaining Committee: Greg Canning greg@vesta.ca
Area Counsellors: Leslie MacKenzie leslie@vesta.ca
Gifted Education: Vacant
LATA: Vacant
Psychologists: Larissa Jackson larissa@vesta.ca
Speech Language Pathologists: Heba Ghobrial heba@vesta.ca
Teacher-Librarians: Bryan Doolan
Technology: Vacant
Music: Vacant