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
1st Vice President: Allison Jambor
2nd Vice President/Grievance Officer: Darren Tereposky
3rd Vice President: Marjorie Dumont
4th Vice President: Jody Polukoshko
Secretary-Treasurer: Leslie Roosa

Adult Ed Sublocal

President: Rob McGowan

Local Reps to the BCTF

Vanessa Lefebvre
Chlöe McKnight
Karine Ng
Donna Brack

Members at Large

Member at Large who identifies as having First Nations, Inuit, or Metis ancestry – Alexandrea de Montigny
Heather Allison
Glen Hansman
Natasha Burditt
Anne Miller

Standing Committee Chairpersons

Aboriginal Education: Jennifer Sebastian
Communications:  Brenda Koch
Health & Safety: Danielle Durant
Professional Issues: Patricia Gudlaugson and Sylvia Jackson
Social Justice & Solidarity:  Elaine Ong,  Namorsh Reddy , Samuel Couture,  Liam Patterson-Morris and Eric Proulx
Teachers On Call: Vacant
WLC/Bargaining:  Greg Canning

Sections

Area Counsellors: Leslie MacKenzie
Gifted Education:
LATA:
Psychologists: Larissa Jackson
Speech Language Pathologists: Heba Ghobrial
Teacher-Librarians: Bryan Doolan
Technology: