Board of Directors
Current Board
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Deb Hutchison Koep, Chair (term ends 2026; non-renewable)
Chief Librarian, North Vancouver City Library (BC)
Carolyn Caseñas (term ends 2027; renewable)
Chief Librarian, New Westminster Public Library
Roën Janyk, Vice Chair (term ends 2027; renewable)
Associate Dean, Teachning and Learning Innovations, Okanagan College
Noreen Ma, Governance Chair (term ends 2027; renewable)
Manager, Community Development, Burnaby Public Library (BC)
Mari Martin, ex officio
Director, Public Libraries Branch – BC Ministry of Municipal Affairs (BC)
Alison Moss (term ends 2027; renewable)
Director, Parkland Regional Library
Claire Paradis (term ends 2027; renewable)
Library Director, Nakusp Public Library
Suzanne Rackover, Secretary (term ends 2026; renewable)
Director, Library Services and Learning Commons – Langara College & CAPER (BC)
Hillary Webb, Finance Chair (term ends 2026; renewable)
Librarian – Emily Carr University (BC)
Board Meetings
Co-op members are invited to address the board at the beginning of board meetings. If you wish to address the board, please send one week’s prior notice to the Executive Director’s office (office@bc.libraries.coop). In the interests of efficiency, we ask for a limit of 15 minutes per member delegation, though further discussion and conversation may follow.
Upcoming Meetings
All meeting times are 10:00-11:30 am Pacific, unless noted otherwise.
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- September 2025 – June 2026 Board meeting schedule will be posted soon
Recent Meetings
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- June 19, 2025 – Annual General Meeting – draft Minutes are pending
- May 21, 2025 – Minutes are pending approval
- March 19, 2025
- January 29, 2025
Previous years’ minutes available in the Board Archive.
Board Policies
The Co-op’s standalone policy documents (and review schedules) currently include:
- Board Director Confidentiality Policy
- Review every 5 years, starting 2020
- Board Director Conflict of Interest Policy
- Review every 5 years, starting 2020
- Business Expense Policy
- Review every 5 years, starting 2021
- Credit Card Policy
- Memorandum of Association
- Operating Reserve Fund Policy
- Review annually, starting in 2021
- Open Source (FOSS) Contribution Policy
- Review every 5 years, starting 2021
- People Policy (Updated 2023)
- Review every 5 years, starting 2021
- Privacy & Security Management Plan
- Review every 5 years, starting 2019
- Rules of Association (updated 2023)
- Review every 5 years, starting 2023
- Service Management Agreement
- Review every 5 years, starting 2020
- Travel Expense Policy & Form
- Review annually
- WorkSafe BC Health & Safety Policy & Respectful WorkPlace Addendum – accessible version pending
- Review every 5 years, starting 2020