Former Program Coordinator, Teacher Education Department – UFV
Former teacher, principal, district administrator – Chilliwack School District 33
Mixed Media/Collage Artist
Long time member of Chilliwack Players Guild (Director, Performer, Writer)
Former board member of Chilliwack Cultural Centre (Member at Large, Secretary, Vice-President)
Sheila Evani Vice-President
A Partner with Waterstone Law Group
Admitted to the Bar in BC in 2005
Bachelor of Arts in Communication from Simon Fraser University
Second Bachelor of Arts from the University of Alberta
Specializes in Business Law, Real Estate Transactions and Banking, with a strong focus on Governance
Served three years as the Chair of the Vancouver Dance Centre
Served a secretary for the boards of the Chilliwack Symphony Orchestra and the Abbotsford Symphony Orchestra
An accomplished violinist who studied at the Academy of Music, and has performed with the Chilliwack Symphony Orchestra and the Chilliwack Metropolitan Orchestra
Proud mom to two little boys, and two exasperating dogs
Kim Lawrence Secretary
Talent & Customer Experience exec at BC-based geophysics technology company.
30 years in the marketing and communications field, covering the private and public sectors, both in Canada and internationally, including 15 years leading teams within Canadian post-secondary institutions (including University of Calgary and University of the Fraser Valley) and 10+ years in the technology space. She spent much of her early career in Asia.
2018 Higher Education Marketing Team of the Year (American Marketing Association) and 2017 International Brand Master of the Year (first-ever Canadian recipients).
4+ years with Youth Performing Arts committee at Calgary Stampede, leading marketing and community engagement for the showband program.
11+ years as unit leader, camp advisor, sales, and distribution leader with Girl Guides of Canada, including resurrecting BC’s first-ever registered unit in Sardis, BC.
Education: Queen’s University, Capilano University, Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour.
Mom of two fabulously artistic daughters, wife to an erstwhile musical theatre actor.
Rob Nicklom Treasurer
Retired Chartered Accountant / Certified Professional Accountant
Former partner in Chilliwack accounting firm (1982 – 2019 )
Past Chair, Board of Governors, University of the Fraser Valley (2002-2008 )
Honorary Doctor of Letters, University of the Fraser Valley
Past Director, Harrison Festival of the Arts Society
Forty year member of Chilliwack Fraser Rotary Club ( President 1999-2000 )
Recipient, Queens Golden Jubilee Medal
Former minor hockey and baseball coach
Avid photographer, music lover, proud father of two, proud grand-father of Kaia
Netty Tam Director-at-Large
Peggy Walker Director-at-Large
Nicole Read Ex-Officio: City Council Liaison
Councillor on Chilliwack City Council since November 2022.
Raised on a dairy farm in Chilliwack and was a part of her parents’ family-owned retail dairy store since she was seven years old.
Various entrepreneurial adventures included contract work for employment programs, online vacation home rentals, restaurant owner of an upper casual steakhouse, and a temporary to permanent employment staffing agency, before working for Community Futures South Fraser.
Councillor Read is deeply rooted to the Rotary Club of Chilliwack, allowing her to give back to the community that has given her so many opportunities.
Councillor Read represents her community as a member of the:
Affordable Housing and Development Advisory Committee (Vice Chair)
Chilliwack Arts and Cultural Society Board (Liaison)
