Member Engagement Committee
The Member Engagement Committee is a standing committee of the Board and is responsible for the oversight, coordination, and maintenance of the Institute’s internal membership outreach, engagement, and support activities. The committee has one permanent sub-committee: the Academic Liaison Sub-Committee.
Current activities: Key work and initiatives include successful implementation of a new student internship program along with other activities supporting student and academic liaison work.
Click here to read about this Committee's work (excerpt from current PIBC Annual Report).
Current Committee Members:
- Andy Yan RPP, FCIP (Chair)
- Kristina Bell
- Mairi Bosomworth
- Carl Funk RPP, MCIP
- Schaun Goodeve RPP, MCIP
- Greg Mitchell RPP, MCIP
- Hasib Nadvi RPP, MCIP
- Saranya Parthiban (Student Member)
- Kasel Yamashita RPP, MCIP
- Kelly Chan (Institute staff)
Academic Liaison Sub-Committee
The Academic Liaison Sub-Committee is a permanent sub-committee of the Member Engagement Committee and is responsible for the oversight, coordination, and maintenance of the Institute’s internal membership outreach, engagement, and support activities for Student members, as well as the accredited university planning programs in British Columbia and Yukon. It includes Student member representatives and university representatives from each of the accredited university planning programs in BC and Yukon.
Current Sub-Committee Members:
- Andy Yan RPP, FCIP
- Sonal Deshmukh - VIU faculty representative
- Rylan Graham RPP, MCIP - UNBC faculty representative
- Meg Holden RPP, MCIP - SFU faculty representative
- Mark Stevens RPP, MCIP - UBC faculty representative
- Anna Irwin-Borg - VIU student representative
- Barnaby Mullen - UNBC student representative
- Sophia Gregory - SFU student representative
- Emma Loucks - UBC student representative
- Kelly Chan (Institute staff)

