Name |
Council |
Karmen Smith – Chair (read bio) (sick leave) |
Gitksan Government Commission |
Charlotte Guno – Acting Vice Chair |
Kitsumkalum Band Council |
No Representative |
Dease Lake |
Neal Barton / Claude Barton |
Gingolx Band Council |
Pansy Wright Simms |
Gitanmaax Band Council |
No Representative |
Gitanyow Band Council |
Maryann Adams/ Camellia Swift |
Gitlaxt’aamiks Village Government |
No representative |
Gitsegukla Education |
Lesley Morgan |
Gitwangak Education Society |
No Representative |
Gitwinksihlkw Village Government |
Craig Bolton |
Gitxaala Nation |
Sheila Joseph |
Hagwilget Village Council |
Nancy Nyce |
Haisla Nation Council |
Charlotte Anderson |
Hartley Bay Village Government |
Norma Louie |
Iskut Band Council |
Holly Harris |
Kermode Friendship Society |
Cindy Stevens |
Kispiox Band Council |
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Tanya Rexin |
Kitimat Valley Institute Corporation |
Debbie Moore |
Kitselas Band Council |
Priscilla Michell |
Kyah Wiget Education Society |
Harvey Russell Jr. |
Lax Kw'alaams Band |
Phyllis Clark |
Laxgalts’ap Village Government |
Renee Berschaminski/Brianna Gibson |
Metis Nation BC |
No Representative |
Metlakatla First Nation |
Bev Azak |
Nisga'a Lisms Government |
David Hill |
Old Massett Village Council |
Lawrence Azak |
Sik-E-Dakh (Glen Vowell) |
Marcia Piercey |
Skidegate Band Council |
Ryan Franke / Isabell Reid |
Tahltan Band Council |
Freda Campbell |
Tahltan Central Council |
No Representative |
Telegraph Creek |
Phil Burton / Marian Kotowich-Laval |
UNBC |
Karmen Smith – Chair
Karmen is Gitxsan from the Wolf Clan and a registered member of the Gitanmaax Band located in Hazelton, B.C. All of her education and work experience has been in the education field. She is a graduate from the NITEP Teacher Training program at UBC and has worked as a K-12 teacher in several BC school districts. After her teaching career, she was in administrative positions with the Gitksan Wet’suwet’en Education Society (Program Manager), the First Nations Steering Committee (Curriculum Development), The Ministry of Education (Exam Department) and is currently working for the Gitksan Government Commission in the capacity of Education Advisor for four Gitxsan Bands. Karmen also sits on the FNESC Board and several FNESC committees (Personnel Committee and the Post-Secondary Sub-Committee as Vice Chair). Her passions are education and the success of Aboriginal student from Kindergarten to Post-Secondary.