Listed below are current board members.
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CLBC Directors comply with all applicable provisions of laws and regulations and Board Code of Conduct and Business Ethics. Directors review and complete the form of declaration in acknowledgement of the Code of Conduct and disclosure of Conflict of Interest on an annual basis.
Shane Simpson, Chair
Shane Simpson was born and raised in East Vancouver and has lived, worked, and engaged in community-building activities in his community since 1971. He was elected as the MLA for Vancouver Hastings in May 2005, representing that riding for more than 15 years.
Mr. Simpson served as Minister of Social Development and Poverty Reduction from 2017 to 2020. During this time, he was instrumental in working with community inclusion groups and across government to launch the 10-year Re-Imagining Community Inclusion plan on envisioning better lives for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. He also initiated a public consultation process on accessibility and inclusion that formed the basis of the Accessible British Columbia Act, launched in 2021.
His previous roles include Director of Policy and Communications for Smart Growth BC, chair of the Vancouver City Planning Commission, instructor in the Community Economic Development program at Simon Fraser University, Executive Director of the Worker Ownership Resource Center, Legislative Coordinator for the Canadian Union of Public Employees, and coordinator and fundraiser for the Ray Cam Cooperative Center.
Mr. Simpson was the recipient of the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal for his contribution to community in 2002. In 1992, he was awarded the Governor General’s 125th Anniversary Commemorative Medal for Community Service.
Stephen Lee
Stephen is a family member (father) and lives in South Delta. He is the Chief Executive Officer of Musqueam Capital Corporation, a wholly-owned entity of the Musqueam Indian Band. He is responsible for overseeing Musqueam’s extensive real estate and asset holdings. His experience spans 30 years in senior finance and leadership roles in various industries in private and public companies.
Stephen serves on the Boards of Langara College Foundation and MST DC (Musqueam, Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh Development Corporation) and is a Trustee for the CPABC Benevolent Fund. He is also a sessional accounting instructor in the Master of Health Administration (MHA), School of Population and Public Health, UBC.
Mr. Lee obtained his CPA, CMA designation in 1995 and subsequently earned his fellowship, FCPA, FCMA in 2009.
Alain (Al) LeFebvre
J. Alain (Al) LeFebvre is a parent (son Tyler) and lives in Prince George. He is a retired Office Managing Partner (KPMG – Prince George), where he was an audit partner with clients in the public sector including healthcare, municipalities, local government agencies, education, not-for profit entities, charities, foundations and government funded organizations. He has held a number of board director positions in not for profits and has been a part of the Community Living movement having served on Prince George Association for Community Living (AiMHi), the BC Association for Community Living (now Inclusion BC) and its foundation.
Al has recently completed the requirements of the Institute of Corporate Directors education program and holds the ICD.D designation. He is the past president of the Prince George Community Foundation, the Treasurer and Audit Committee Chair of the Prince George Airport Authority, and Director and Audit Committee Chair of the Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia.
Al holds a Bachelor of Arts (Commerce Major) from Simon Fraser University, a Master of Business Administration from City University (Seattle) and he is a Chartered Professional Accountant and was awarded a Fellowship in 2016.
Angus D. Monaghan
Angus Monaghan lives in central Vancouver Island. He and his family have provided respite care for over 25 years through CLBC. Angus is currently serving as the president of a microboard for one individual and his family.
Angus was formerly the Provincial Director of the Forensic Psychiatric Services (FPS) Regional Clinics in British Columbia. After more than 30 years of service, he retired in 2023 and has since been supporting the FPS as needed with specific program areas including the Forensic involvement in a Virtual Bail Court in Northern B.C., reviewing and updating FPS Court Ordered Assessments and the Forensic Sexual Offence Program. In leadership roles, Angus has served as interim Provincial Executive Director for both the Correctional Health Services and at the Forensic Psychiatric Hospital. In 2021, Angus received the BC Provincial Health Services Authority PHSA+ Award for leadership and for reflecting the values of the PHSA in service to our clients and patients.
Throughout Angus’s career, he has had the opportunity to work in multiple contexts both as a clinician and as an executive leader. His experience has largely been in working with marginalized individuals involved with the Criminal Justice System across B.C. Many of the individuals Angus has served were contending with substance use, mental health disorders, living without homes, living without adequate access to health care or basic needs in urban, rural and remote areas of the province.
Angus holds a Master of Social Work from the University of Victoria focusing on policy and practice in health and social services. In addition, Angus has a Bachelor of Social Work and a Bachelor of Arts in Child and Youth Care. Personally, Angus loves outdoor activities including mountain biking, surfing and hiking.
Amber Rainshadow
Amber Rainshadow is a self advocate who lives in Victoria. She has been advocating for individuals with disabilities for over 30 years. She brings a desire to use her lived experience, including growing up in ministry care, to help others in the community and teach them how to advocate for themselves.
Amber has used her lived experience to assist in various initiatives, including: the start up of of the Victoria Disability Resources Center, the Out of the Rain program for street youth in Victoria, development of a course on disability which is still being taught at the University of Victoria, and helping make transition houses more inclusive and accessible for people with disabilities.
Amber is an FASD facilitator and is passionate about helping individuals living with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder who are transitioning to adulthood. Recently, she has served as a volunteer member of CLBC’s Editorial Board and a CLBC Welcome Workshop presenter.
Tanya Rothe
Tanya Rothe lives in Vernon and is a former technology executive. She has been recognized as one of Canada’s most influential and innovative General Counsels and helped build a British Columbia start-up into an New York Stock Exchange-listed international business in a rapidly growing and changing market. Tanya has served on boards including the Vancouver International Marathon Society and personally founded, built and sold a small business.
Curious and passionate about learning, Tanya thrives in changing situations that benefit from integrity, courage and diversity of thought, asking tough questions and providing frank assessments in challenging environments, while helping to manage conflict and disruption.
Tanya holds a Juris Doctor (JD) and Bachelor of Applied Science from the University of British Columbia, and is a registered patent agent and a member of the College of Patent Agents & Trademark Agents (CPATA) Board of Examiners.
Akshay Sachdeva
Akshay Sachdeva, who lives in Surrey, B.C., has been active as a self-advocate for many years across a range of roles. He is currently a director-at-large for BC People First’s board, and a member of CLBC’s Editorial Board where he helps to ensure the perspectives of people CLBC serves are reflected in CLBC’s communications.
Akshay’s previous experience includes working as a People Planning Together Facilitator for the Empowering Self Advocates to Take Action (ESATTA) Co-operative and as a program assistant for the “Newcomers with Disabilities Project” by the Affiliation of Multicultural Societies and Service Agencies of BC. He was also a member of CLBC’s Surrey-Delta-White Rock Community Council. Akshay recently earned his insurance license from the Insurance Council of BC.
Kim Stacey
Kim is grateful to reside on the beautiful and unceded stolen ancestral territory of the Katzie Nation, known today as the Lower Fraser Valley.
With over 30 years of experience in the non-profit housing sector, Kim has held several senior management roles. Notably, for 12 years she was Executive Director for McLaren Housing Society, Canada’s oldest HIV/AIDS housing provider, leading the agency’s extensive expansion and growth by more than doubling programs, staffing and support programs and substantially increasing the annual operating budget.
By creating a housing continuum model ranging from directly managed low-income supported housing and portable subsidies to independent living, Kim has worked with a broad range of community partners and government funders.
She has extensive experience as a non-profit board member and for eight years sat on the board of the Pacific AIDS Network (PAN), the provincial voice for the HIV/AIDS community, holding the office of Treasurer. Currently, Kim serves on the board of Brightside Community Homes Foundation and is a self-employed consultant specializing in housing and non-profit operations.
As a queer woman using the pronouns she/her, Kim has built connections within the 2SLGBTQAI+ community and for many years organized and led the Pride Parade float for McLaren Housing Society in addition to being on the federal 2SLGBTQI+ housing and homelessness committee in 2021.
Diane Sugars
Diane is from Tk’emlúps te Secwe̓pemc. She gratefully lives and works in Langley on Coast Salish territory. Diane first became interested in working in the social service sector when, as a single mom, she became homeless for a short time and was unable to access support services. She now has over 40 years experience working with and assisting non-profit organizations with building their financial viability and improving their internal systems for growth. As a senior organization leader, Diane has maintained a keen interest and passion for creating sustainable social change and building productive relationships.
Diane has provided leadership as an Executive Director to several organizations throughout her career including the Aboriginal Mother Centre, Kla-how-eya, Chimo Community Services, Learning Disabilities Association and Surrey Foundation.
With a strong belief in volunteerism, Diane has sat on many boards including Dogwood ’25 along with its co-founders Mike Harcourt and Sid Katz. She was elected to the executive for the Metro Vancouver Aboriginal Executive Council, City of Richmond Intercultural Advisory Council, Vancouver Mayor’s Task Force for Homelessness and Addictions, and Homelessness Partnership Strategy, to name a few. She is currently Treasurer for Yucwemínem ne Tsetsítcws-kucw (YneT) Housing Society and a member of the City of Langley Accessibility and Inclusion Advisory.
Diane has three wonderful adult children and eight amazing, full of energy, grandchildren. She likes to bake with her grandchildren, read and craft.
Joely Viveiros
Joely Viveiros is a family member (cousin) and lives in Terrace. She is a private practice Audiologist whose clinic, which she has owned and operated since 1997, serves Terrace and surrounding communities. In addition to working out of hospitals and community health centres in surrounding towns and cities, she also visits and provides hearing services to several Indigenous communities when invited. She embraces the adventure of new workspaces in the ever-evolving hospital and healthcare environments through her visits to the communities in her area.
Ms. Viveiros is an indigenous woman of Gitxsan and Haisla heritage. She enjoys the challenge of raising her three daughters into responsible adults who contribute positively in their communities through music and volunteer work as well as in their future careers. She has considered raising her family her primary job while also working full time in her career.
Ms. Viveiros holds a Master’s degree in Audiology from the University of British Columbia, a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Victoria and is currently working on a Doctoral degree in Audiology from A.T. Still University.
Corey Walker
Corey Walker is an autistic self advocate who lives in Prince George. Since being diagnosed autistic in 2001, while in his early 20s, he has used his lived experience to advocate for and empower fellow British Columbians with autism and disabilities.
Corey works as a Disability Employment Services Coach for Kopar Administration Ltd. in Prince George. Corey formerly worked as a Program Facilitator with the Pacific Autism Family Network’s EmploymentWorks program. He serves as a director for Autism Alliance Canada (formerly Canadian Autism Spectrum Disorders Alliance) and is the President of the Prince George Community Radio Society, where he also hosts three weekly radio programs. His previous experience includes sitting on the boards of nine non-profit societies, including Volunteer Prince George and Project Friendship Society. He worked for AutismBC as the Northern Regional Coordinator for over seven years. As an experienced public speaker on autism-related topics, Corey has presented to audiences across B.C. and Canada, including at Inclusion BC’s annual conference and the Canadian Autism Leadership Summit in Ottawa.
Corey holds a Bachelor of Arts in English and History from the University of Northern BC and a Provincial Instructor Diploma from Vancouver Community College.