Donna was first elected to Nelson City Council in 1988, and is currently serving her seventh term (which means she spends more time reading reports and budgets than novels and short stories!).
During the previous municipal term, she served on the Nelson Public Library board and was involved in supporting both the physical expansion project (adding space to the library) and the geographical expansion (adding two rural areas as tax contributors to the library).

Donna has followed with interest discussions about the future of libraries, and is keenly supportive of their future both as places of learning, enjoyment and exploration, and also as important social and community hubs.
With changes at the provincial level, Donna believes the BCLTA has an important role to play going forward, and she would like to apply her 15-plus years of experience to that advocacy work. Enhancing the support provided to library trustees across the province is also a priority, as is engaging trustees in ongoing advocacy and education about libraries.

Upkar Tatlay is a lifelong and engaged patron of library institutions and furthers his commitment as a City of Surrey Library Board Trustee. He also serves as InterLink representative and is on the InterLink finance committee this year.
As Managing Director for Oxus Nexus Inc., a biotechnology and clean technology firm in Vancouver, Mr. Tatlay oversees the development of innovative Canadian R&D projects into international markets such as Brazil, India and China along with the presentation of the Oxus Nexus Academic Endowment. 

Key accomplishments include: undergraduate degree at the University of Victoria and post grad at the University of British Columbia, appointment to the University of British Columbia AMS Ombuds Office (Deputy Ombudsman), he has written publications on a wide-range of topics including nuclear non-proliferation (Lawyers for Society Responsibility) , climate change (Terry), and health care (BCICS). He has taken training in Conflict Resolution & Mediation at the Justice Institute of BC, and currently serves as a Fire Fighter and medical First Responder with Mission Fire Rescue Service fire department.

Mr. Tatlay invests his efforts towards helping steer libraries into an exciting and dynamic future for the benefit of current and future generations.

Erfan Kazemi is Chief Financial Officer of Sandstorm Gold Ltd. and Sandstorm Metal & Energy Ltd., mining companies listed on the TSX Venture Exchange. He is also former Senior Manager with PricewaterhouseCoopers. In that role, he worked primarily in the mining and forestry sectors where he assisted clients in areas such as public financing, mergers and acquisitions, US/SEC securities filings, and various other areas. He has managed the audits of billion dollar multinational entities and also co-authored several publications including the annual BC Mining Industry Survey. Mr. Kazemi articled with PricewaterhouseCoopers where he obtained the Chartered Accountant designation and is a graduate of the University of British Columbia where he received a Bachelor of Science (Mathematics).

In the community, Mr. Kazemi serves a Vice-Chair of the Vancouver Public Library Board, is an officer of the Vancouver Branch of the Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum and is a former member of the University of British Columbia Board of Governors. He has received numerous awards including the Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia's Community Service Award and the University of British Columbia Alumni Association's Outstanding Future Alumnus Award.

Ann has been a Trustee of the Coquitlam Public Library for three years.  Being a Trustee has allowed her to play an active role in the expanding role of the public library in our community.  She has served and continues to serve on the Policy, Fundraising and Special Events Committees and has acted as the Liaison with Friends of CPL.  This year Ann became the Treasurer and member of the Finance and Audit Committees while continuing membership in the aforementioned committees. 

During the time Ann has been a Trustee she has been actively involved in the Board’s advocacy for a new library.  They were successful and during the past year have been assisting their Director in planning the details of the interior of library.  The opening is planned for early fall of this year. 

During the time Ann is not involved on Board matters, she have my own intellectual property law specializing in copyright and trademark matters, is an editor of the Canadian Intellectual Property Review, and was the founding member and past president of the Burnaby North Road Business Improvement Association, continuing on as an advisor to their Board.  Hobbies, of course, include reading and perusing the CPL's stacks.