(December 2017 - December 2021)

Lee Loftus has served as business manager of the BC Insulators Union from 2008 to present, as well as from 1992 to 1999. He has been president of the BC Building Trades since 2009, and previously served on the Board of Governors for the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety Council. He has a long history of serving on boards, associations, committees, and councils, including the Canadian Standards Association, Canadian Society of Safety Engineering, Insulation Industry Apprenticeship Board, Vancouver and District Metal Trades Council, as well as various WorkSafeBC committees.

(December 2017 - December 2020)

Baltej Dhillon is a member of the RCMP and has served as a police officer for the past 27 years. In 2016, he became responsible for the force's Operational Readiness and Response program related to emergency response. He created the Sikh Leadership and Police Committee on Gang Violence and led the project for two years to fight against youth criminalization. He has served as an investigator on Air India task forces and the Pickton investigation. He received a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for community service in 2012 and a Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Award for community service in 2003.

(December 2019 - December 2020)

Michelle Laurie is a Red Seal certified electrician and has spent the majority of her career as a worker representative and advocate. Most recently, she was a staff representative for United Steelworkers, and prior to that she represented workers in the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, as President of Local 258. She has considerable board experience, having been a vice-president of the BC Federation of Labour and past chair of the boards of the Tumbler Ridge Health Care Centre, United Way of the Lower Mainland, BC Citizens for Public Power, and the Electrical Industry Training Institute.

(February 2020 - December 2021)

Becky Packer is a registered physical therapist, with a special interest in long-term care, working for the Island Health Authority in the unceded traditional territory of the K’ómoks First Nation on Vancouver Island. She has extensive experience working with joint occupational health and safety committees and serves on the board of directors for the Health Sciences Association of British Columbia. She holds her Master’s of Science in Physical Therapy from the University of Alberta, a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Victoria, and has completed a Graduate Certificate in Values-Based Leadership through Royal Roads University.

(September 2015 - December 2020)

Brooks Patterson is the safety manager for Norland Limited (formerly The Pacific Group of Companies), which operates a number of construction companies. He has extensive experience in occupational health and safety and holds certification as a Canadian Registered Safety Professional (CRSP). He has extensive board experience, including roles as past chair of the BC Construction Safety Alliance and secretary-treasurer of SkillPlan.

(December 2018- December 2020)

Donald Smith is a Partner of Smith Pension & Actuarial Consultants Inc. Over the past 40 years, he has provided actuarial, pension, employee benefits, compensation and investment consulting services to organizations in the public and private sectors, including some of Canada's largest corporations and employee organizations, joint boards of trustees, and federal, provincial, and municipal governments. Prior to his consulting career, he spent five years in the life insurance industry, in actuarial and information technology roles. He is a Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries.

(December 2017 - December 2020)

Kay Teschke is a professor emeritus in the School of Population and Public Health at the University of British Columbia. Her research has included studies of occupation and Parkinson’s disease, back injuries in heavy industry, water quality and gastrointestinal illnesses, and transport infrastructure influences on cycling injury risk. She received her academic training in environmental health at BCIT, the University of California at Berkeley, and the University of Washington in Seattle.

(January 2015 - December 2020)

Lillian White is the previous president of Treen Safety, a Vancouver-based company that specializes in the manufacturing and distribution of health, safety, and protective equipment. She served as both chair and director of the BC Assessment Authority, and is a certified general accountant. In 2002 she was recognized by the Association for Women in Finance with the PEAK award for performance and excellence.

Anne Naser is the president and CEO of WorkSafeBC. Prior to her appointment, she was the senior vice-president of information technology for the British Columbia Investment Management Corporation and from 1998 to 2018 she had senior leadership roles with WorkSafeBC, most recently as chief information officer. She was named Canadian CIO of the year by Computerworld in 2010, and also received a Premier’s Award for Innovation. Anne has a degree in economics from Simon Fraser University, and has previously held senior positions with Price Waterhouse Urwick and Canadian Airlines.