BOARD MEMBERS
|
Name |
Position |
Expiry |
|
|
|
|
Vickers, Cheryl |
Chair |
July 22, 2008 |
|
Peterson, Ib S. |
Vice Chair |
Dec. 2, 2007 |
|
Fraser, Robert |
Member |
July 22, 2009 |
|
McKnight, Bruce K. |
Member |
Dec. 2, 2007 |
|
Sandhu, Simmi |
Member |
July 22, 2009 |
|
Sodergren, James L. |
Member |
May 29, 2009 |
|
Woods, Darrel |
Member |
Dec. 2, 2007 |
BIOGRAPHIES
Cheryl Vickers
Cheryl Vickers is a lawyer and formerly practiced in a variety
of fields, including administrative law. Cheryl was appointed as Chair of the Mediation and Arbitration
Board in July 2007. She also serves as Chair of the Property Assessment Appeal Board, a position to
which she was appointed in January 2003. She previously served as a full time Vice Chair (appointed
1998), part-time Vice Chair (appointed 1995) and initially as a part-time member (appointed 1993) of
the Property Assessment Appeal Board. Cheryl was active in the development of the British Columbia
Council of Administrative Tribunals (BCCAT), and has served as a member of that organization’s Board
of Directors since its inception including as Secretary from 1996 to 1998 and as President from 2004
to 2006. Cheryl has assisted in curriculum development for BCCAT courses offering training to appointees
of quasi-judicial boards and tribunals, Staff Foundations, and Advanced Decision Writing courses. She
has delivered workshops on Case Management and Alternate Dispute Resolution for Tribunals at Annual
Conferences of BCCAT and the Council of Canadian Administrative Tribunals.
Current Board Memberships
Mediation and Arbitration Board
Property
Assessment Appeal Board
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Ib. S. Peterson
Ib Petersen was called to the Bar in B.C. in 1988. Since then, he
has practiced in the areas of labour, employment and administrative law, appearing before courts and
administrative tribunals, including federal and provincial labour boards, human rights tribunals and
the Workers Compensation Board. Ib also conducts investigations in school districts. Between 1991
and 1993, he was a staff counsel at the B.C. Labour Relations Board. Between 1997 and 2004, Ib was an
adjudicator at the B.C. Employment Standards Tribunal. Since 1997, he has held been on the federal
Minister of Labour's roster of arbitrators-adjudicators. Ib has been a member of the Mediation
Arbitration Board since 2004 and was appointed Vice-Chair in 2006. Among his publications are the
annual B.C. Labour and Employment Law Statutes and the Canadian Encyclopedic Digest (Western).
Current Board Memberships
Mediation and Arbitration Board
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Robert Fraser
Active in the real estate industry for many years, Rob Fraser has
been a sales person, agent/manager, owner, local board president, provincial association president,
and chair of a real estate related insurance company. Rob has been a Vice Chair for the Property
Assessment Appeal Board since 1998 and was formally a member of that board since 1992. In addition to
his extensive experience and training in real property valuation, Rob also has expertise and training
in conflict resolution, mediation, arbitration, and negotiation. He has a BA, and MA, and did doctoral
studies specializing in micro-demographic models.
Current Board Memberships
Mediation and Arbitration Board
Property
Assessment Appeal Board
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Bruce McKnight
Bruce McKnight has had an extensive career in mineral development
on three continents including a variety of senior positions with Amax Exploration Inc. and Westmin
Resources Limited. Bruce has served as spokesperson for the Mining Sector CORE Process for Vancouver
Island and LRMP's. He also participated in the Schwindt Commission, a negotiation concerning expropriation
of mining lands and the Whitehorse Mining Initiative/Land Access Issue Group. Bruce served as Executive
Director of the BC and Yukon Chamber of Mines (now Association for Mineral Exploration BC), an exploration
industry advocacy group. For the past five years he has acted as an independent minerals advisor assisting
mining companies, First Nations and brokerage and law firms. Bruce is a Fellow of the Canadian Institute
of Mining and Metallurgy and a member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of BC.
He holds a Bachelor of Applied Science in Geological Engineering, a Master of Science in Engineering
Geoscience and an MBA. Bruce was first appointed to the Mediation and Arbitration Board in 2004.
Current Board Memberships
Mediation and Arbitration Board
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Simmi Sandhu
Simmi Sandhu is a lawyer, called to the BC Bar in 1990. Simmi was
appointed to the Mediation and Arbitration Board in 2007 and is also a Vice Chair of the Property Assessment
Appeal Board, a position she has held since 2001. As a lawyer, Simmi’s areas of practice included
administrative law, civil litigation, corporate/commercial law and real estate transactions. She has extensive
experience in quasi-judicial proceedings, having acted as a Chair of the Board of Referees and has training
and experience in conflict resolution and mediation. Simmi is on the Board of Directors of the British
Columbia Council of Administrative Tribunals.
Current Board Memberships
Mediation and Arbitration Board
Property
Assessment Appeal Board
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James L. Sodergren
James Sodergren owns and operates JaMar Trucking and Farms Limited with his wife
Marion. Jim went into the water trucking business in 1970 and farming in 1975. He was active with the North
West Rodeo Association and held the position of President for several years. He was a member of the BC
Trucker's Association, life time member of Fort St. John Petroleum Club and member of the Horse and Mule
Harness Club. Jim started in the Oil Industry at the age of 16 years working on the Drilling Rigs. In 1964 he
went to work for Western Rock Bit as a salesman and became Area Supervisor. He worked for the company for 25
years before retiring to put all his time and effort into his own business. Jim was appointed to the Mediation
and Arbitration Board in 2003.
Current Board Memberships
Mediation and Arbitration Board
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Darrel Woods
Darrel Woods is a lawyer, called to the B.C. Bar in 1976.
He was in private practice for over 20 years during which time he focussed increasingly
on mediation and other forms of alternative dispute resolution. He was a founding executive
member of the Alternate Dispute Resolution Section of the B.C. Branch of the Canadian Bar
Association and the Victorial Collaborative Family Law Group. Presently he works at the Office
of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for B.C. He is a member of the British Columbia
Mediator Roster Society. Darrel was appointed to the Mediation and Arbitration Board in 2004.
Current Board Memberships
Mediation and Arbitration Board
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