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Board Chair

Florie has more than 25 years' professional consulting and entrepreneurial experience. She openly offers her knowledge, skills, and tools to both clients and the organizations she supports.

Florie believes that what makes a creative life, business or career thrive is the passion that drives it - and aligning that passion with your unique style of personal leadership,

Treasurer

Born and raised in the Cowichan Valley, Victor is a Chartered Professional Accountant who owns an accounting firm in Duncan with his son. He is an effective team builder and is known for mentoring juniors.

Victor volunteers at the Duncan Curling Club and has had much success at the provincial curling level.

Director

Caroll has over 30 years of small business experience running her branding & marketing company.

Caroll's expertise and guidance has helped Community Futures brand our image; not just locally, but for CFBC and CF Alberta as well.

Chair of Business Development Committee

With over 10 years of business development experience, Matthew has a reputation for accelerating company growth and exceeding operational goals. He owns two local  Panago Pizza locations - Duncan and Mill Bay.

Simultaneously, Matthew became a fixture in the Cowichan Valley through his generous donations, fundraisers and community involvement. He is committed to creating positive change and believes in a prosperous and sustainable community.

In addition to his CFC role Matthew is a weekly volunteer at Nourish Cowichan, a grass-roots organization dedicated to providing nutritious meals to schoolchildren in the Cowichan Valley.

As a Community Futures Cowichan Director she brings her diverse experience as both a nurse for 19 + years and 17 years of business experience.  She has knowledge and insight from different perspectives as an entrepreneur from another country and becoming a business owner in BC. Janice believes volunteering with Community Futures allows her to work with a group of dynamic people to back to the community.

Amanda brings diverse and relevant experience to our Board of Directors. She has her MBA, specializing in Social Entrepreneurship and as a previous Executive Director for a charity assisting adults living with barriers to employment find skill development and meaningful employment. During her MBA, she spent time in Nairobi helping students write business plans and teaching them basic entrepreneurship skills.