Association of Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities

Elected Executive

About AVICC
AVICC Members
Elected Executive
2025/26 Executive Meeting Schedule
Executive Minutes
Bylaws
Executive Policies
Life Members
Name*PositionPlace RepresentingContact Information
Councillor Ben GeselbrachtPresidentCity of Nanaimo
P: 250-739-9473
E: ben.geselbracht@nanaimo.ca
Chair Vanessa CraigFirst Vice PresidentRegional District of Nanaimo – Area B
P: 250-741-4589
E: vanessa.craig@rdn.bc.ca
Councillor Sarah FowlerSecond Vice PresidentVillage of Tahsis
E: sfowler@villageoftahsis.com
 
Councillor Will Cole-HamiltonDirector at LargeCity of Courtenay
P: 778-992-0102
E: wcole-hamilton@courtenay.ca
Councillor Trina IsaksonDirector at LargeCity of Powell River
E: tisakson@powellriver.ca 
Councillor Alison MacKenzieDirector at LargeTown of View Royal
E: amackenzie@viewroyal.ca
Director Donna McMahonEA RepresentativeSunshine Coast Regional District – Area E
E:  donna.mcmahon@scrd.ca
Director Penny Cote Past PresidentAlberni-Clayoquot Regional District – Area D
P: 250-724-5040
E: pcote@acrd.bc.ca 
 

*Click on name for biography.

For the Executive Meeting Dates

For the Minutes of the Executive Committee

For the Annual General Meeting Minutes

For Information for Candidates on Executive Commitments

The AVICC acknowledges that we are grateful to live, work, and play on the traditional territories of the 
Coast Salish, Nuu-Chah-Nulth and Kwak-Waka’wakw Peoples