Following the meetings of Northern Development’s four Regional Advisory Committees, the Board of Directors meets to review complete funding applications submitted prior to the most recent application intake deadline.
Following the board meeting, Northern Development staff will notify the applicant of the Board’s funding decision by phone. A formal letter is issued by mail to the applicant.
Northern Development is managed by a board of thirteen directors of which eight are elected officials and five are business leaders appointed by the Government of British Columbia. The Northern Development Initiative Trust Board is chaired by Evan Saugstad, Provincial Appointee, Northeast Region.
- Director Sally Watson – Thompson-Nicola Regional District, Cariboo-Chilcotin/Lillooet Regional Advisory Committee Appointee
- Mayor Mitch Campsall – District of 100 Mile House, Cariboo-Chilcotin/Lillooet Regional Advisory Committee Appointee
- Mayor Lori Ackerman – City of Fort St. John, Northeast Regional Advisory Committee Appointee
- Mayor Bill Streeper – Northern Rockies Regional Municipality, Northeast Regional Advisory Committee Appointee
- Mayor Gerry Thiessen – District of Vanderhoof, Prince George Regional Advisory Committee Appointee
- Mayor Rob MacDougall – District of Fort St. James, Prince George Regional Advisory Committee Appointee
- Mayor Luke Strimbold – Village of Burns Lake, Northwest Regional Advisory Committee Appointee
- Director Michael Racz – Skeena-Queen Charlotte Regional District, Northwest Regional Advisory Committee Appointee
- Gerald Wesley – Provincial Appointee, Northwest Region
- Wendy Benyk – Provincial Appointee, Northwest Region
- Danny Schilds – Provincial Appointee, Northeast Region
- Evan Saugstad – Provincial Appointee, Northeast Region
- Thomas Hoffman – Provincial Appointee, Cariboo-Chilcotin/Lillooet Region
