Area E Director

About Donna McMahon

A native of North Vancouver, I am a long-time newcomer to the Sunshine Coast, having moved to Elphinstone in 1996. Like a lot of coast residents, I started as a commuter, and then assembled a mix of employment and self employment that allowed me to stay here.

I’m also an enthusiastic volunteer, supporting as many worthwhile local organizations as I can. As you can probably tell from my photos, I love hiking and hit the trails as often as I can. I also cycle a great deal, although not as much as I would like because the roads around here are just plain dangerous.

I was elected as Area E Director on October 20, 2018 and acclaimed for another term in 2022.

Here are my roles at the board:

• Vice Chair, Regional Hospital District
• Chair, Committee of the Whole #1
• Vice Chair, Electoral Area Services Committee
• Board Alternate Liaison to PTAC (never mind the initials, it’s the provincially required committee that advises on the future of our landfill)
• Board Alternate Liaison to the Water Supply Advisory Committee (WASAC)
• Area E representative to Gibsons & District Fire Commission
• SCRD representative to SCREDO (Regional Economic Development Organization)
• SCRD representative to the Gibsons & District Public Library board
• SCRD representative to the Sunshine Coast Affordable Housing Society
• SCRD representative to the Metro Vancouver Indigenous Relations Committee
• SCRD appointee to the Municipal Insurance Association of BC
• Electoral Area Representative on the executive of the Association of Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities (AVICC)
• SCRD representative to the AVICC Climate Leadership Plan Steering Committee
• SCRD representative to the AVICC Committee on Solid Waste and Circular Economy

Profile

2016 to 2018 – Reporter/Photographer, The Local Weekly, Sunshine Coast Business Magazine

2015 to 2018 – Consultant, Community Resource Centre (projects include Connecting Self Employed Women for Success)

2006 to Present – Administrator, Sunshine Coast Film Society

2010 to 2020 – Business Plans Writer, Business Plans Canada

2012 to 2015 – Executive Director, Gibsons & District Chamber of Commerce

2010 to 2011 – Assistant, Gibsons Copy Shop

1991 to Present – Freelance Writer

Community Boards and Committees

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    Meeting with the Thrive women’s business group in Gibsons, 2017.

    Coast Car Co-op – board member

  • Friends of Mount Elphinstone Summit Trail – founder
  • Sunshine Coast Trails Society – member group representative
  • Coast Community Investment Cooperative – board member – 2017-2023
  • Community Futures Sunshine Coast – Loans & Investment Committee – 2016-2018
  • Self Employed Women’s Network – 2016-2018
  • Transportation Choices Sunshine Coast (TraC) – 2015-2016
  • Gibsons & District Economic Development Committee – 2012-2014
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    Chair of the Gibsons & District Public Library board 2011

    Gibsons & District Public Library Board – 2005-2013, chair 2011-2013 (Received the 2013 Super Trustee Award from the BC Library Trustees Association)

  • Gibsons Landing Business Association – 2009-10
  • SCRD Recycling Review Committee – 2010
  • Ocean Beach Esplanade Stewardship Advisory Committee – 2007-8
  • Sunshine Coast Conservation Association – (staff 2007-2008, volunteer 2008-2015)
  • New Moon Festival – 2009 Event Coordinator
  • West Howe Sound, Ephinstone & Town of Gibsons Restructure Committee – 2006
  • Ferry Commuters Association – 2003-4