Candidates

Oct. 31 – Nov. 18 at 4​​:30 ​p.m.

​​​​​Noreen Lerch

• Education credentials​
  LPN; RN; BScN; MScN (Clinical Nurse Specialist)​

• Residence
  Victoria

• Current employer
  ​Case Manager, Long Term Care Access, Home and Community Care, Vancouver Island Health Authority​

• Years in practice
  48
  

• Regulatory experience
  —
  

• Volunteer/community involvement 
  Served on the board of the Intercultural Association of Victoria (ICA); also on the board of the Victoria German School, and currently the Victoria Good News Choir. Responsibilities were related to function, policy-making, fundraising, completion of government grant applications, a research project for the ICA, strategic direction, and budgets.​​​

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Cat Martin

• Education credentials
  MHS; BSN; AFC; RN​
  

• Residence​​
  Terrace
  

• Current employer
  Owner/Operator, Advanced Foot Care, Evergreen Foot Care Clinic​
  

• Years in practice
  31
  

• Regulatory experience​
  Member of Education Program Review Committee (at CRNBC, BCCNP, and BCCNM (six years)
  

• Volunteer/community involvement
  I regularly volunteer in Liberia, West Africa, where I helped set up a clinic and continue providing education to their nurses. I am often invited to speak about parenting children with mental health issues and over the years have done this with several community organizations, nursing schools and other professional groups.​
  

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​​​Rose Melynk

• Education credentials
  RN; B.Sc.N; MN
  

• Residence
  T'Kemlups te Secwepemc colonially known as Kamloops
  

• Current employer
  Program Manager, Indigenous Health, Provincial Health Services Authority
  

• Years in practice
  14
  

• Regulatory experience 
  Chaired the Secwepemc-Interior Health Letter of Understanding Interior Region Partnership Accord Technical Table & Partnership Acc​​ord Leadership table 
  Provided an anti-racism anal​​​ysis to Provincial Health Services Authority Indigenous specific feedback on care experience, including recommendations for change

• Volunteer/community involvement
  Supporting Secwepemc led community events — helper
  University of British Columbia: Faculty of Medicine Indigenous Health Advisory Council
  Thompson Rivers University: Indigenous Health Nursing Research Advisory Intergenerational mentorship Indigenous nurses

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​​​Mary-Ann Speirs​

• Education credentials
  RN
  

• Residence
  Terrace
  

• Current employer
  Registered Nurse, Mills Memorial Hospital, Northern Health Authority​
  

• Years in practice
  12
  

• Regulatory experience 
  —
  

• Volunteer/community involvement
  —
  

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Acclaimed midwife board ​​position

​​​​​Tanya Momtazian (registrant board member)

• Education credentials
  RM, MPH
  

• Residence
  Nelson
  

• Current employer
  Co-Director, Apple Tree Maternity
  

• Years in practice
  15
  

• Regulatory experience 
  BCCNM Board Member
  BCCNM Governance Committee Chair
  Previous Board Chair of College of Midwives of BC (CMBC) ​

• Volunteer/community involvement
  Started and support a registered charity, Kootenay Perinatal Support Society, associated with Apple Tree Maternity clinic. The charity enables qualification for grants and financial support to expand perinatal mental health and lactation support to the families and communities that the clinic serves in the West Kootenays.​
  

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