Meet Our Board
Doris Bruce
Chair
Doris is a retired Registered Nurse with over 40 years working in Community Health and as a Consultant. Doris has knowledge and experience in leadership, conflict resolution and program development. She is passionate about the work The Farm does to address food insecurity in our community and the programs and volunteering opportunities offered which help reduce social isolation in seniors. When she is not volunteering on the Flower Power team at The Farm, Doris enjoys hiking, biking, and travel.
Bob is a retired CPA, CMA, who has acted as our treasurer since 2016 after retiring from a career as a local insurance executive and licensed insurance broker. If you don’t find Bob at the farm, you’re sure to find him on one of the local golf courses.
Bob King
Treasurer
Sheilagh Pace
Director
Sheilagh is a retired Elementary School Principal with the Burnaby School District. She is on the Sharing Farm Board because she wants to support the work of the farm to address food insecurity in the Richmond Community and to support and promote the educational and volunteer programs on the farm.
Sheilagh is also an avid long-distance hiker, a beginner pickleball player, and she loves to read.
Kyla Hochfilzer
Director
Kyla is a graduate of the Kwantlen Richmond Farm School program and is passionate about sustainable food and agriculture. She also brings over a decade of marketing experience in the organic food and tourism industries. Kyla is currently the Acting Senior Director of Global Marketing at Destination Canada.
Traci Corr
Director
Bio Coming Soon
Debbie Yan
Director
Debbie was born and raised in Vancouver, BC and is currently a VP of Finance for a global GPS tracking software company. Prior to joining The Sharing Farm, Debbie also held the position of treasurer for another non-profit affiliated with SFU that focused on awareness of DEI issues.
As well as being an accountant, Debbie is involved with CPA BC as a mentor to upcoming students in the program. In her spare time, she is a huge foodie and loves to do food-based projects with her husband. She is so excited to be part of the Board and hopes that she can help to bring awareness of the values of the Sharing Farm to the larger community as a member.
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Yvonne deBoer
Director
Yvonne has worked for 20 years in business development for engineering service providers for the global mining sector. Through this, she gained exposure to and appreciation of critical ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) initiatives undertaken by mining companies to build their social license to operate within communities and larger jurisdictions. When considering how she as an individual could contribute to the community, she chose to focus on her own backyard. As a passionate gardener, the vision and mission of The Sharing Farm is well-aligned with her own personal values.
Yvonne has been a Richmond resident since 2010. When not gardening, she enjoys adventurous travel, baking artisanal sourdough bread, and doing anything in the great outdoors.
Cari Goldin
Director
Bio Coming Soon
