Board members are elected by Provincial Council with the exception of the space held for an Indigenous director and a director from an equity-deserving group. If you are interested in joining the Board of Directors, please contact Lisa Taylor at ea@cbabc.org.
President
Connor Bildfell he/him
McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Vancouver,
BC
Connor Bildfell
Biography
Connor Bildfell is a partner in the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Group at McCarthy Tétrault’s Vancouver office. He represents clients in private arbitrations and before courts at all levels, including the Supreme Court of Canada. His practice focuses on commercial litigation, class actions, privacy disputes, public law disputes, and regulatory disputes. He clerked at the Supreme Court of Canada and the B.C. Court of Appeal, and graduated as the gold medallist at UBC LawFirst Vice President
Sarah L. Klinger she/her
Law Office of Sarah L. Klinger
Victoria,
BC
Second Vice President
Dimple Kainth she/her
Satya Law
Burnaby,
BC
Finance & Audit Committee Chair
Daniel A.T. Moseley
McQuarrie LLP
Surrey,
BC
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Representative
Jacquelyn E. Miller she/her
Artemis Advocacy
Victoria,
BC
Young Lawyer Rep
Anwarullah Mujtabah
Crease Harman LLP
Victoria,
BC
Director at Large
Rebecca L. Darnell
Darnell Law Group
Surrey,
BC
Director at Large
Laurel D. Hogg she/her
Heinrichs Richards LLP
Kelowna,
BC
Director at Large
Zach M. Romano
Fasken
Vancouver,
BC
Director at Large
Sonali Sharma she/her
Athena Law
Vancouver,
BC
Director at Large
Sybila K. Valdivieso she/her
Provincial Health Services Authority
Vancouver,
BC
CEO/Executive Director
Kerry L. Simmons, K.C. she/her
Canadian Bar Association - BC Branch
Vancouver,
BC
Kerry L. Simmons, K.C.
Biography
Kerry is the Chief Executive Officer of the CBA, BC Branch. She is a past president of the CBA (2017-18) and a past president of the CBA, BC Branch (2012-13). She served as the Co-chair of the CBA Truth and Reconciliation Task Force and the Chair of the Governance Transition Task Force moving the CBA from the structure pre-2016 to that implemented in 2016-17.