Kerri Simmons, RPF, is the incoming a Forest Professionals British Columbia (FPBC) Board chair. Kerri was vice-chair the past year and previously served as a councilor-at-large for a three-year term that ended in 2020.

Kerri arrived in BC from Newfoundland to plant trees in 1990 and returned each of the following four springs to do the same. Kerri enrolled in the College of New Caledonia’s Forest Resource Technology Program in 1994, and after completing it, along with another year of courses, enrolled in FPBC’s pupil program while working for consultants, and as a seasonal employee with Canadian Forest Products Ltd.

Kerri became an RPF in 2004 and boasts experience in multi-phase development fieldwork, cutting authority administration, silviculture, planning and permitting, as well as harvesting supervision, GIS co-ordination, and safety roles.

Kerri is currently director of Indigenous partnerships at Canfor and leads the company’s Indigenous engagement working group. Kerri was previously tenures co-ordinator for Canfor, looking after tenure management, certification, and compliance for BC and Alberta operations. Kerri is also past chair of Canfor’s diversity council.

Kerri volunteered on the 2017 FPBC conference and AGM host committee and helped test FPBC’s new registration process.