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 the program, 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, safety roles, certification and forest tenures. Her most recent position was Director, Indigenous Partnerships, leading Canfor’s Indigenous engagement strategy and Indigenous partnerships. Kerri is also past chair of Canfor’s diversity council and has volunteered on the 2017 and 2022 FPBC conference and AGM host committee, and helped test FPBC’s new registration process.