Heather is the Grants Committee Chair and is also involved with the Marketing and Nominating Committees. She is retired from her position as a Deputy District Registrar with Court Services in Rossland, where she dealt with community issues for 17 years, and has volunteered with various community organizations including United Way, Golden City Days, the Bear Smart Task Force and Visions for Small Schools among others. She was born and raised in the Trail/Rossland area and has a keen sense of the community needs, especially now that a second generation of Brandvold’s will be utilizing services and enjoying the many benefits of living in this area. When she’s not volunteering, Heather enjoys x-country skiing, hiking, adventures with her standard poodle Loki, biking, yoga, quigong, gardening, reading and relaxing with Doug, her partner of 38 years.