Our Current Board Members elected February 2026!
Aaron Mazurek – President – Central Market Planning Committee
Aaron is a full time organic farmer in qathet, also working as an organic farm inspector on Vancouver Island. He sits on the Powell River Farmers’ Agricultural Institute and qathet Agricultural Advisory Boards. Aaron is dedicated to growing and distributing local food and building our region’s food security and self reliance. After years of conversations with food consumers and farmers, he has teamed up with other local advocates to start the Central Farmers’ Market Committee. The Committee’s goal is to further expand locally grown and produced food in our region.
Jacqueline Huddleston – Secretary
Bio: A founding member of Skookum, Jacqueline served on the board for 2 years in the early days of the co-op. For the last 5 years she has been busy forming and developing Hearthstone Village, a local cohousing cooperative where she lives. Now with her house built and their membership growing, she once again has time to volunteer for Skookum. With a background in food processing and small animal husbandry she has hosted many workshops, socials and work parties. Her passion and enthusiasm lies in membership engagement, and she plans on organizing events where members of Skookum can share and continue to grow their knowledge of healthy food systems.
Amber Gould – President
Bio: Amber is a dynamic creative and mystic in the matrix who centers the practice of Active Hope. Amber has a deep dedication to regenerative, practical, and responsive land-based lifeways that connect people together and create village dynamics. Genuine and present with a dedication to nurturing connections, Amber is a believer, beyond all reason, in the more beautiful world our hearts know is possible, and that we all have a role to play in creating that world, one conscious, compassionate and audacious act at a time.
Brian Hiebert – Director at Large – Gleaner Organizer
Bio: Brian has a deep love, respect, and gratitude for plants and the earth that is sustaining life. He feels local food is important to foster community and deepen our sense of physical, social and emotional wellbeing. He enjoys gardening, foraging, fishing, practicing herbalism, and woodworking with sustainably sourced wood. Brian believes and has experienced to some degree that nurturing healthy relationships with community and all living things around us can bring a deeper sense of belonging, purpose and security.