BCSTA's Board of Directors

Carolyn Broady is a third term trustee and current chair of the SD45 (West Vancouver) board of education. She has represented her board as a BCPSEA representative and provincial councillor, and has served on a number of BCSTA committees including the Professional Learning Committee (chair) and Legislative Committee. She is currently the vice-president of BCSTA and vice-president of the Canadian School Boards Association (CSBA).

A mother of two children, Carolyn is passionate about public education and believes that we need to continue to work to ensure that every student in our K-12 system gets the support and individualized attention they need to reach their full potential.

Phone: 604-734-2721
E-mail: cbroady@bcsta.org

John is a UBC Native Indian Teacher Education Program graduate and former elementary school teacher and principal and district principal for First Nations education. His teaching career began in 1994 and he transitioned to the post-secondary level in 2007. He is a member of the Upper Nicola Indian Band in the Nicola Valley. John has been involved in First Nations education at both the K-12 and post-secondary levels for his entire career. His research interests include marginalized people within education and Indigenous education. John has been married for 30 years and is the father to two sons.

Phone: 604-734-2721
E-mail: jchenoweth@bcsta.org

Since beginning his teaching career in Squamish in the early 1970s, Rick has spent five decades as a teacher, principal and trustee in School District 48 (Sea to Sky). He holds a Master’s degree in curriculum studies from the University of British Columbia, and has worked for the University of Victoria and Malaspina University training the next generation of teachers.

Rick has served on the board of education in Sea to Sky since 2005, and has been chair for 12 years. He is especially proud of Sea to Sky’s record of significantly improving Indigenous grad rates while at the same time virtually eliminating suspensions from school. There are no laurels to sit upon, however, because in Sea to Sky, as well as across the province, there is much to do before equity is achieved.

As the father of two adult daughters (both teachers), with two grandchildren, Rick loves to be surrounded by his family and friends. Proud to call Brackendale home, Rick resides in the same house he built himself in 1974. When not at home, Rick is likely to be found exploring the outdoors. He has a passion for backpacking, hiking and cycling, and a few years ago rode his bicycle from Canada to Mexico. Other adventures have included racing under sail from Victoria to Maui.

Rick believes that public education is a cornerstone of our democracy, and that effective board governance is our organization’s most important way to support our students.

Phone: 604-734-2721
E-mail: rprice@bcsta.org

Before joining BCSTA, Suzanne Hoffman held several positions in public education.

Her career started with Mission Public Schools before moving to the Langley School District, where she spent most of her career as a teacher, administrator, and superintendent. Suzanne was then seconded to the Ministry of Education as part of the curriculum outreach team. While working in the ministry, she also held the positions of chief educator and the superintendent of learning transformation. In January 2018, Suzanne became the first female superintendent at the Vancouver School Board. In 2021, Suzanne joined BCSTA, where she is excited and appreciative of the opportunity to take on the CEO role.

Suzanne is a wife, a mom to two grown children and a cairn terrier, and a passionate lifelong learner currently living on the unceded territory of the Katzie and Kwantlen Nations.

She is honoured and humbled to support BCSTA’s board of directors and boards of education across B.C.

Phone: 778-945-3299
E-mail: shoffman@bcsta.org