DIRECTORS &
OFFICERS
Keith Pelletier, Executive Director
Born and raised in Vancouver, Keith Pelletier holds a Business degree from Simon Fraser University. His career in Marketing and Advertising took him to Winnipeg and Toronto for five years before he returned to the West Coast, where he has lived for over 40 years in West Vancouver.
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Keith has served as a dirctor for several notable organisations, including the West Vancouver Foundation, the Make-A-Wish Foundation, and the Advertising Agency Association of B.C.
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An avid outdoorsman, Keith enjoys skiing, wilderness kayaking and sailing. He joined the society in 2015, was appointed to the board in 2019 and assumed the role of Executive Director in 2021.
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Lynda Roberts, Treasurer
A graduate of the UBC Library School Masters program, Lynda spent most of her professional career as the Manager of the library in a large Vancouver law firm, Bull Housser & Tupper. During her time there she managed the collection, conducted legal research, and assisted in the development of the firm’s document management system. She now works part time with a small group of lawyers to publish a bi-monthly journal, the Advocate. As the Business Manager her responsibilities include financial administration. She is putting these skills to work volunteering as the Treasurer of the WV Streamkeeper Society. When she is not cooking, probably her favourite pastime, she is active gardening, hiking, and kayaking. Working with the Streamkeepers she is hoping to learn more about local wildlife preservation and engage in citizen scientist type activities.
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​​Natasha Romero - Secretary
Natasha was born in Japan but has spent most of her life living on the North Shore. She has a BA in psychology and a diploma in Wellness Counselling and Life Coaching. She has spent the last ten years running multiple businesses and is currently the owner/operator of The Anchor Eatery in Ambleside. As a founding member of The Tiger Foundation, Natasha developed a lifelong passion for nature and wildlife conservation. She loves getting away from the city, whether hiking solo or camping and adventuring with her wife and son. She has been a volunteer with West Vancouver Streamkeepers since 2014.
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Bill McAllister
Bill is a retired lawyer and has pursued an interest in the natural world since his youth. He has participated extensively on our stream enhancement projects and leads our fundraising in support of those initiatives. He has also served on the Invasive Plant Species Strategy Working Group and sat on three committees of the West Vancouver Community Services Society. Bill is a member of Nature Vancouver, Wildlife Rescue Association of BC, Sunshine Coast Salmonid Enhancement Society, Sargeant Bay Society, Sunshine Coast Botanical Garden Society and Stanley Park Ecological Society.
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Mike Perley
Mike is an outdoor enthusiast with a broad range of interests. Actively involved in our work programs, volunteer coordination and community outreach activities since joining the society, Mike was appointed secretary in 2016. Mike is a long-time Vancouver resident and graduated from UBC with a BA in Physical Education/Recreation and a minor in Economics. He has recently retired from his career at Royal Bank of Canada after over 33 years of service in numerous communities throughout B.C.
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Keith Moger
Keith is a former ship's Master who has also worked in port operations in the UK, South America and Canada. He retired from full time employment in 2013 but continues to work part time as a Marine Consultant.
He and Jan have lived in West Vancouver since 1992 and joined Streamkeepers in 2016. Keith volunteers at the Nelson Creek Hatchery as well as assisting with creek monitoring, work plan projects and spawner salmon surveys. He is a keen boater and includes kayaking and hiking among his interests.​
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Steve MacDonald
Steve has recently retired from his position as Designated Senior Officer at the D.F.O. Pacific Enterprise Centre. Steve brings to us a wealth of scientific knowledge in the fields of maritime habitat and restoration together with a thorough understanding of our local watersheds and challenges ahead.
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Taren Urquhart
Born and raised on the North Shore, Taren enjoyed a childhood trapsing through nature with her mom (Clinical Chemist) and dad (Senior Biology teacher at WVSS). Whether it was summers spent at her family cabin in the Shuswap, camping with the Girl Guides, or collecting rocks along local beaches, Taren’s enjoyment, respect, and education through nature is and important part of her life.
Now the Arts and Special Events Programmer at the West Vancouver Memorial Library, she holds the unique position of working with community partners everyday. Part of the organizing committee of West Van’s annual Adopt-A-Fish event held every April in Memorial Park, she also enjoys teaching local gardeners and nature lovers about native pollinators, and recently created a mason bee house lending program at the library in partnership with the WV Seniors Centre.
Taren’s past endeavors include several small business ventures that created among other things, hand-made ceramic tiles, a line of hand-crafted pollinator products sold to nature stores across Canada, and a yarn manufacturing and knit design company that sold knitwear to outdoor retailer MEC. On most weekends she can be found hiking in the woods behind her house, kayaking in Deep Cove, or reading in bed.
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Leslie Pomeroy
Leslie was in born in Bermuda where the family was located during her father’s (engineer) two year stint working for the US government, but is otherwise a 3rd generation North Shore resident. She graduated from West Vancouver Secondary School and earned degrees in Archaeology (with a focus on primatology) and English from SFU, though she currently works running her family's business. Leslie has served on the boards of multiple non-profit organizations (primarily arts-based), but as a 40 year vegetarian and strong environmentalist she is thrilled to serve as a Director with the West Vancouver Streamkeepers, an organization which very much aligns with her beliefs in environmental protection and conservation and the power of citizen science. She lives in West Vancouver with family where the cats outnumber humans 2 to 1.