Police Board

One of the longest serving members in Port Moody history, Meghan was first elected to council in 1996. Residents for over 30 years, Meghan and her husband raised their three children in Port Moody. In addition to serving her community as a City councilor, Meghan has been a community volunteer through Girl Guides, Port Moody Soccer, Port Moody Lacrosse, Share Food Bank, Rotary, and more. She has numerous interests and accomplishments, including world travel, dog sports, golf, hiking and cycling. In her professional career, Meghan spent almost 20 years working as an educator, college director, and provincial director for a large private post-secondary institution. During that time, she developed her skills as a regional manager overseeing several business entities and was responsible for hundreds of employees along with several multi million dollar budgets. Meghan is also the owner and operator of a small business. Meghan has led many city initiatives that she is very proud of and has represented the City of Port Moody regionally, federally, and internationally with distinction. She was honoured to represent the community in receiving the International Livable Communities Award for "Planning for the Future," and on a personal level, she was the recipient of the national environmental Clements Award in 2019 in the category of "Most Outstanding Canadian Politician".

Manjit Aujla has been with BC Hydro for over 25 years and is currently working as a Business Services Manager providing financial and business support for the Operations Directors and their respective teams. She holds Bachelor's of Business Administration from Simon Fraser University and a Chartered Professional Accountant designation. She previously volunteered as PAC Treasurer in her daughter’s elementary school and as an avid cyclist and past member of the Tricity Cycling Club and the former Westwood Cycling Club, participated in various charity rides in the community and raised funds for youth cycling programs, Eagle Ridge Hospital Foundation, Parkinson’s research for the Michael J. Fox Foundation and the Canadian Mental Health Association.

A.J. is a Métis lawyer (Saulteaux / British) and a mother, and she became a General Law Practice partner at the Law Office of M.J. Carstairs, K.C., and A.J. Carstairs LLP in 2022. A.J. enjoys legal writing, research, and legislation design. As a lawyer, A.J. practices in Indigenous legal issues, including legal research; Wills and Estates, including Indigenous Wills; not-for-profit organizations, including business structures; and other areas of General Law Practice. As a senior police murder detective, A.J. was initially called to the Bar of England and Wales in 2015 and, more recently, to the Bar in British Columbia. As a bronze and silver medalist in the World Open Karate Championships, A.J. is an author of a book for Self Defense and Protection Awareness for Women. In Canada, A.J. achieved the National Canadian Accreditation examinations in Law through the Federation of Law Societies of Canada, including Aboriginal Law, Canadian Constitutional Law, and Tax Law, in 2019. In the U.K., A.J. read Law at the University of Law and London South Bank University. A.J. had previously read police studies, including criminology, at the University of Portsmouth and, more recently, advanced writing and critical reasoning at the University of Oxford.

Chloe Goodison is the Executive Director of NaloxHome, a Tri-Cities based non-profit that provides free and comprehensive overdose crisis education and naloxone training to high school students and community organizations. At NaloxHome, Chloe leads a team of 45+ local youth, who can be found presenting their science-backed curriculum, arranging clothing drives, or cleaning up local trails. After graduating from Heritage Woods Secondary in 2020, Chloe began her studies at Simon Fraser University, where she is completing a Bachelor's of Science in Health Sciences, concentrating on Public Health & Data, on Entrance Scholarship. Chloe works as a Recreation Leader at the City of Coquitlam. She is a Stakeholder and Leadership Executive at the Tri-Cities Community Action Team, and the President of The FentaNIL Project at SFU. As well, Chloe coaches two teams at Port Moody Soccer Club and she volunteers once a week in the Emergency Department at Eagle Ridge Hospital. Chloe was named “Volunteer of the Year” for SHARE Family & Community Services in 2022, as well as “Volunteer of the Year” at the City of Port Coquitlam in 2023. Chloe was a finalist for the 2023 Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce Business Excellence Awards in the category of “Young Professional of the Year.” Chloe has won the SFU Student Community Engagement Competition twice and has received the Dr. Jack Uppal Award for Community Service in both 2021 and 2022 through the Faculty of Health Sciences at SFU. Chloe is a lifelong Port Moody resident who can often be found walking her dogs on the Shoreline Trail, playing soccer in a women’s league, or supporting local businesses right here in Port Moody.

Shahid has been, over the last 30 plus years, an active member of the telecom, multimedia and Information, Computer and Communications technology industries and the high-tech business community. He has been a senior executive of various leading edge high-tech companies including Bell-Northern Research /Nortel, MPR TelTech, Microtel, BC Telecom, TELUS Inc. and Stentor Inc. He was president and CEO of NewMic; a Vancouver based multimedia and new media corporation. He was the Chairman of the School of Information and Communication Technology, a member of the executive team of the University of Trinidad &Tobago, and an advisor to the government for business and economic development. Shahid has served on many corporate boards and committees including the Science Council of BC, the Advanced Systems Institute of BC, MITACS Network Centre of Excellence, and the Telecom Authority of T&T. He was a member of the advisory boards of UBC Electrical and Computer Engineering and SFU Applied Sciences faculties and general chairman of the ICC 99 and ISSLS 93 international conferences. He was also the Chairman of MITACS Industrial Advisory Board and a member of the City of Port Moody Economic Development Committee. He recently retired as a board member and VP of a fire and rescue services organization and is currently serving as president of Stanley Point Property Owners Association on Pender Island. Shahid received his PhD in electrical and computer engineering from UBC and he and his family have been living in the safe and beautiful city of Port Moody for the last 40 years.

Ms. Kuznyetsova is the Vice President, Financial Services with TransLink. With over a decade in public service, Olga has held a number of progressively senior roles in healthcare (Provincial Health Services Authority) and with ICBC. She has led he teams and her organizations through difficult and challenging times, including the pandemic and charting the course for post-pandemic recovery.

Wendy Ham has been a CPA in good standing for over 20 years and is currently the Executive Director of the Aboriginal Financial Officer's Association of BC (AFOA BC), a not-for-profit Indigenous organization that provides capacity development training and education to First Nations and Indigenous people in BC.   Prior to her role there, she worked as the Finance Director of Semath First Nation in Abbotsford. Wendy is also on her second term as Director on the Board of the Chartered Professional Accountants of BC. Prior to working with First Nations, Wendy was the Controller for COPE Local 378 (now Move UP), a Union representing ICBC and other Crown Corporations and prior to that she spent many years working in the Private Post-Secondary Education sector and sat on the Board of the BC Career Colleges Association. She also worked with the Provincial Government to help modify the BC Student Loans programs to increase success for repayment of student loans in the private post-secondary sector. Wendy is dedicated to life-long learning, is a facilitator of workshops in finance, governance and strategy in First Nation communities and also holds a certificate in First Nations Property Tax Administration. She is an avid hiker and dog lover and lives in Port Moody with her husband, daughter and a 10 lb Pomeranian fur-baby.  

Jeff Summers has experience sitting on several different boards. One of the most notable was when, after several presentations as an employee of a private company’s board, he received a promotion to become a member of this board. Jeff has also had an appointment on the public library of Port Moody’s board. He has also sat on two strata councils which had many of the same board processes, committees and rules in place. While on these boards he was part of the policy, governance and audit committees. Additionally, from his professional experience, Jeff has been exposed to several industries, including recruiting, public-sector, non-profit, retail, technology and finance/insurance. As such, he has worked on numerous succession plans, compensation plans, IT roadmaps, intellectual property policies, cyber-security policies, risk analysis plans/registers (including the contingency plans for said risks) and audits. He has also completed the ICD (Institute of Corporate Directors) Governance Essentials Program. Jeff has been a multifaceted business leader, who has held a number of roles, including managing founder at Float into the Clouds, CTO at iwinBACK Sales and Senior Director at Mindfield Group.