Board of Directors.

 
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Tamara Taggart.
President.

Tamara Taggart is a community leader, activist, veteran broadcaster, cancer survivor, mother, and former candidate in the 2019 Canadian election. She and her husband Dave have three children—son Beckett and daughters Zoë and Poppy.

Born and raised in Vancouver, Tamara is a community leader who advocates for others and raises much-needed funds for many important causes. Throughout her career as a broadcaster on local television, radio and digital media, Tamara earned her place as a trusted voice for people in Vancouver. She has focused two decades of volunteer efforts on health care and the well-being of children and people with disabilities.

In 2015 Tamara was awarded the Order of BC—the highest honour awarded by the Government of British Columbia—in recognition of her years of public service. She also received an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from the University of the Fraser Valley in 2016.

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Katie Jameson.
Director.

Katie is a mother to four beautiful kiddos, a family photographer, a writer, and an outspoken advocate for Grief and Disability awareness.

She lives and works in Vancouver BC.

You can find her advocacy for grief here: Life Love Loss

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Shawn Bouchard.
Director.

Shawn is a consultant who works with established and emerging businesses to build high performance customer-facing and operational teams. 

He has direct experience interfacing with government and community-based agencies working with Down syndrome clients to ensure that his brother received the best care and attention he deserved. Advocating for the rights and dignity of people with Down syndrome is something he is passionate about. He is pleased to join with his fellow board members to engage our elected and appointed representatives to improve the standards and delivery mechanisms that govern the care and well-being of people with developmental disabilities in our province.

He lives in Vancouver with his wife Jessica, and beyond work he has a keen interest in exploring all that BC has to offer.


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Rebecca Rubenstein.
Vice President.

Rebecca is a former mining finance professional turned stay-at-home parent to Leo, who loves books, music, and Signing Time, and who has Down syndrome as well as a life-limiting complex heart-lung disease.

Rebecca was born and raised in Vancouver BC and lives there with her husband and son. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from Queen’s University and is a CFA Charterholder.

Becoming a parent to a medically complex child has highlighted for Rebecca the importance of connection to family and community and she hopes that her work with Down syndrome BC will help foster increased connection and the development of robust support networks throughout the provincial Down syndrome community.

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Megan Przada.
Treasurer.

Megan is a Chartered Professional Accountant currently working in the healthcare sector, and with experience providing financial consulting services for a wide range of industries including government and not-for-profit organizations. She has a passion for giving back through volunteer work, and the mission of Down syndrome BC is particularly close to her heart. She resides on Vancouver Island with her husband and two daughters, who share her great love for travel and food, with British Columbia being one of their favourite places to explore.

Sandra Davies.
Director.

Sandra lives in Prince Rupert, BC and is the parent of a daughter with Down syndrome. For much of her daughter’s school years, she was the only student with Down syndrome in her community, giving Sandra a unique perspective on the challenges and benefits of raising a child with Down syndrome in a small town.

Sandra has extensive board experience, including a decade as President of the Westview Childcare Society. She currently serves on the board of the local skating club, where she champions inclusion, and is also an active volunteer coach with Special Olympics.

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Mary Ann Cummings.
Secretary.

Mary Ann practiced law in Vancouver for 30 years. She gained experience working with a large Board and committees at the Law Society of British Columbia (15years). After she retired, she sat as a director for two children's charities, KidCareCanada Society (secretary, 2010-2020) and Books for Me! Literacy Foundation (president, 2011-2020).

Mary Ann has always been committed to the idea that every child should be given the opportunity to realize their full potential and hopes to bring her experience in promoting early childhood development to Down syndrome BC.

She is the grandmother of four, including an amazing little boy with Down syndrome.

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Paul Crowley.
Director.

Paul is a Professional Engineer and Chartered Program Manager supporting defence related projects. He and his spouse, Salome, live in Victoria and have raised three children. Their youngest, Sean, is twenty-one, has Mosaic Down syndrome and is hard at work charting out his path as an adult with a developmental disability.

Paul has been an active leader and volunteer in the Down syndrome community, both locally and at the national level, serving on the board of the Canadian Down Syndrome Society since 2019 and serving as President of the Greater Victoria Down Syndrome Society since 2016.

Having seen both locally and across Canada the lack of adequate support networks for the developmental disability community, Paul hopes to advance opportunities for adults with Down syndrome to reach their full potential and also ensure that families, especially aging caregivers, have appropriate supports in place to help their children with Down syndrome continue to grow and thrive beyond the school aged years.