New ‘Community Living BC’ Board Members to include Vernon’s Julia Payson

Seven new members were appointed to the board of directors for Community Living BC (CLBC), the provincial Crown corporation that supports more than 21,000 people with developmental disabilities throughout B.C.

Board members provide oversight and guidance in alignment with the Province’s goal to make B.C. a more accessible and inclusive province for people with disabilities.

The seven new board directors include:

* Julia Payson, executive director, Canadian Mental Health Association, Vernon and District branch where she works with a team to improve mental health for all.

Previously, she was secretariat director of the Community Action Initiative and executive director of the John Howard Society of British Columbia.

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She is a board director for the BC Non-Profit Housing Association, where she promotes safe and affordable housing throughout the province.

She has worked internationally in emergency medical aid in Sudan, Bangladesh and Papua New Guinea.

Payson volunteers as a board consultant with Vantage Point and as a board development committee member for the BC SPCA. She holds a bachelor of arts from the University of British Columbia.