Valerie and her husband John made the decision to move across the country from southern Ontario to Prince Rupert in 2011, thus began her love of the West Coast. In the fall of 2016 they made the Sunshine Coast their home. Valerie provides leadership and business direction for our locally run Co-operators, Sunshine Coast Insurance Services Inc. where she specializes in holistic life insurance and financial planning.
In 2021 she strengthened her quality of service by obtaining the widely recognized Qualified Associate Financial Planning Designation through FP Canada. Since childhood, participating in and giving back to her community has always been important to Valerie. Currently, she volunteers with Keeping People Housed through Sunshine Coast Community Services Society, our local rent bank program serving on the loans evaluation committee.
Previously, on the coast, she has volunteered at the Nicholas Sontag Marine Education Centre and has been a board member in various capacities to a few different organizations in her time. In her spare time, she loves hiking our beautiful trails with Julia, her French bulldog and reading on the beach. Valerie brings an open mind, an open heart and a keen eye to the SCRC board and she looks forward to being a part of this vital organization.