Executive
Lynn Guengerich (President)
Lynn received a Bachelors of Science in nursing and a Family Nurse Practitioner Certificate from Arkansas State University in 1986 and Master of Science and Pediatric Nurse Practitioner from Texas Woman's University in 1994. Lynn has been certified in the US as a PNP by the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners and is a fellow of that organization. She currently works at Access Midwifery & Family Care in Victoria where she partners with another family nurse practitioner and midwives to provide primary care to children and families. She is also an adjunct assistant professor for the University of Victoria School of Nursing.
Kathleen Fyvie (Past-President)
Kathleen has had the exciting and challenging opportunity to develop a role as the first NP in a Trauma Service in BC. RCH is the tertiary trauma facility for the Fraser Health Authority and in January 2008, the RCH Trauma Service introduced a collaborative NP/Physician team dedicated to providing optimum care to multiply-injured trauma patients.
Kathleen has held executive positions with BCNPA and been involved in conference-planning since the association was formalized in 2005. “I am committed to build on our momentum in working with government, health authority and public stakeholders to facilitate integration of all licensed NPs to improve access and enhance quality of healthcare for British Columbians.”
Education: RN, VCC; BSN, Kwantlen University College; MN, NP (Family), University of Victoria 2005
Paul Perry (President Elect)
Paul is currently working as a nurse practitioner for the northern health authority in family practice. He graduated from the BCIT nursing diploma program and after a number of years attended UBC for his undergraduate degree. He graduated from the University of Victoria master of nursing program in the nurse practitioner stream. His background is varied and includes everything from acute care to critical care and working in the specialty of HIV care and hospital administration.
He has been an active member of the BCNPA for a number of years, most recently he has been working with the strategic direction committee and he is currently the executive liaison for the communication committee. Working towards sustainable employment solutions for all nurse practitioners while increasing access to health care for all British Columbians is his primary focus and he looks forward to working with all the BCNPA members.
Barb Radons (Treasurer)
Barb is currently working as a family NP with a geriatric focus. She is employed by Fraser Health and works with the New Westminster Home Health Service. Her practice centers on the provision of primary care services to a homebound and frail elderly population within New Westminster. Barbara has a background in critical care and emergency nursing, having worked 25 years at St Paul’s Hospital in downtown Vancouver. She obtained her MN degree from University of Victoria in 2005. Barbara has been active in supporting the work of BCNPA over the past 4 years and is committed to promoting NP practice within the province of British Columbia.
Karen McLoughlin (Secretary)
Karen is currently registered as an Adult Nurse Practitioner with the CRNBC and is working with the Acute General Surgery Service at Vancouver General Hospital. In this role she is an interdisciplinary team member responsible for co-managing surgical patients throughout their admission (emergency to follow up outpatient clinic assessment), as well as providing an advanced practice nursing resource to the interdisciplinary team. She is an avid skier and volunteer on the Blackcomb Ski Patrol. She also sits on the Nurse Practitioner Standards committee for CRNBC.
Karen’s nursing background includes research, cardiovascular/thoracic, emergency and ICU.
Karen has been an active participant in the BCNPA general membership and looks forward to further contributions as an executive member.
Education: BA, BScN University of Western Ontario 1997. Masters/ACNP (Adult) University of Toronto, 2006
Bonnie Giovannetti (Regional Representative- Vancouver Coastal Region)
Bonnie graduated from the University of Toronto Adult Nurse Practitioner Program in 2008. She had the exciting & challenging opportunity to develop the NP role on Neurosurgery at VGH. In this role, she works with the interdisciplinary team and is responsible for co-managing neurosurgical patents post operatively. These patients include brain tumors, aneurysms, head trauma, intracranial hemorrhages and a variety of other brain diagnosis! She also sits on the newly formed Brain Care committee, an exciting role that will no doubt bring patient care improvements across the spectrum of diagnosis and treatment of primary brain tumors.
Bonnie's background includes Adjunct Professor at UBC, clinical teaching and ICU.
Bonnie looks forward to becoming more active with BCNPA and is excited about the year ahead.
Sue Peck (Regional Representative- Fraser Health Region)
Profile pending
Deborah Lewis (Regional Representative - BC Interior Health Region)
Deb graduated form UBC as Family Nurse Practitioner. I am an FNP working in a semi rural community of 2,000 that swells by at least 10,000 in the summer months due to holiday visitors to our community. It is challenging changing strategies in my practice from managing chronic diseases and being the main provider of women's health in our area to dealing with the episodic events/accidents of holiday activities. It keeps me current in the full scope of NP practice. My recent challenge is in the changing world of Primary Care and moving toward offering service in our neighboring First Nations communities.
I hope to provide insight from the perspective of our varying regional communities and practices within the Interior Health Authority.
Ruth Larson (Regional Representative - Vancouver Island Region)
Ruth received her Diploma in Nursing from Vancouver General Hospital School of Nursing in 1985. She completed both her Bachelor of Nursing and her Masters of Nursing (NP Stream) at the University of Victoria. Since graduation from the NP program in 2007, she has worked as an NP for the Vancouver Island Health Authority in a Primary Health Care Clinic for persons aged 55+. Ruth has been a regular attendee of the BCNPA AGM in past years, and has been a presenter at past BCNPA conferences. She is also the past chair (2009) of the VIHA, NP Community of Practice.
“I am proud to be in a community of nurses that work tirelessly to advance a model of care for patients that is both collaborative and patient focused. I view the BCNPA as an important vehicle for communicating to legislative authorities, and to the public, about the positive contributions NPs do make to the publicly funded health care system. We have an enormous potential for transformation of primary health care in B.C. There is still much work to be done to continue this transformation, and to advance collaborative practice models that maximize the use of the knowledge and skill of Nurse Practitioners. I look forward to working with the executive, and members of the BCNPA, to continue this work.”
Cindy Fehr (Student Rep)
Cindy is a student in the Nurse Practitioner program at the University of Northern British Columbia, completing her second of four years in the part-time FNP stream. Cindy also has a full-time teaching position in the Bachelor of Science in Nursing program at Vancouver Island University where she teaches advanced gerontology theory and practice courses to third year students. Cindy is also engaged in older adult research and community committee memberships focused on person-centered care. Her nursing experience ranges from medical-surgical, critical and post-op care, through to palliative and residential care.
Education: Bachelor of Science in Nursing from University of British Columbia (1994); Master of Education from University of Calgary (2004); Canadian Nurses Association certification in Gerontology (2007)
Erica Holling ( Student Representative)
Erica obtained her undergraduate degree from Malaspina University-College and is a student in the Advanced Nursing Practice (NP) Program at Athabasca University.
She is a faculty member of the BSN Program at Vancouver Island University, and continues to work in acute surgery at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital.
Shanda Rojas (Regional Representative- Northern Health Region)
Profile pending