OUR BOARD
These people volunteer their time to help guide our work.
Director: Amy K. Gill (She/Her)
Amy K. Gill is a senior financial professional with more than 17 years of diverse experience in Vancouver and abroad. She has played a strategic role in a wide range of organizations that span from multinational public sector companies, to privately held startups, in addition to government and non-profit organizations.
Amy is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, CGA) and a graduate of Simon Fraser University (BBA). She currently serves as the CFO at the Vancouver Chinatown Foundation, a not for profit dedicated to the cultural, economic and community revitalization of Chinatown. She serves on multiple boards providing governance and oversight and gets tremendous fulfilment from giving back.
Amy has always been moved by how RainCity serves the most vulnerable members of our community with the dignity and respect that they deserve. She is passionate about helping people struggling with mental health, trauma, homelessness and substance use issues. She previously served as Treasurer at RainCity from 2012-2014 before moving abroad. She is excited to be back!
Director: Jackie Graham (She/Her)
Bio coming soon!
Director: Squire Hall (He/They)
Bio coming soon!
Director: Julia Kaisla (She/They)
Bio coming soon!
Chair: Chris Little (She/Her)
Chris Little is a CPA, CA with over 20 years of finance, operations and strategic management experience. Over the course of her career Chris has worked in public practice, industry, a variety of consulting roles and has now followed her passion to the not-for-profit sector.
Chris is currently the Vice President of Corporate Services at the Vancouver Foundation. Prior to that she was Chief Financial Officer and Director of Finance at MakeWay, project management consultant at Vancity, co-founder and Director of Operations at Reconciliation Canada and Senior Manager at Ernst & Young LLP.
Chris has a passion for governance and strategic management and is thrilled to serve RainCity in this role.
Vice Chair: Kendra Milne (She/They)
Kendra Milne is a lawyer who works to use the law to create positive social change, particularly to support people who have traditionally been marginalized or disempowered in their communities. She currently leads the mental health and substance use-related policy work at a large provincial non-profit organization, and has previously worked to reform law and policy to better support intersectional gender equality, economic security and housing security in BC.
For many years Kendra ran a busy anti-poverty administrative law practice focused on the human rights of people living in poverty, during which she worked directly with hundreds clients throughout BC to advocate for their rights before decision-makers ranging from the residential tenancy branch to the Supreme Court of Canada. That experience deeply entrenched Kendra’s commitment to value the expertise that individuals hold about their own lives, needs and experiences.
Kendra is excited to join the RainCity board given the organization’s commitment to equity, transparency and recognizing the strengths of every person.
Director: Laura Track (She/Her)
Laura is a human rights lawyer at a busy non-profit legal organization. She represents complainants in cases before the BC Human Rights Tribunal and assists people to understand and assert their legal right to be free from discrimination. Laura has long been committed to using the law and her legal education to advance human rights, equality, and access to basic needs. She has worked on constitutional and human rights cases advancing the right to housing, prisoners' rights, racial justice, and freedom from gender-based violence, and fought for law and policy reform in areas including family law, accountability of law enforcement agencies, and access to legal aid.
Laura enjoys spending time in nature and exploring the beautiful lands of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations, where she is privileged to have grown up. She is inspired by RainCity's commitments to reciprocity, connection, and ongoing learning, and delighted to serve on the RainCity board of directors.