Mayor Meghan Lahti, Chair

One of the longest serving members in Port Moody history, Meghan was first elected to council in 1996. Residents for over 30 years, Meghan and her husband raised their three children in Port Moody. In addition to serving her community as a City councillor, Meghan has been a community volunteer through Girl Guides, Port Moody Soccer, Port Moody Lacrosse, Share Food Bank, Rotary, and more. She has numerous interests and accomplishments, including world travel, dog sports, golf, hiking and cycling. In her professional career, Meghan spent almost 20 years working as an educator, college director, and provincial director for a large private post-secondary institution. During that time, she developed her skills as a regional manager overseeing several business entities and was responsible for hundreds of employees along with several multi million dollar budgets. Meghan is also the owner and operator of a small business. Meghan has led many city initiatives that she is very proud of and has represented the City of Port Moody regionally, federally, and internationally with distinction. She was honoured to represent the community in receiving the International Livable Communities Award for "Planning for the Future," and on a personal level, she was the recipient of the national environmental Clements Award in 2019 in the category of "Most Outstanding Canadian Politician".

Chloe Goodison

Chloe Goodison is the Executive Director of NaloxHome, a Tri-Cities based non-profit that provides free and comprehensive overdose crisis education and naloxone training to high school students and community organizations. At NaloxHome, Chloe leads a team of 45+ local youth, who can be found presenting their science-backed curriculum, arranging clothing drives, or cleaning up local trails. After graduating from Heritage Woods Secondary in 2020, Chloe began her studies at Simon Fraser University, where she is completing a Bachelors of Science in Health Sciences, concentrating on Public Health & Data, on Entrance Scholarship. Chloe works as a Recreation Leader at the City of Coquitlam. She is a Stakeholder and Leadership Executive at the Tri-Cities Community Action Team, and the President of The FentaNIL Project at SFU. As well, Chloe coaches two teams at Port Moody Soccer Club and she volunteers once a week in the Emergency Department at Eagle Ridge Hospital. Chloe was named “Volunteer of the Year” for SHARE Family & Community Services in 2022, as well as “Volunteer of the Year” at the City of Port Coquitlam in 2023. Chloe was a finalist for the 2023 Tri-Cities Chamber of Commerce Business Excellence Awards in the category of “Young Professional of the Year.” Chloe has won the SFU Student Community Engagement Competition twice, and has received the Dr. Jack Uppal Award for Community Service in both 2021 and 2022 through the Faculty of Health Sciences at SFU. Chloe is a lifelong Port Moody resident who can often be found walking her dogs on the Shoreline Trail, playing soccer in a women’s league, or supporting local businesses right here in Port Moody.

Alison J. Carstairs

A.J. is a Métis lawyer (Saulteaux / British) and a mother, and she became a General Law Practice partner at the Law Office of M.J. Carstairs, K.C., and A.J. Carstairs LLP in 2022. A.J. enjoys legal writing, research, and legislation design. As a lawyer, A.J. practices in Indigenous legal issues, including legal research; Wills and Estates, including Indigenous Wills; not-for-profit organizations, including business structures; and other areas of General Law Practice. As a senior police murder detective, A.J. was initially called to the Bar of England and Wales in 2015 and, more recently, to the Bar in British Columbia. As a bronze and silver medalist in the World Open Karate Championships, A.J. is an author of a book for Self Defense and Protection Awareness for Women. In Canada, A.J. achieved the National Canadian Accreditation examinations in Law through the Federation of Law Societies of Canada, including Aboriginal Law, Canadian Constitutional Law, and Tax Law, in 2019. In the U.K., A.J. read Law at the University of Law and London South Bank University. A.J. had previously read police studies, including criminology, at the University of Portsmouth and, more recently, advanced writing and critical reasoning at the University of Oxford.

Manjit Aujla

Manjit Aujla has been with BC Hydro for over 25 years and is currently working as a Business Services Manager providing financial and business support for the Operations Directors and their respective teams. She holds Bachelors of Business Administration from Simon Fraser University and a Chartered Professional Accountant designation. She previously volunteered as PAC Treasurer in her daughter’s elementary school and as an avid cyclist and past member of the Tricity Cycling Club and the former Westwood Cycling Club, participated in various charity rides in the community and raised funds for youth cycling programs , Eagle Ridge Hospital Foundation , Parkinson’s research for the Michael J. Fox Foundation and the Canadian Mental Health Association.

Shahid Hussain

Shahid has been, over the last 30 plus years, an active member of the telecom, multimedia and Information, Computer and Communications technology industries and the high-tech business community. He has been a senior executive of various leading edge high-tech companies including Bell-Northern Research /Nortel, MPR TelTech, Microtel, BC Telecom, TELUS Inc. and Stentor Inc. He was president and CEO of NewMic; a Vancouver based multimedia and new media corporation. He was the Chairman of the School of Information and Communication Technology, a member of the executive team of the University of Trinidad &Tobago, and an advisor to the government for business and economic development. Shahid has served on many corporate boards and committees including the Science Council of BC, the Advanced Systems Institute of BC, MITACS Network Centre of Excellence, and the Telecom Authority of T&T. He was a member of the advisory boards of UBC Electrical and Computer Engineering and SFU Applied Sciences faculties and general chairman of the ICC 99 and ISSLS 93 international conferences. He was also the Chairman of MITACS Industrial Advisory Board and a member of the City of Port Moody Economic Development Committee. He recently retired as a board member and VP of a fire and rescue services organization and is currently serving as president of Stanley Point Property Owners Association on Pender Island. Shahid received his PhD in electrical and computer engineering from UBC and he and his family have been living in the safe and beautiful city of Port Moody for the last 40 years.

Olga Kuznyetsova

Ms. Kuznyetsova is the Vice President, Financial Services with Translink. With over a decade in public service, Olga has held a number of progressively senior roles in healthcare (Provincial Health Services Authority) and with ICBC. She has led he teams and her organizations through difficult and challenging times, including the pandemic and charting the course for post-pandemic recovery.