Position: Accountant

Contact: accounting@burnsbog.org

Hometown: Surrey, BC

Education: Certified General Accountant – Douglas College, Accounting Diploma – BCIT Hotel, Motel & Restaurant Management 

Professional Background: Evelyn owned her own accounting practice for several years and contracted for other professionals for a few years. She has many years of experience working with non-profit and charitable organizations, as an accountant/auditor, a volunteer and as a Board member in various capacities including Treasurer and President. She served as a Provincial Governor of the Certified General Accountants of British Columbia for 6 years. In 2002, Evelyn focused her career on consulting for non-profits and charities, analyzing and upgrading their accounting systems. During this time, she also taught 2 credit courses at the British Columbia Institute of Technology, part-time studies. She re-wrote both course materials and converted them to on-line learning.

Personal Background: Evelyn has 2 children and 9 grand-children and lives in Delta, B.C., sharing a home with her son and daughter-in-law and 5 of their 7 sons. Her daughter, son-in-law and their two children live in Ferndale, Washington. Evelyn joined the Society as a part-time accountant in December 2014, at the request of the former Executive Director. She has, over the past 5+ years, assisted the Society in a variety of roles.

Hobbies/Fun fact(s): Evelyn loves to read, play online games and being a Grandma. She travelled to Scotland & Ireland in 2016 and visited two Irish bogs while there, and met with the Executive Director of the Irish Peatland Conservancy Council and toured their Education and Restoration facility.