Board of Directors

Alan Goard

I was born in Edmonton, seasoned with 4 years in Prince Rupert, 8 years in Winnipeg and then back to Edmonton. I have had wonderfully varied life experiences – long hauled on the Alaska Highway in the mid 50’s, educated at Oregon and Washington Universities and had a variety of Executive positions and contracts over thirty years in the Health and Social Service sectors. This was followed by ten years of owning and operating two fitness and two food service franchises in the Lower Mainland, at which time my wife and I retired. It seems like camping and boating have been part of our lives forever. We have driven all over the USA and Canada and sailed the West Coast for years. However, after a mediocre trip out in our motorhome three years ago we concluded that the time had come to stop driving a big rig. We sold the motorhome and then purchased in Caravan’s West which is very close to my sister’s cabin. Years ago we once co-owned a small “boat access only’ lot north of Sicamous. The Shuswap has always been one of our favorite places. I submitted my name to become a Caravan’s West Board member in the hope that, based on my experiences in both the profit and not for profit sectors (and of course life in general), I can make a contribution to the Governance of the Park.