Board Member Bios
Kent Ashby
Kent Ashby (LLM, LLB, BA) is a lawyer, adjudicator, and parliamentary law advisor with extensive experience. He has served as legal counsel for The University of British Columbia, UK litigation, and for regional and national public infrastructure projects. As an adjudicator he has heard matters involving medical regulator discipline and municipal bylaws, and for various tribunals such as the Health Professions Review Board, Employment and Assistance Appeal Tribunal, and Health Care Special Committee for Audit Hearings. He has lectured at various law schools and at continuing legal education seminars. He has also served as Chair of a health regulator, Acting Speaker of a First Nation’s legislature, Past-Chair of the Alberta Association of Procedural Parliamentarians, and assisted counsel in contentious meetings.
Jacqueline Beltgens (Chair)
Jacqueline Beltgens is a lawyer, mediator, adjudicator and workplace investigator. She has a broad background in civil and administrative law, both as an in-house legal counsel and as a lawyer in private practice in Vancouver and Victoria. She taught law at the Beijing Foreign Studies University in China. Ms. Beltgens was a member of the BC Human Rights Tribunal, and is a member and Acting Chair of the BC Mental Health Review Board. She is presently a member of the Law Society of BC, the Canadian Bar Association, Mediate BC (Civil Roster), and ADRBC (Chartered Mediator). Ms. Beltgens attended the University of British Columbia for undergraduate studies, and obtained a Juris Doctor. Ms. Beltgens also has a Diploma of Technology (Engineering) from the BC Institute of Technology. Ms. Beltgens completed her mediation training at Harvard Law School's Program on Negotiation.
Peter Judd
Peter Judd is a retired Civil Engineer. Peter worked in a variety of positions at the City of Vancouver from 1982 to 2015. Prior to his retirement, Peter was the General Manager of Engineering Services responsible for 1800 employees and a budget of 400 million dollars. Peter was responsible for all aspects of the department’s work from high-level consultation with Regional, Provincial and Federal authorities, to labour relations and collective agreement negotiation. Among other projects, Peter led the City of Vancouver's role in the 2010 Winter Olympics.
Dale Pope
Dale Pope QC is an experienced Counsel having practised before Courts and Administrative Tribunals for over 45 years. His expertise involves regulatory and administrative board proceedings, civil litigation and public affairs advice. Dale has been appointed Standing Agent of the Attorney General of Canada and has been the Presiding Officer to many Competition Act administrative proceedings. Active in the community, he served as Chair for the Vancouver Public Library Trust, as a member of the Molson Indy Vancouver Advisory Group, as a board member of the Touchstone Theatre Society, and as a member of the Board of Odd Squad Productions an organization educating youth about the dangers of drug use. He is currently a member of the Cedar's Society Board. Dale holds a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws from the University of Windsor. He was appointed to the Surface Rights Board in April 2022.
Bruce Turner
Bruce's professional experience spans executive management and policy consulting, reflecting diverse management and technical advisory roles. His technical advisory and consulting assignments range from working with an international team in the Kingdom of Cambodia to assisting various organizations in developing business strategy, conducting risk assessments, and clarifying roles to achieve results. Prior to consulting, Bruce enjoyed a career with BC Assessment Authority (BCA) that included management, project management and technical roles.
Volunteer interests include education and land-based economic development.
Cheryl Vickers (Vice Chair)
Cheryl Vickers is a lawyer and formerly practiced in a variety of fields, including administrative law. Cheryl was appointed as Chair of the Surface Rights Board from 2007 to 2021. She served as Chair of the Property Assessment Appeal Board from 2003 to 2015 and as Acting Chair of the Civil Resolution Tribunal from 2013-2014. She currently also sits as member of the Hospital Appeal Board. Cheryl was active in the development of the British Columbia Council of Administrative Tribunals (BCCAT), and served as a member of that organization’s Board of Directors including as Secretary from 1996 to 1998 and as President from 2004 to 2006. Cheryl has assisted in curriculum development for BCCAT courses offering training to appointees of quasi-judicial boards and tribunals. She has delivered these courses and workshops on case management and alternate dispute resolution for tribunals.