Your board of directors
Meet your 2026 Board of Directors
Board members
David Snell
President
- Town
- North Vancouver
- Home club
- Hollyburn Pickleball Club
- History
- Chair Hollyburn Pickleball Committee.
Heather Hood
Vice President
- Town
- Victoria
- Home club
- VRPA, Victoria Regional Pickleball Club
- History
- Co-Chair of PBCA’s Youth Initiatives and Activating Youth Pickleball in BC (AYPBC) Schools projects; and NCCP Level 2 Certified Coach.
Blair Morton
Registrar
- Town
- West Kelowna
- Home club
- West Kelowna Pickleball Club
- History
- Membership Director WKPC.
Sharon MacDonald
BC Head Referee
- Town
- Quesnel
- Home club
- Quesnel Pickleball Club
- History
- Past President QPC. Past Secretary PBC. PCO — Referee Training Coordinator for Western Canada (BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Yukon and NWT).
Susan Inkman
Treasurer & Grant Administrator
- Town
- Harrison Hot Springs
- Home club
- N/A
- History
- Treasurer for players at Harrison.
Robin D’Abreo
BC Head Coach
- Town
- Port Coquitlam
- Home club
- PoCoMo
- History
- Currently: Director of Athletics UBC. Canadian National Championships, 4.5 Mixed Doubles — Gold.
Rick Folk
Tournament Committee & 2026 Provincial Championships
- Town
- Comox
- Home club
- Comox Valley Pickleball Club
- History
- Past President CVPC and world-renowned curler.
Doug McKay
Facilities
- Town
- Vanderhoof
- Home club
- Vanderhoof Pickleball Club
- History
- President Vanderhoof Pickleball Club.
Holger Schwichtenberg
Government Relations ViaSport BC & Sport BC
- Town
- Agassiz, BC
- Home club
- N/A. Enthusiastic drop-in pickleball participant at local rec center.
- History
- Member of the BC Agricultural Land Commission and the Western Canadian Producer Representative, Environmental Technical Committee. Past Member and Chair of the Kent Agricultural Advisory Committee.
Rajat Verma
Secretary & Legal Affairs
- Town
- Surrey, BC
- Home club
- N/A. Dedicated player playing 3–4x per week, and is passionate about growing the sport, supporting clubs, players, and programs across BC.
- History
- Bringing practical legal and business experience to the Pickleball BC Board.
Committees
As fully constituted by the Board.
Board Governance Committee
Chair: David Snell
Mission: To provide governance guidance and oversight to the Pickleball BC Association Board of Directors.
Notes: The Board is setting up this Committee and information will be posted when completed.
Members: Heather Hood, Robin D’Abreo
Coaching Strategies and Development Programs
Chair: Robin D’Abreo
Mission: The mission of this committee is to develop and publish program guidelines for the selection and training of certified coaches of pickleball in BC.
Notes: Committee priorities include but are not limited to: assess and support the current PCO NCCP approach and current landscape with respect to coaching competency within BC (NCCP and other/previous); liaise with provincial associations around the country to assess approach and methodology for coach development; source and analyze best practice and working models for coach development in the US; gap analysis and identification of hurdles and opportunities within BC; and draft strategy for coach development in BC.
Members: David Snell, Robin D’Abreo
Youth Pickleball
Executive Director, AYPBC Project: David Snell
Chair Youth Committee and AYPBC Phase 2: Heather Hood
Youth and Community Grant Administrator: Suzy Inkman
Mission: The mission for this committee is to investigate all aspects of getting school age individuals more involved in pickleball. Any programs or plans proffered should be sustainable vs single event. The Committee is very involved in the ViaSport PBC Activating Youth Pickleball K-7 Project with initial funding from ViaSport. We have 3 Regions operating in pilot mode now with the goal to produce templates, curriculum and tool sets for any Club in BC to utilize in mid-2025.
Currently for AYPBC Phase 2, we now have 7 regions involved—which is covered here.
Notes: Young people represent the future of our sports.
Members: David Snell, Heather Hood, Suzy Inkman
More on youth programs: Youth Pickleball.
Marketing Communications Committee
Chair: David Snell
Mission: The mission of this committee is to assist with developing and posting of “The Kitchen Sink” Newsletter, source news stories for our News page, solicit pictures and stories from our member Clubs, follow tournaments, and help develop sponsorship for our various endeavours.
Notes: This committee is also responsible for maintaining our Pickleball BC website, news content, membership communication, social media, and others.
Members: David Snell, Mel Buenaventura
IT Infrastructure and Security
Chair: David Snell
Mission: The mission of this Committee is to recommend updated technology policies and procedures for PBC systems, data, content and communications. Additionally this committee is responsible for maintaining the Association’s website.
Member: David Snell
BC Tournaments Committee
Chair: Rick Folk
Mission: This committee looks after our website listings and the oversight of our BC tournaments that average 60+ each year including the Provincials and 55+ BC Games where we have a presence. The Nest and Steve Deakin Pickleball are hosting the PBCA 2026 Provincial Tournament. Also this Committee is responsible for PBCA Sanctioning approvals. Please visit our Tournament Calendar for more information.
Members: David Snell, Robin D’Abreo, and Sharon MacDonald
Mediation/Conflict Resolution Services
Chair: Heather Hood
Mission: For PBCA Affiliate and Associate Clubs needing Advisory Conflict Resolution assistance, we can provide a certified PBCA mediator at no additional cost.
Members: David Snell, Heather Hood, and Certified Mediator
2025 – 2026 PBC/Pickleball Canada ("PCO") Ambassadors Program
Chair: David Snell
Mission: After research results informed PCO that many Canadians were lacking information as a key barrier to participating in Pickleball, PCO created a program that aims to enhance communication efforts and better connect with its community. Thus, the 2025 Pickleball Canada Ambassadors Program was launched on April 10th 2025.
Next, in response to PCO’s call for application, it received over 160 replies. After a selection process was undertaken, 17 individuals from across the country were selected based on their community involvement and dedication to our sport.
The BC Ambassadors selected were Lindsay Brown for BC Mainland, and Asaan Maherali for The Island.
A detailed story can be read here.
Update: Two additional BC Ambassadors have been added. Names to follow.
Members/BC Ambassadors: BC Mainland: Lindsay Brown; The Island: Asaan Maherali
