The Royal BC Museum Corporation is governed by an eleven-member Board of Directors, appointed by the Province, and accountable to the Minister of Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport. The Board appoints a Chief Executive Officer to implement policies and corporate goals.

Members of the Royal BC Museum Corporation Board of Directors are volunteers and serve the Corporation without remuneration. 

Finance and Audit Committee:

• Chair: Lenora Lee
• Wendy King
• E. Michael O’Brien

• Ex-officio member:
• Wanda Boden, Executive Financial Officer, Corporate Finance

Governance, Nominating and Human Resources Committee:

• Chair: E. Michael O'Brien
• Dr. Daniel Muzyka, Board Chair
• Carole James

Museum Redevelopment Committee:

• Chair: Robert Jawl
• Carole James
• Dr. Daniel Muzyka, Board Chair
• E. Michael O'Brien
• Peeter Wesik

• Ex-officio members:
• Vacant, Project Director, Modernization

Indigenous Advisory and Advocacy Committee:

• Chair: Nika Collison
• Andy Everson
• Dianne Hinkley
• Chief Ron Ignace
• Barbara Todd Hager

Indigenous Advisory and Advocacy Committee (IAAC)

Purpose:

The Indigenous Advisory and Advocacy Committee (IAAC) is a visionary body that draws on the issues, experiences, expertise and perspectives of Indigenous peoples to advise the Museum on effective and respectful engagement with First Nations in BC and matters relating to the Museum’s governance, corporate planning, operations and repatriation with regard to the Indigenous peoples of British Columbia.

Members:

Research Advisory Committee

Purpose:

The Research Committee oversees and advises on the research activities of the Royal BC Museum and Archives. The Research Advisory Committee is informed by the principles, priorities and processes set out within Royal BC Museum’s Research Strategy (2016-2021). 

Members:

The committee consists of 11 members including the Chair, who will be the Vice President, Collections and Research 

External Advisory Members (2017-2019):

• Dr. Rudy Reimer, Archaeologist, Squamish Nation, Assistant Professor cross-appointed with SFU’s Department of First Nations Studies and Department of Archaeology
• Raymond Frogner - Director of Archives at the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation at the University of Manitoba
• Dr. Wayne Maddison, Professor, Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Canada Research Chair in Biodiversity
• Dr. Satwinder Bains: South Asian Studies Institute, University of the Fraser Valley
• Dr. Axel Meisen: Chair of Foresight at Alberta Research Council Inc. ; Past President and Vice-Chancellor of Memorial University of Newfoundland
• Dr. Jiri Frank, Scientific Director, National Museum of the Czech Republic

Royal BC Museum Members:

• David Alexander, A/Vice President, Collections and Research (Chair)
• Leah Best, Head of Knowledge (Secretary)
• Lou-ann Neel, Head of Indigenous Collections and Repatriation