Our Board
Board of Directors - 2025
PRESIDENT - hudson campbell
Hudson is a lifelong Ridge Meadows resident and community climate advocate. As a Community Planning student, he brings both academic insight and grassroots experience to local initiatives, working to ensure sustainability and inclusion remain priorities in decision-making. Hudson believes change can start in the classroom and continue through community action. He is actively involved in local efforts to keep sustainability at the heart of community priorities..
Ask Hudson about… liveable communities.
Climate solutions work best when they’re community solutions.
VICE President - JAMES ROWLEY
James has lived in Maple Ridge about 20 years with his family of four. He is known for starting the first neighbourhood Facebook group in Maple Ridge — Hammond Neighbours — and sharing the story of the retrofit of Hammond Forever House, a 1923 heritage house which is now fossil fuel free and costs very little to heat and cool. He is a teacher of English to newcomers and works in the performing arts as an actor and puppeteer.
Ask James about …. home energy retrofits.
Retrofitting existing buildings is one of the biggest challenges to reduce our community’s emissions. It’s relatively easy to update requirements for new buildings, but the greenest home is the one already standing, so we cannot ignore them. The good news is that simply installing a heat pump goes a long way.
PAST PRESIDENT - KIRK GRAYSON
Kirk is a retired communications professional who has called Maple Ridge home for more than 30 years. She’s a passionate advocate for climate action, who has organized all-candidates debates in recent elections, was instrumental in setting up the Maple Ridge Climate Hub, and recently sat on the Mayor’s Task Force for Climate Action.
Ask Kirk about… heat pumps
We recently had a heat pump installed to replace our gas furnace. We love that it not only eliminates emissions from heating our home, but also cools the house on hot days. But the process was complicated. It needs to get easier to more people can make the switch.
EXECUTIVE ADMINISTRATOR - SUNNY SCHILLER
Sunny has always loved the outdoors and nature, and her passion for environmental issues led to her run for City of Maple Ridge Council, where she is currently serving her first term as a Councillor. Other projects and roles in the community include being part of the creation of Maple Ridge Repair Cafe, the first one in the Fraser Valley; working with the Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows Katzie Community Network, and as a Constituency Advisor to MLA Bob D’Eith. Sunny enjoys spending time with her family in their Whonnock Lake neighbourhood.
Ask Sunny about … government climate change policy.
I love learning about the new approaches that are being taken to both adapt to climate change and reduce emissions going forward.
Marketing & Communications Director - Cassy Midkiff
Five years ago Cassy moved from the Okanagan to Maple Ridge, where she is raising 2 little girls and 1 not so little dog with her husband. A graphic designer, Cassy works with nonprofits and organizations that do good for the world through services, activism, and/or community building. She is passionate about fighting for climate justice and reforming how we live to restore harmony with nature. Her fight is fuelled by maternal love for her own children and all future generations, as well as a faith-based belief that we are called to protect the Earth.
Ask Cassy about … greenwashing and overconsumption.
Our capitalist world is antithetical to the ebbs and flows of nature, seasons, and equitable human needs. This needs to change.