Board of Directors

Gladys Atrill
1st Vice President

I am privileged to serve as Mayor of the Town of Smithers. I have been Mayor since 2020 and on Council since 2014. I am committed to good governance and fostering respectful relationships among board or council members and with the people we serve. I look forward to working with the new NCLGA Board to support the communities and residents of our region.

The recent NCLGA Strategic Plan identifies that the Board will strive to elevate the issues that matter to our communities to appropriate organizations and other orders of government. Our communities face many challenges: housing shortages, labour shortages, changing economy, aging infrastructure, impacts of climate change and forging a new path with Indigenous governments and communities – our neighbours. We have much to do, to advocate on behalf of NCLGA members. 

As part of my role in local government, I serve on the Boards of the Regional District of Bulkley Nechako, Northwest Regional Hospital District, Northern Development Initiative Trust and BC Transit. I am grateful for the relationships, networks and opportunities to learn that these tables provide. 

My career outside of local government has been in the tourism industry. Working in tourism provides a constant reminder of how beautiful and inspirational our region is and it is the creative, determined spirit of the people who reside here that make it such a desirable place to visit and live.