Our Board of Directors

Meet Our Board of Directors

Stephen Chang

Chair

Stephen Chang

Chair

Stephen Chang was appointed to the Board of Camosun College on July 31, 2014. Stephen is a builder and business owner operating in the Capital region. Active in the community he and his wife Astrid are involved with many local charities and community groups around the Capital region. He is currently a Director on the board of the Swan Lake Christmas Hill Nature Sanctuary, where he chairs the Facilities and Ecosystems committee.

After pursuing an education in Business at Camosun College and the University of Victoria, he went on to serve as Special Assistant to David Anderson, M.P. for Victoria and Minister of the Environment. While there he worked on the Species at Risk Act (SARA), Fisheries conservation, and the Gulf Island National Park. Following his time in Ottawa, Stephen returned to Saanich to start his own construction company and focus on his young family. He is an avid outdoorsman who enjoys hiking, fishing and golf in his spare time.

Kyman Chan

Abigail Fulton

Clint Hamilton

Brett Jackson

Brett is a chartered professional accountant and a partner with Trenholme & Company. He has been with the firm since 2008 when he started as an articling student. Brett specializes in small business and personal tax aiming to help provide value and insight to his clients. Brett is born and raised in Victoria and obtained his undergraduate degree from the University of Victoria and his Accounting Diploma from Camosun College.

Brett has a passion for sport and has previously volunteered as the treasurer for Castaway Wanderers Rugby Club. He is active recreationally in many sports and enjoys trying new activities. He and his wife are also kept busy with their two young daughters.

Mataya Jim

Mataya Jim is the Manager of Indigenous Initiatives at Sport for Life and sits on Sport for Life’s Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Committee. She is a W̱SÁNEĆ woman from the W,SIKEM community with ties to Penálaxeth’ & Wwaayaa. Mataya has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Victoria, studying Sociology and Indigenous Studies. The majority of her previous work has been within Indigenous communities. Mataya feels privileged to have worked within First Nation communities, planning and coordinating community engagement, summer recreation programs, and events.

Additionally, Mataya has worked and volunteered with children and youth through girls’ groups and soccer teams. While at university, she was on the Native Student Union Council and volunteered in student mentorship positions. She enjoys engaging in projects that bring people together and celebrate successes.

Melanie Mahlman

Melanie Mahlman was most recently the Executive Advisor on charitable giving to the First Nations Health Authority, leading the creation of the health authority’s first charitable foundation. As the former President & CEO of the Victoria Hospitals Foundation, Melanie brings over 35 years of experience in the leadership of fundraising programs, governance, strategy and, communications for not-for-profit organizations. She helped to raise over $150 million while with the Victoria Hospitals Foundation where she served for 26 years.

Melanie has received a Leadership Victoria Community Leadership Award, a British Columbia Community Achievement Award, was nominated as a YWCA Woman of Distinction for Community Leadership and received the BCIT President’s Award.

She holds a Masters Degree in Business Administration from SFU, completed the MIT Inquiry Driven Leadership course, the ICD Governance Essentials course for Not-For-Profit directors and is a fellow of the Community Shift Program at the Ivy School of Business. She is also a Certified Fundraising Executive and has completed several courses in Indigenous cultural safety. She is a Member Emeritus of the Conference Board of Canada’s National Council of Foundation Executives, a mentor at the UVIC Gustavson School of Business and a recognized speaker on values-based leadership, fundraising and corporate culture. Melanie has served on a number of board and commissions.

Dr. Lane Trotter

Lane Trotter joined Camosun College as its President on January 1, 2022. Lane served as President and CEO at Langara College for eight years from January 2014 to December 2021. Prior to joining Langara he served as the Senior Vice President, Academic, at Fanshawe College in London, Ontario. While he was in Ontario, he contributed his expertise to Colleges Ontario, the umbrella organization representing all 24 Ontario colleges, serving as both Chair and Vice Chair of the Coordinating Committee of the Vice Presidents Academic, as an expert panelist for the Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges, and Universities’ visioning sessions for all 24 colleges and 20 universities in 2012, participated in the development of Colleges Ontario’s proposal to offer three-year applied and four-year honours degrees, and was one of the lead authors for the creation of a province-wide Ontario Online Institute.

Lane has also served as a Dean at the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) and at St. Clair College in Windsor, Ontario. While at BCIT, he was instrumental in the development of the education and business plan for the Aerospace Campus, which opened in 2007. He also spent a number of years serving in different roles in BC’s Ministry of Advanced Education. Lane served as the Chair of the Council of Presidents of BC Colleges between 2015-2017 and, in 2017, served as the Campaign Chair for the United Way of the Lower Mainland. He also served on the Board of Governors of the Business Council of BC. He earned his Doctorate of Education from Simon Fraser University (2010) and holds a Master of Public Administration from the University of Victoria (1992).