Tracey is from the St'uxwtews First Nation (Bonaparte Band) and has 24 years of experience in the administration of First Nations community programs in B.C.
Since 2003, Tracey has been the Executive Director of the First Peoples’ Heritage, Language and Culture Council. Prior to this, Tracey was a strategic planner at Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, a community health officer at the First Nations and Inuit Health Branch and a band councilor for the Bonaparte Band. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Victoria.
Tracey is proud to be learning Secwepemctsín, the traditional language of the Shuswap people. "The Shuswap and Nlaka'pamux languages and cultures have always been a part of my life through my grandparents, there will come a day when I will be the source of language and culture for my family. I feel an urgency and a passion to practice the language and traditions of my ancestors.”
Full Staff List
Tracey Herbert, Executive Director Email Tracey
Susan De Stephanis, Executive Assistant to Tracey Herbert Email Susan
Language Program
Barb Matilpi, Language Programs Assistant Email Barb
Hannah Virtue, Language Researcher Email Hannah
Arts Program
Cathi Charles Wherry, Arts Program Manager Email Cathi
Steven Davies, Arts Program Assistant Email Steven
FirstVoices.com
Peter Brand, FirstVoices Manager Email Peter
Shaylene Boechler, FirstVoices Trainer Email Shay
Communications
Megan Lappi, Communications Manager Email Megan
Administration
Patti Hupe, Bookkeeper/Contracts Officer Email Patti
Jessica Stephens, Operations Administrative Assistant Email Jessica
IT Support and Language Mapping
Alex Wadsworth, Senior Systems Analyst (and Language Mapping) Email Alex
IT Support and Language Mapping
Alex Wadsworth, Senior Systems Analyst (and Language Mapping) Email Alex
