2011-2012 GWAC Directors in alphabetical order.   Click on members’ names for bios.

• Tom Durrie   (President)
• James Evans
• Dan Fass   (Communications Secretary)
• John Flipse
• Nati Herron
• Eileen Mosca
• Craig Ollenberger
• Richard Penneway   (Treasurer)
• Petronella Vander Valk   (Recording Secretary)

Tom Durrie has lived and worked in Grandview-Woodland most of the time since 1970. During the early 70s, he was involved in the development of the Vancouver East Cultural Centre. Then, in 1981, he formed the Save the York Theatre Society and kept this project in mind until the theatre was finally saved, once and for all, by a decision of City Council in December 2008. The restored and revitalized theatre is expected to re-open some time in 2011. The effect of this new attraction on Commercial Drive between Venables and Hastings is of key interest to Tom. A GWAC Board Director since 2009, while Tom's main interests are around arts and culture, he is also concerned with reduction of automobile traffic, improvement of public transit, and the greening of Venables Street.

James Evans has lived in Grandview-Woodlands neighbourhood for the past 11 years. He has been a director with a number of non-profit organizations over the years including the New Directions Road Safety Institute and is the past President of the BC Hostelling Association. Since moving to Grandview-Woodlands, he has been an active member of the community, volunteering with the Community Policing Center as well as the annual "Keep Vancouver Spectacular" neighbourhood cleanup. As a founding member of the "Friends of Victoria Park", he played a key role in the recent redevelopment of Victoria Parkd.

Dan Fass has lived in Grandview-Woodland since 1989 and became a member of the GWAC Board in 2008. He has a long-standing interest in local community issues and has attended many community meetings and events. He has done volunteer work in Grandview-Woodland in human rights, child literacy, and other areas. He is on the Board of Britannia Community Centre (2011–2013; he also served 2006–2008) and on two Board committees: the Library Management Committee and Planning and Development Committee, which is developing Britannia's 2011 Strategic Master Plan and oversaw the development of its 2007 Master Plan. Dan is active in a citizen's group which is seeking to preserve three city lots, known locally as "Gibby's Field," as a community greenspace in neighbouring Kensington–Cedar Cottage.

John Flipse — bio to be added.

Nati Herron — bio to be added.

Eileen Mosca has been a resident of Grandview-Woodland for 31 years. She is a commercial artist, screen printer and muralist and has been a partner in Vancouver's Arts Off Main Gallery for the past 7 years. Eileen raised 3 sons in the neighbourhood and was PAC chair at Templeton and Lord Nelson Schools. She is engaged in community safety issues, currently serving as Secretary to Grandview-Woodland Community Policing Centre board, Vice President of the Vancouver Association of Community Policing Centres and liaison to the board of MOBY which oversees a community garden and playground under the Skytrain between 10th and 12th Avenues. Eileen's decision to join GWAC's board was prompted by her belief that this organization cannot presume to speak for Grandview-Woodland unless it authentically represents the diversity (ethnic, educational, socio-economic and political) of its residents. She hopes to widen participation in GWAC through board initiatives to reach the many groups and geographic areas in this neighbourhood.

Craig Ollenberger, a current director of GWAC, has been living in Grandview-Woodland for several years and over that time he has become involved in a number of non-profit initiatives in our community. His interest in being a part of GWAC stems from the important role GWAC can play as a liaison between our neighbourhood and decision-making bodies. The City of Vancouver, the Provincial Government and many other organizations come to GWAC to assess neighbourhood opinion on various issues, and he believes he can represent our neighbourhood well in this capacity.

Richard Penneway is a recently retired Certified General Accountant born and raised in Grandview and has held a number of directorships with both private and public organizations in the Vancouver area. He is a graduate of UBC and is concerned with maintaining the liveability of Grandview-Woodland. A GWAC Director since 2008, he works for improved public transit and for a reduction in vehicular traffic through the neighbourhood. He has been active in promoting the creation of an interesting and green pedestrian friendly corridor along Venables Street. Grandview-Woodland is a vibrant and diverse area of Vancouver and it is time that this is fully recognized by the City.

Petronella Vander Valk has lived and worked in Grandview-Woodland for the past 21 years, and greatly appreciates and values the sense of community shared within the neighbourhood. She would like to help preserve and build on this community feeling and believes that this is possible through creating a greener, more pedestrian and people oriented neighbourhood. Petronella has been a director on the GWAC board since 2005-2006, and was a founder member of the Neighbourhood Traffic Committee, a group involved in trying to reduce traffic on our residential streets. Currently in real estate sales, Petronella has a Bachelor of Arts degree in urban geography and urban sociology and a Bachelor of Architecture degree.