Chair and Vice Chairs

Shannon Salter
Chair
Shannon Salter is the Civil Resolution Tribunal’s Chair, and an adjunct professor at the UBC Allar...

J. Garth Cambrey
Vice Chair - Quality Assurance
Mr. Cambrey earned his B. Comm. from UBC. He has over 35 years’ experience in BC’s real estate i...

Kate Campbell
Vice Chair - Strata, Societies and Cooperative Associations
Kate Campbell earned her BA and LLB from the University of Victoria, and her Master of Arts from Car...

Shelley Lopez
Vice Chair - Small Claims
Shelley Lopez is the CRT’s Vice Chair – Small Claims. Ms. Lopez graduated from the Universit...

Andrea Ritchie
Vice Chair - MVI
Andrea Ritchie is the CRT’s Vice Chair – MVI (Motor Vehicle Injury). Ms. Ritchie obtained a ...

Shannon Salter
Chair
Shannon Salter is the Civil Resolution Tribunal’s Chair, and an adjunct professor at the UBC Allard School of Law, teaching administrative law and legal ethics. She earned her BA and LLB from UBC, and her Master of Laws from the University of Toronto.
Ms. Salter was a BC Supreme Court judicial law clerk before practicing civil litigation at a large Vancouver law firm for several years. She has served as a vice chair of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal and as a board member of the College of Registered Nurses of BC.
Ms. Salter is currently a commissioner of the Financial Institutions Commission, vice president of the BC Council of Administrative Tribunals, and a board member of the Canadian Legal Information Institute (CanLII). She co-authored the BC Administrative Decision Maker’s Manual, as well as a number of journal articles. In 2017, Ms. Salter was named one of the 25 Top Most Influential Lawyers in Canada, and was previously recognized as one of Canada’s New Law Pioneers by the Canadian Bar Association and an Access to Justice All-Star by the National Self-Represented Litigants Project (NSLAP). She is also the 2016 recipient of the Adam Albright Award for outstanding teaching by an adjunct professor.
Ms. Salter is a frequent speaker at international conferences on online dispute resolution, administrative law, legal education, and the future of law and technology.

J. Garth Cambrey
Vice Chair - Quality Assurance
Mr. Cambrey earned his B. Comm. from UBC. He has over 35 years’ experience in BC’s real estate industry including owning a property management firm for 20 years and serving on the Real Estate Council for 5 years. He is an active member of the Real Estate Institute, the ADR Institute of BC and holds a Chartered Arbitrator designation with the ADR Institute of Canada. He has arbitrated many strata disputes and been appointed by the BC Supreme Court as an Administrator for several strata property issues. Mr. Cambrey has been associated with the Civil Resolution Tribunal since it started resolving strata disputes in July 2016, previously serving as Vice Chair – Strata. 
Kate Campbell
Vice Chair - Strata, Societies and Cooperative Associations
Kate Campbell earned her BA and LLB from the University of Victoria, and her Master of Arts from Carleton University. She was a judicial law clerk at the BC Supreme Court in 2004-2005, articled with a law firm in Vancouver, and was called to the bar in 2006. Ms. Campbell practiced labour law for 6 years, with a focus on grievance arbitration and collective bargaining. She was appointed as a Vice Chair of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal in 2011, and began working as the first full-time CRT member in January 2018. Ms. Campbell is a past Board member of several non-profit societies, including the BC Council of Administrative Tribunals. 
Shelley Lopez
Vice Chair - Small Claims
Shelley Lopez is the CRT’s Vice Chair – Small Claims. Ms. Lopez graduated from the University of British Columbia law school in 1999, after obtaining a B.A. (Honours) in Philosophy in 1996. Ms. Lopez practised general civil litigation at a Vancouver law firm until 2005, with a focus on personal injury, before becoming a staff lawyer with the Law Society of BC. In 2011, Ms. Lopez was appointed as a Vice Chair of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal. She is a former member of the Inquiry Committee for the BC College of Midwives and a former board member of the BC Council of Administrative Tribunals. 
Andrea Ritchie
Vice Chair - MVI
Andrea Ritchie is the CRT’s Vice Chair – MVI (Motor Vehicle Injury). Ms. Ritchie obtained a Bachelor of Business Administration in marketing and accounting from Simon Fraser University in 2008 before attending the University of British Columbia for law school. She graduated from UBC Law in 2012 and practiced general civil litigation at a Vancouver law firm, with a focus on plaintiff personal injury claims until 2018. Before joining the CRT, Ms. Ritchie worked in the Review Division at WorkSafeBC as a Review Officer. Ms. Ritchie has also served as a member of the Softball BC Ethics & Discipline Committee since 2017. Full Time Tribunal Members

Trisha Apland
Full Time Tribunal Member
Trisha Apland holds an Honours Bachelor of Arts degree from Simon Fraser University and a Juris Doct...

Micah Carmody
Full Time Tribunal Member
Micah Carmody completed his Bachelor of Science at Simon Fraser University and his law degree at the...

Kristin Gardner
Full Time Tribunal Member
Kristin Gardner obtained an honours degree from Simon Fraser University in psychology and criminolog...

Julie Gibson
Full Time Tribunal Member
Julie Gibson was appointed a full time tribunal member to the Civil Resolution Tribunal in 2017, and...

Sherelle Goodwin
Sherelle Goodwin obtained her B.A. (Honours) in Psychology at the University of Guelph and her L.L.B...

David Jiang
Full Time Tribunal Member
David Jiang adjudicated workplace injury compensation decisions as a Review Officer at WorkSafeBC, p...

Richard McAndrew
Full Time Tribunal Member
Richard McAndrew holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree, with honours, from the University of British C...

Chad McCarthy
Full Time Tribunal Member
Chad McCarthy completed a Bachelor of Applied Science in electrical engineering (First Class Honours...

Sarah Orr
Full Time Tribunal Member
Sarah Orr completed her BA at McGill University and her JD at the University of Victoria. She starte...

Eric Regehr
Full Time Tribunal Member
After completing his B.A. and LL.B. at the University of Victoria, Eric Regehr began his career at a...

Lynn Scrivener
Full Time Tribunal Member
Lynn Scrivener holds Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws degrees from the University of British Co...

Rama Sood
Full Time Tribunal Member
Rama Sood completed a Bachelor of Science degree at York University and a law degree at Osgoode Hall...

Trisha Apland
Full Time Tribunal Member
Trisha Apland holds an Honours Bachelor of Arts degree from Simon Fraser University and a Juris Doctor from the University of Victoria. She was called to the BC bar in 2008. Ms. Apland joins the Tribunal from the Office of the Ombudsperson where she was an investigator for a number of years, and most recently, acted as Manager of Systemic Investigations. She was responsible for conducting impartial, large scale systemic investigations and producing reports with recommendations aimed at improving public administration. She also investigated individual complaints concerning matters of administrative fairness and rendered decisions regarding the conduct of public bodies in the province. Before joining the Office of the Ombudsperson, Ms. Apland practiced law at a civil litigation firm. She primarily acted for defendants in motor vehicle and other personal injury claims. Her practice also included professional negligence, strata property, and administrative law. Prior to her career in law, Ms. Apland worked for eight years in the commercial construction and tourism industries. 
Micah Carmody
Full Time Tribunal Member
Micah Carmody completed his Bachelor of Science at Simon Fraser University and his law degree at the University of Victoria. He was called to the bar in 2010 and served as junior counsel for a federal commission of inquiry. Following an internship advancing access to justice at the Legal Resources Centre in Durban, South Africa, Mr. Carmody returned to BC and practised family, labour and employment law at two small Vancouver firms. Prior to his appointment to the Civil Resolution Tribunal in 2019, Mr. Carmody spent five years as an adjudicator and mediator at the BC Employment Standards Branch. 
Kristin Gardner
Full Time Tribunal Member
Kristin Gardner obtained an honours degree from Simon Fraser University in psychology and criminology and worked for three years as a federal parole officer before attending law school. She completed her law degree at Osgoode Hall Law School, and returned home to complete a clerkship at the British Columbia Court of Appeal. She articled with a large litigation firm in Vancouver, then moved to a litigation boutique focussing on personal injury claims. She has appeared for clients at all levels of court in British Columbia. Ms. Gardner founded the Civil Litigation Tri-Cities/New Westminster Section of the Canadian Bar Association BC Branch and acted as co-chair of the section for four years. She was called to the bar in 2006. 
Julie Gibson
Full Time Tribunal Member
Julie Gibson was appointed a full time tribunal member to the Civil Resolution Tribunal in 2017, and was a part time member from 2015 to 2017. Ms. Gibson has served as a volunteer lawyer coordinator for the Law Students’ Legal Advice Program’s Britannia Clinic, past Treasurer of the BC Dispute Resolution Practicum Society Board, and as a member of the UBC Student Legal Fund Society’s Litigation Committee. Ms. Gibson earned her Master of Laws in Administrative Law from Osgoode, Juris Doctor from the University of British Columbia and Honours Bachelor of Science (Human Biology and English) from the University of Toronto. 
Sherelle Goodwin

David Jiang
Full Time Tribunal Member
David Jiang adjudicated workplace injury compensation decisions as a Review Officer at WorkSafeBC, prior to his appointment to the Civil Resolution Tribunal. He also has several years’ experience practising as an associate lawyer at an international law firm, in the field of commercial litigation. David also clerked with the BC Supreme Court from 2011 to 2012. Prior to starting his career in law, David was a high school teacher. David holds a law degree, an education degree, and a commerce degree from the University of British Columbia. 
Richard McAndrew
Full Time Tribunal Member
Richard McAndrew holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree, with honours, from the University of British Columbia and a law degree from Dalhousie University. Richard is admitted to both the Law Society of British Columbia and the State Bar of California. Richard started practising law in British Columbia before moving to California in 2001 where he practised law until 2018. In California, Richard practised in numerous legal fields including medical malpractice, estate planning, family law, civil litigation, real estate law, and bankruptcy law. In 2018, Richard returned to British Columbia and served as arbitrator adjudicating tenancy disputes at the Residential Tenancy Branch. 
Chad McCarthy
Full Time Tribunal Member
Chad McCarthy completed a Bachelor of Applied Science in electrical engineering (First Class Honours) from Simon Fraser University. He worked as an engineer in audio digital signal processing for several years before obtaining a law degree from the University of British Columbia, and being called to the bar in 2006. Chad was in-house counsel with a technology, intellectual property, and contract focus, for companies including a BC Crown Corporation, a software company, and a wind turbine manufacturer. Before being appointed to the CRT, he adjudicated workers’ compensation and occupational health and safety decisions as a Review Officer at WorkSafeBC. 
Sarah Orr
Full Time Tribunal Member
Sarah Orr completed her BA at McGill University and her JD at the University of Victoria. She started her career in private practice focusing on civil litigation, which included acting for plaintiffs and defendants in personal injury and motor vehicle cases as well as representing clients at the Provincial (Small Claims) Court. Prior to her appointment to the Civil Resolution Tribunal in 2018 she worked for the Ministry of Labour as an Industrial Relations Officer where she mediated, investigated and adjudicated complaints brought under the Employment Standards Act. Ms. Orr has been an active volunteer with Access Pro Bono and is a past board member of the WISH Drop-In Centre Society. She was called to the bar in 2012. 
Eric Regehr
Full Time Tribunal Member
After completing his B.A. and LL.B. at the University of Victoria, Eric Regehr began his career at a large firm in downtown Vancouver, where he acted for defendants and insurers in personal injury and motor vehicle cases. In 2013, he moved back to Victoria, first practicing at a boutique family law firm and later co-founding Breakwater Law, where he focused on civil litigation, including acting for plaintiffs in motor vehicle claims. Mr. Regehr was appointed as a part-time member of the Civil Resolution Tribunal in 2017. Mr. Regehr sits on the Board of Directors of the University of Victoria Alumni Association. Mr. Regehr was called to the Bar in 2011. 
Lynn Scrivener
Full Time Tribunal Member
Lynn Scrivener holds Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws degrees from the University of British Columbia. Following a clerkship at the Federal Court, she was called to the British Columbia bar in 2007. Ms. Scrivener spent several years in a private litigation practice, with a focus on defending motor vehicle actions. She then served as a Review Officer adjudicating workers’ compensation matters at WorkSafeBC. 
Rama Sood
Full Time Tribunal Member
Rama Sood completed a Bachelor of Science degree at York University and a law degree at Osgoode Hall Law School. She was called to the Ontario Bar in 1997 and the BC Bar in 1999.
After working briefly as a hearings officer for Citizenship & Immigration Canada, Rama moved on to the Department of Justice as in-house counsel. While taking a short break from practice she taught business and contract law at a local college. She returned to practice as a sole practitioner. Her practice included assisting clients with issues involving tax litigation, wills & estates litigation, civil litigation, personal injury, and family law.
Since 2015, Rama has focused primarily on personal injury law. She has also volunteered with Pro Bono Law of BC and was appointed to the Richmond Public Library as a trustee for several years. Staff

Richard Rogers
Registrar and Executive Director
Richard Rogers is the CRT’s Registrar and Executive Director. Richard has worked in the public sec...

Debbie Turner
Deputy Registrar and Director of Intake
Debbie Turner is the CRT’s Deputy Registrar and Director of Intake. Debbie has worked in leade...

Lauryn Kerr
Legal Counsel
Lauryn Kerr is the CRT’s Legal Counsel. She earned her Bachelor of Commerce from Royal Roads Unive...

Zara Rahman
Legal Counsel
Zara Rahman is the CRT’s Legal Counsel for litigation matters. She earned both her Bachelor of Art...

Kandis McCall
Director of Case Management
Kandis McCall is the CRT’s Director of Case Management. After receiving her law degree and med...

Tanja Rosteck
User Experience Lead
Tanja Rosteck is the CRT’s User Experience Lead. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Sociology ...

Richard Rogers
Registrar and Executive Director
Richard Rogers is the CRT’s Registrar and Executive Director. Richard has worked in the public sector for more than 20 years, including serving as Registrar of the Property Assessment Appeal Board from 1996 to 2000. Richard has expertise in operational management, as well as policy and financial analysis and planning. Richard uses this experience to work with the Chair and CRT staff to oversee CRT operations and to further develop and improve CRT processes and technology. Prior to joining the public service, Richard practiced law for three years in Nanaimo, British Columbia. 
Debbie Turner
Deputy Registrar and Director of Intake
Debbie Turner is the CRT’s Deputy Registrar and Director of Intake. Debbie has worked in leadership positons with the BC Government for over 20 years, most recently as the Deputy Registrar of BC Registry Services with the Ministry of Citizen Services. She has extensive experience in program operations management, public administration principles and practices, and program planning. Debbie helps the CRT with the development and implementation of administrative infrastructure that meets the needs of clients and reflects the legislative requirements of the various statutes administered. 
Lauryn Kerr
Legal Counsel
Lauryn Kerr is the CRT’s Legal Counsel. She earned her Bachelor of Commerce from Royal Roads University and her Juris Doctor from the University of Victoria. Lauryn has instructed at the University of Ottawa and Thompson Rivers University in the field of technology and access to justice. Since 2016 Lauryn has served on the board of directors of the Justice Education Society, a Vancouver-based organization that carries out public legal education and information activities, justice reform and capacity building programs in British Columbia and in several jurisdictions outside Canada. Lauryn is a frequent presenter on the topics of access to justice, legal technology, and innovation. 
Zara Rahman
Legal Counsel
Zara Rahman is the CRT’s Legal Counsel for litigation matters. She earned both her Bachelor of Arts in Honours Political Science and Juris Doctor from the University of British Columbia. After completing law school, Zara clerked for five justices of the Supreme Court of British Columbia in Vancouver. Her previous legal experience includes practicing administrative and constitutional law at the Ministry of Attorney General in Victoria and criminal defence work in rural communities with Legal Aid Alberta. Zara also worked at the Office of the Ombudsperson of BC, where she investigated complaints about administrative fairness. 
Kandis McCall
Director of Case Management
Kandis McCall is the CRT’s Director of Case Management. After receiving her law degree and mediation training from the University of British Columbia in 2002, Kandis worked for a brief period in private practice in Greater Vancouver. In 2006 she joined the Residential Tenancy Branch where she worked as an arbitrator and team lead until joining the CRT. Kandis has expertise in mediation, adjudication and high volume case management. 
Tanja Rosteck
User Experience Lead
Tanja Rosteck is the CRT’s User Experience Lead. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from Montreal’s Concordia University in 1994, specializing in the social and cultural aspects of technology. Before joining the CRT, Tanja worked extensively in instructional design, technical support, helpdesk management, and technical writing. She leads development of the CRT’s Solution Explorer and other public-facing content. She oversees CRT communications work and content maintenance. She also leads the CRT’s continuous improvement process by analyzing feedback and making recommendations for better user experiences. Maria (Ning) Luningning Alcuitas
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Maureen Baird, Q.C.
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Kathryn A. Berge, Q.C.
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Jamie Bleay
Jamie Bleay is a lawyer called to the bar in 1987 who practices extensively in the area of condomini...
Morgan Camley
Morgan Camley is a partner at Miller Thomson LLP in Vancouver where they act as counsel in all manne...
Mary Childs
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Jordanna Cytrynbaum
Jordanna Cytrynbaum is an experienced commercial litigator specializing in complex disputes. She als...
Andrew Gay, Q.C.
Andrew Gay, Q.C. is a partner with Gudmundseth Mickelson LLP. Since his call to the bar in 1997, Mr....
Richard Hoops Harrison
Richard Hoops Harrison is a partner with Alexander, Holburn, Beaudin and Lang LLP where he specializ...
Samuel Hyman
Samuel Hyman holds an LLB with distinction from the University of Alberta and a Bachelor of Arts wit...
Susan MacFarlane
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Karen Mok
Karen Mok is a staff lawyer at the Law Society of BC. She has been practising in the area of profe...
Herb Morton
Herb Morton obtained his Bachelor of Social Work (1978) and Bachelor of Law (1982) degrees from the ...
Amy Peck
Amy Peck has extensive civil litigation experience, as a member of Borden Ladner Gervais LLP’s con...
Andrew Pendray
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Salima Samnani
Salima Samnani is an experienced civil litigator practicing in family, child protection, and employm...