Board of Directors

Rosalind Ho, President

 

Naghmeh Samenirad, Vice-President

Naghmeh Samenirad is Hard of Hearing, born and grew up in Tehran. She moved and lived in France for 6 years and then moved to Canada. She has been living in Vancouver for the last 24 years. She is a Kindergarten French Immersion teacher working in primary school in Vancouver. She has a strong educational background with a Master of Education (MEd) focused in Early Childhood Education and Teaching from UBC. Naghmeh has been a volunteer at CHHA Vancouver branch as a Member-at-Large for the last 3 years and wants to continue to contribute to CHHA. She wants to make a difference in hard of hearing community and advocates for better accessibilities and services for people with hearing loss. She enjoys dancing, swimming, hiking and travelling.

Secretary

Position Vacant

Miron Gazda, Treasurer

Miron has been hard of hearing all of his life. He has been active in the hard of hearing community for over 25 years, and is Treasurer of the CHHA Vancouver Branch.

Previously he was Treasurer of the CHHA Foundation and the CHHA-BC Chapter. He also served on the CHHA National Board.

He also held positions of Director, Secretary & Treasurer on the Board of Directors of the Western Institute for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.

Mary-Ann Livesey, Member-at-Large

Janno Lim, Member-at-Large

Janno Lim is Hard of Hearing and was born with profound hearing loss. He received a cochlear implant at age three and grew up in Manila, Philippines. After attending a Deaf bilingual school and then graduating from a mainstream high school, he moved to Vancouver in 2009 where he earned a degree in Geography from UBC. Janno has supported Deaf, Hard of Hearing, and DeafBlind communities for five years at Wavefront Centre for Communication Accessibility. He strongly advocates for accessibility, workplace inclusion, and captioning services. Outside of work, he participates in the CHHA Young Adults Network and enjoys video games, movies, swimming, and travel.