Delia Laglagaron is the interim CAO and Commissioner with responsibility for any and all matters relating to overall management of the Metro Vancouver’s diverse programs. She is also interim commissioner of the Water and Sewer Districts.

Heather Schoemaker leads a team that gives voice to Metro Vancouver programs, policies and initiatives. As the conduit between Metro Vancouver and its many audiences and stakeholders, Corporate Relations promotes regional sustainability and invites public input and participation in the development of organizational priorities. This department has four core divisions – Corporate Communications, Media Relations and Issues Management, Multimedia Services, and External Outreach and Intergovernmental Relations. Other services include Web Production and Design Management, Aboriginal Relations, Sustainability Academies and Administrative Support.

Gaëtan leads a staff group engaged in planning, acquiring, maintaining and programming for an extensive parks network across the region and in the lower Fraser Valley. Along with the preservation of green space and wildlife habitat, responsibilities include managing implementation of the Regional Growth Strategy, intensifying the use of industrial land, improving air quality and establishing regulations in support of the Sustainable Region Initiative, as well as administration of the electoral area.

Paul Henderson leads a staff group that is responsible for providing solid waste planning, resource and energy opportunities, and contract management services.  The department’s activities include management of solid waste collection, transportation and disposal facilities serving Metro Vancouver member municipalities; solid waste policy and analysis, zero waste implementation, recovery and disposal facilities, solid waste energy, and utility residuals management.

Albert van Roodselaar leads a staff group whose responsibilities are focussed on the planning components of water and liquid waste management. The Utility Planning Department contributes to Metro Vancouver’s Sustainable Region Initiative through implementing the plans of the liquid waste and water utilities and to better use recoverable resources. Primary activities include technical analysis, assessment and forecasting, environmental management, plan and policy development, and plan implementation.