Nicole Read
Councillor Nicole Read has been serving the Chilliwack community as Councillor on Chilliwack City Council since November 2022.
Councillor Read was raised on a dairy farm in Chilliwack and was a part of her parents’ family-owned retail dairy store since she was seven years old. At 22 she managed her family’s retail sports store and at 25, she started her first business in the hospitality industry doing sales and marketing for hotels in different markets throughout BC and Alberta.
Other entrepreneurial adventures included contract work for employment programs, online vacation home rentals, restaurant owner of an upper casual steakhouse, and a temporary to permanent employment staffing agency, before working for Community Futures South Fraser.
Councillor Read is deeply rooted to the Rotary Club of Chilliwack, allowing her to give back to the community that has given her so many opportunities.
Councillor Read represents her community as a member of the:
- Chilliwack Economic Partners Corporation (Liaison)
- Fraser Valley Regional District Board
- Fraser Valley Regional Hospital Board
- Fraser Valley Regional Library
- Heritage Advisory Committee (Chair)
- Public Art Advisory Committee (Chair)
- Public Safety Advisory Committee (Vice-Chair)
Acting Mayor Term:
May & June 2024