Angela Reid
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Angela Reid is the Deputy Leader for the Green Party of British Columbia. Angela was also elected to the Green Party of Canada Federal Council in 2006, and is the CEO of the Kelowna Federal Green Party. She has run for the Green Party in four elections, two provincial and two federal. Angela is also a co-founder of the Okanagan Greens.
Angela enjoys a healthy and active lifestyle. She purchases all organic foods, and is a firm believer in proper nutrition and exercise as the foundation of good health and vibrant energy. She participates in adventure sports, and is currently training to climb Kilimanjaro in July 2006 to raise awareness of global warming.
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[edit] Career Background
Angela is the President of Tigress Ventures, with the vision to "influence positive change for a world where people, business and the environment thrive in balance with each other." The current focus for her company is alternative energy and clients/projects that measurably reduce green house gas emissions.
[edit] Community Activities
She worked for the City of Kelowna as part of the team to raise over $1 Million to build the Mission Creek Greenway and worked with the Return of the Peregrine Falcon Society to reintroduce an endangered species to the Okanagan. She has served on the board for Theatre Kelowna Society and HOSOTO House Society, and is a member of JCI Okanagan (Junior Chamber of Commerce). As a young adult, she traveled to Mexico twice to build homes for impoverished families, and was crowned Miss Kelowna, Lady of the Lake in 1994.
[edit] Electoral history
Provincial: 10.9% Kelowna-Mission in 2001. 10% in Okanagan-Westside in 2005. Federal: 5% in Burlington (electoral district) in 2004 and 8% Kelowna-Lake Country in 2006.