After several academic posts, Whitcombe joined the University of Northern British Columbia in 1994. He is a former vice-president of the UNBC Faculty Association. Whitcombe married his wife Debbie in 1999 and is the father of three children. Shirley Bond, Liberal Shirley Bond is a three-term trustee and chair of the Prince George school board. She is a former business manager of the school district.
Bond serves on several civic and educational bodies.
Born in Prince George, Bond, with husband Bill, has two children. Lelani Arris, Green Party Lelani has been writing about global change issues for ten years, and currently works from her home in Dunster as the senior editor of Global Change magazine. Since moving to the Robson Valley in 1993, Arris has been involved in numerous community organisations, including the Dunster Community Association, McBride Day Care Society, McBride Health Promotion Committee, and Fraser Headwaters Alliance. Arris holds a Bachelor of Science in environmental studies from the University of Vermont and a Masters of Science in civil engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.