LEADERSHIP
Leadership Team
The Pathways program is a collaborative effort between Arts BC, the BC Museums Association (BCMA), the Greater Vancouver Professional Theatre Alliance (GVPTA), and the Rural Arts Inclusion Lab (RAIL). This group works in a trust-based co-leadership model.
Carla Stephenson | Director |
Rural Arts Inclusion Lab
Carla’s work sits at the intersection of arts, systems change, rural innovation and amplification. She is the founder of the Rural Arts Inclusion Lab and the Executive Director of Renascence, a non-profit society in Ymir BC. She and her husband of 27 years Shawn founded the Tiny Lights Festival. Carla is a member of the Arts BC Insight team and an alumna of the Positive Deviants Fellowship.
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Elliott Hearte | Executive Director | Arts BC
Elliott Hearte is an artist, arts consultant, and administrator with a background in equity in the arts and cultural management. Elliott has worked across Canada in leadership roles in the creative industry, and has had the privilege to work with artist run centres, festivals, distributors, equity seeking groups, and arts service organizations, across disciplines in urban and non-urban communities. Read More
Ryan Hunt (outgoing) – Former Executive Director | BC Museums Association
From 2019 to 2025, Ryan Hunt served as the Executive Director of the BC Museums Association and helped to support the co-development of the Pathways program as part of the BCMA’s mission to further justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion within the broader cultural sector. Starting May 1, 2025, Ryan joined the Museum of Vancouver as its new CEO and will transition from his leadership role in Pathways. Read More
Photo credit – Ervin Wong CBC
Kenji Maeda | Executive Director | Greater Vancouver Professional Theatre Alliance
Kenji’s (he/him) experiences are diverse and grounded in his passion for the arts, education and building community, and influenced by his Uchinanchu heritage. Based on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations, he is the Executive Director of the Greater Vancouver Professional Theatre Alliance, Project Director for the Sector Equity for Anti-Racism in the Arts, and an arts and culture consultant.Read More
Lorenda Calvert – Interim Executive Director | BC Museums Association (she/her)
Lorenda is the Executive Director of the BC Museums Association and is dedicated to supporting the BCMA’s mission to further justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion within the broader cultural sector. Read More
