Member Profiles
Jim Cambridge, Chair
Jim is a recently retired School Superintendent / CEO from the Sooke School District (N0. 62). In that capacity, he worked with an elected Board of seven trustees and supervised approximately 1500 employees. The Sooke district has four employee groups and three First Nations and Metis nation. Since retirement, he has worked as a consultant for many school districts and the Ministry of Education. Locally he also serves as a member of the Greater Victoria Cemetery Board of Trustees, and as a member of the Capital Regional District Elk/Beaver Lake Users Advisory Committee. His areas of interest are governance, education, Human Resources, people with disabilities and authentic reconciliation of organizations. He is also a triathlete, competing on the Canada age-group team in 2010 and 2012. Jim has been a Saanich resident for over 25 years and is married with three grown children.
Shelley Allan, Vice Chair
Shelley Allan has worked with the Government of BC for over 30 years, during which she has assumed multiple leadership positions. Her responsibilities included the formulation of strategies, policies, and legislation in collaboration with international, national, and provincial teams. Additionally, Shelley has several years of experience within the criminal justice system. She earned her undergraduate degree from Simon Fraser University.
Mayor Dean Murdock, Member
Dean Murdock is the Mayor of Saanich and chair of the Saanich Police Board. Prior to becoming Mayor, Dean served three terms on Saanich Council. He worked for the Provincial Government at the Ministries of Health and Transportation and Infrastructure and was an instructor of political science at Camosun College. He grew up in Saanich, attended high school at Claremont Secondary and graduated from the University of Victoria. Dean lives in Saanich with his wife, Rachel, two children, and their 15-year-old Beagle named Bella. Dean is a coffee-drinker, guitar-player, and cyclist.
Gurcharn Beckett, Member
Gurcharn was appointed to the Saanich Police Board in May 2023. Gurcharn is recently retired from the public service. From 1991 to 2016, she worked for the British Columbia Provincial Government in the areas of Policy and Legislation analysis, Project Management, and Administration. During her time with the Province, she participated in several major policy and legislative projects. More recently, Gurcharn worked for Service Canada delivering Canada Pension Plan Disability programs directly to Canadian citizens across Western Canada. Gurcharn was born and raised on Southern Vancouver Island and continues to reside here. Since retiring she enjoys spending her free time with her children and grandchildren.
Craig Morton, Member
Craig is a third generation Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA,CA) with local municipal and international audit experience. He was raised in Saanich and is a father of two young boys. Craig enjoys hiking, beekeeping and volunteering with community groups.
Sean Dhillon, Member
Sean is a seasoned board leader with over 15 years of experience in governance and government relations, supporting organizations with combined budgets exceeding $200 million. A second-generation banker and third-generation property developer, Sean was raised in Saanich and attended Claremont Secondary School. He is also a caregiver to his grandmother and aunt. Deeply committed to community service, Sean has chaired the Victoria Sexual Assault Centre, served as Vice-Chair of Threshold Housing Society, and sat on the board of HeroWork Canada—where he helped establish Canada’s only sexual assault clinic and expand youth housing in Greater Victoria. He currently serves as Treasurer at PEERS, Chair of the Men’s Therapy Centre, Co-Chair of the Greater Victoria Alliance to End Homelessness, and past Governance Chair for the Victoria and Esquimalt Police Board. Sean holds the ICD designation from Rotman School of Management and is active in ESG, DEIA, audit, and finance. He is a member of CAPG, BCPAB, CABRO, and ICD.
Janine Theobald, Member
Janine Theobald is an experienced facilitator and community builder in the capital region, primarily located within Lekwungen Territories, where she has resided since 1993. Since January of 2023 she has been the Executive Director at Mental Health Recovery Partners South Island, a community-based registered charity providing accessible mental health support and services. Since 2011 she has worked in progressive leadership positions in the homelessness, and mental health and substance use sectors, most recently as Director of Collaborative engagement at the Greater Victoria Coalition to End Homelessness. Janine previously served on the Board of Directors of the Victoria Multifaith Society for three terms, and the Restorative Justice Victoria Society for two. She currently sits on the Peers Victoria Resources Society Board.
Rajiv Gandhi, Member
Rajiv is originally from the east coast of Canada, having been born and raised in Nova Scotia. He obtained a Bachelor of Science from Dalhousie University in 1994 and his law degree from the University of Victoria in 1997. He was called to the Bar of British Columbia in 1998. Rajiv has lived with his family in Cordova Bay for 22 years. He represents clients with a focus on corporate and commercial financing, wealth planning, and land development. Rajiv also advises a number of institutional, commercial and academic organizations in the areas of intellectual property, employment law, restructuring, governance, financing, and cross border transactions. He is a past chair and current board member of the Victoria Foundation, a past chair and board member of the Irving K. Barber Scholarship Society (now the BC Scholarship Society) and a past member of the Employment Standards Tribunal.
Joanne Taylor, Member
Joanne Taylor is the former Executive Director and Registrar of Appeals of the Alberta Environmental Appeals Board. Prior to that she served in a number of public service management positions with the Alberta Government working within Departments such as Social Services, Justice, Solicitor General and Health. She was the Chair of the Sexual Assault Centre of Edmonton for a number of years and has also been on the Board of Directors with other non-profit agencies such as the Alberta Adolescent Recovery Centre and Alberta Easter Seals. Ms. Taylor also served for two terms as a Councillor with the Kananaskis Improvement District. She had been appointed to the Alberta Law Enforcement Review Board and was a member of the Council of Canadian Administrative Tribunals and the Arbitration and Mediation Society of Alberta. Since leaving the public service, Ms. Taylor has performed consulting services to private sector companies, owned and operated her own businesses and continues to contribute her services to non profit agencies and community initiatives including sitting on a mental health counselling Board in Victoria. She also sits as a Council member of the College of Alberta Psychologists. Ms. Taylor sat as Vice Chair on the North Saanich Community Stewardship Commission from 2019 to January 31, 2024 and currently from 2024 sits as Vice Chair of the North Saanich Planning Committee. Had been a member of the Central Saanich Police Board and currently sits on the Sannich Police Board.