Governance | Creston Museum, Creston BC

The Creston Museum is an incorporated non-profit society and a registered Canadian charity. We currently (June 2026) have 111 members, from whom our governing Board of Directors of seven is drawn.

All our Board members are undertaking Governance training through BC Museums Association, and participate in other workshops and training as opportunities arise.

Governing Documents

Constitution and Bylaws

As updated 29 April 2025

Annual General Meetings

Board Members

As we begin a new year for the Creston Museum, I would like to extend my sincere gratitude to our outgoing board members, Brenda Draper, Len Ringstad, and Ron

I was born and raised in the valley and was fortunate to return in 2020. To support our community by volunteering on the Museum Board is exciting and an honour.

Creston has such a rich history of stories and the museum excels at telling those stories with relevance and humour. I look forward to learning and supporting the staff in delivering on the Museum’s vision.

Todd has lived in Creston for over a decade and joined the Museum board to:

Learn of the valley's history and the influences it has had up to the present time
Gain a better understanding of the changing roles of museums in highlighting and educating people on current social issues
Find ways to make museums more interactive, for example using technology to make exhibits more interactive and creating exhibits where the Museum's visitors create the exhibit content

todd@crestonmuseum.ca

Starla Rejman Ackney was born in Nelson and grew up in Creston. I graduated from PCSS in 1981. I lived and worked in Alberta from 1981-2019. I first worked as a Legal Assistant, raised my family and then worked as an Office Manager until retirement in 2015.

In 2019 my husband, Bob Ackney, and I moved to Wynndel to enjoy BC living.
We started volunteering with the Museum in 2019 first to gain access to our own genealogical research and then we discovered how enjoyable it was working at the Museum and continue to do so. My husband and I also volunteer with Gleaners as another path to give back.

Giving back to the community is important to me and preserving our history is essential and I am glad to be a part of that.