Full Name - Position
Full Name - Position
Full Name - Position
Full Name - Position
Full Name - Position
Full Name - Position
Full Name - Position
Full Name - Position

Wayne Wilson
Executive Director
Wayne Wilson has served as the Executive Director of the Kelowna Museums Society since 2000. He began work with the Kelowna Museum in 1978 and since then has worked in the various capacities including Exhibitions Coordinator, Museum Education, Assistant Director, and has curated dozens of exhibitions and public programming series. Since his 2000 appointment, in addition to managing the day-to-day operations of the Society, Wayne has focused on the development and implementation of Business and Budget Planning for the Society and its various profit centres, all with a goal of moving the organization more toward a sustainable business model.

Over the last ten years, Wayne has consulted to numerous Museums and government agencies including Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Canadian Museum of Civilization, Canada Lands, and the Regional District of Fraser Fort George. He has served as a grants adjudicator for the Department of Canadian Heritage, co-chaired two B. C. Museums Association conferences, delivered papers at provincial and international Museum conferences, and currently serves as a member of the Community Heritage Commission, a statutory committee of the City of Kelowna. He is a published author of numerous heritage related papers and books, a radio and recording narrator, and has co-produced two award-winning television documentaries. Wayne is also a published fiction writer.

Wayne holds a Bachelors Degree from the University of British Columbia and a Masters Degree in Historical Geography (U. B. C.) where his thesis, Irrigating the Okanagan: 1860 – 1920, explored the ‘greening of the Okanagan Valley’ as it were. Wayne taught at Okanagan University College for ten years in the Geography Faculty where he headed up courses in the Regional Geography of Canada, Regional Geography of British Columbia, and the Historical Geography of British Columbia.

Email : wwilson@kelownamuseums.ca
Phone: (250) 763.2417 ext. 23

Gayle Liman
Associate Director
Gayle moved back to Canada nine years ago after living in the United States for eighteen years.  She has extensive experience as an Educator, Curator and Artist/Designer and has lectured and taught at a diverse range of schools, colleges and arts organizations throughout Canada and the United States.  She served as the Art Educator and Curator of Sensisyusten First Nation School for five years and as an Independent Curator and Educator with the Kelowna Art Gallery for eight years.  She has a passionate interest in First Nation cultures and has traveled extensively through Central and South America. Her fiber and jewelry artworks are held in collections throughout Canada and the United States including an installation at the Smithsonian’s National Zoological Park in Washington D.C.

Gayle is currently completing graduate study in education and plans to pursue a doctorate in Interdisciplinary Studies at UBCO. She serves on the Public Arts Committee of Kelowna and is thrilled to head our exhibitions and public programming department.

Email : gliman@kelownamuseums.ca
Phone: (250) 868.4847

Nona Kucher
Human Resources

Email : hr@kelownamuseums.ca
Phone: (250) 763.2417 ext. 24