Carole Ann Leishman is an architectural designer and project manager, a former Powell River City Councillor and Municipal Director on the qathet Regional District Board and a director of musical theatre productions and special events. She has been involved in numerous non-profit boards supporting different arts disciplines and seniors housing. Carole Ann graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Los Angeles, California continuing to perform in theatre, film and television productions, is a former figure skating coach, dance teacher/choreographer and has had a lifelong love of music, writing and the arts.