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MLA: Hon. Naomi Yamamoto

North Vancouver-Lonsdale


Minister of State for Intergovernmental Relations

Elected: 2009

BRITISH COLUMBIA LIBERAL PARTY

 
E-mail: naomi.yamamoto.mla@leg.bc.ca

Office:
Room 135
Parliament Buildings
Victoria, BC
V8V 1X4

Constituency:
303 –126 East 15th Street
North Vancouver, BC
V7L 2P9

Phone:

250 356-7562

Phone:

604 981-0033

Fax:

250 356-8545

Fax:

604 981-0044

Naomi Yamamoto was appointed Minister of State for Intergovernmental Relations on June 10, 2009.

Minister Yamamoto was elected as MLA for North Vancouver-Lonsdale in the 2009 general provincial election.

Naomi has been the president and owner of Tora Design Group in North Vancouver for 21 years and for the past 2 years she has been with the North Vancouver Chamber of Commerce as its President and General Manager.

Recently, Naomi served on the board of the North Shore Credit Union and the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority and was President of the Gordon and Marion Smith Foundation, an organization working to build an endowment to ensure the ongoing viability of the Artists for Kids Program in School District 44. As well she represented the North Vancouver Chamber on the North Shore 2010 Spirit Committee and Vancouver’s North Shore Tourism Association Board.

In 1994, Naomi served as Chair of the BC Chamber of Commerce. She completed a six year term on the board of Capilano College, the last three years as Chair. She also enjoyed 6 years as a director of the North Shore Neighbourhood House.

In 2005, Naomi was appointed as an inaugural member of the Premier’s Small Business Roundtable.

When her schedule permits, Naomi enjoys catch and release fishing for Steelhead in British Columbia’s rivers and running the trails of the North Shore with a group of dedicated runners known as the North Shore Lemmings.