At the inaugural Board meeting last night, the Delta Board of Education elected trustee Joe Muego to serve as Chairperson of the seven-member board for the upcoming year. This will be his second year serving as Chairperson. Joe Muego has been a member of the Delta Board of Education since October 2022.
Trustee Ammen Dhillon was elected to the role of Vice-Chairperson for the upcoming year. She has served on the Delta Board of Education as a trustee since her election to the board in 2022. Val Windsor, who served as Vice-Chairperson last year, will remain an active member of the Board.
The Board of Education Chair and Vice-Chair are elected annually. The next Public Board Meeting will take place at 7p.m. on Tuesday, December 9.
Chair Joe Muego and Vice Chair Ammen Dhillon
Joe Muego
While an architect by profession, as a trustee Joe Muego is passionate about fostering connected educational environments that prepare students to meaningfully contribute to their communities. As a champion of parent engagement, Joe had served in many executive PAC positions over 15 years. His service carried over to the Delta District PAC where he sat as vice-chair and ultimately chair - representing parents of all 31 public schools in Delta to the School Board, Superintendent and other education partners. His work as a trustee since being elected to the Board in 2022 includes serving on the BC School Trustees Association (BCSTA) Provincial Council, being a member of the Delta Council/Delta Board of Education Liaison Committee and chairing the school district's Audit Committee.
Ammen Dhillon
Dr. Ammen Dhillon is a registered clinical counsellor and mother with a passion for fostering school environments where students can flourish academically and emotionally, develop a strong sense of self, and take pride in who they are. Before becoming a clinical counsellor, Ammen was a research scientist in the biotech industry for 20 years, investigating new treatments for a range of chronic and infectious diseases and holds a PhD from the Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry at UBC. Informed by a profound understanding of psychological development, Ammen is passionate about putting the correct conditions in place to foster a school environment that produces creative and resilient people capable of developing innovative technologies that will solve the challenges we face as a society. She has also served on the district's Inclusive Learning Advisory Committee for the past three years.
