Kyla Knowles

Kyla was raised in Kitimat, BC before moving south to attend SFU in 1994, from which she graduated with a joint major and co-operative education degree in Political Science, History, and French in 1999. It was during her time living at residence in SFU that she discovered Port Moody and has fond memories of those years hanging out at White Pine Beach, Buntzen Lake, Eagle Ridge Theatre, the Steel Monkey, and of course wing nights at the old Golden Spike Pub. After graduating from SFU, Kyla worked in corporate finance for a number of private, publicly-traded, and going-public businesses for 13 years. She had her daughters in 2012 and 2014, then changed careers to focus on executive-level management and board governance in 2015. Since then, she has worked for an economic think tank and non-profit, the City of Coquitlam and, since 2019, a large civil construction company based in Burnaby.

Kyla realized her long-time goal to live in Port Moody in 2013. Since that time, she has been an active volunteer for local groups including the Glenayre Parent Advisory Council, the College Park Community Association, the Port Moody Foundation, Golden Spike Days, the Rotary Club of Port Moody, Easthill Strata, and more. She is a current member of the City’s Parks and Recreation Commission.

Kyla is an active advocate for animal rescue and adoption and founded a Tri-Cities-based Facebook group in 2015 that focuses on the support and encouragement of plant-based eating. She cares deeply about climate change initiatives and resiliency, and loves to golf and travel with her daughters when she can spare the time.