Roly Russell

Roly Russell currently serves as a Member of the Legislative Assembly in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia since October 2020, following a lengthy tenure as Director for Rural Grand Forks and Chair of the Board at the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary from January 2013 to November 2020. Prior to this, Roly held the position of Director & Board Chair at Grand Forks Credit Union from October 2010 to November 2020 and worked as a Researcher at The Sandhill Institute, contributing to environmental understanding and education from 2008 to October 2020. Roly's agricultural experience includes farming hops, grains, and poultry with SlowKettle from 2007 to 2017. Academic credentials feature postdoctoral work at Columbia University’s Earth Institute from 2005 to 2007 and degrees from Oregon State University, The University of British Columbia, and the University of Melbourne.