Sustainability Magazine April 2019 | Page 90

CITY OF RICHMOND
EXECUTIVE PROFILE Malcolm Brodie , Mayor of Richmond
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Malcolm Brodie has been a member of Richmond City Council since 1996 . Following a by-election , he was sworn in as Mayor on October 29 , 2001 and was re-elected in 2002 , 2005 , 2008 , 2011 , 2014 , and most recently in October 2018 . Mayor Brodie has represented Richmond on the Board of Directors of Metro Vancouver since taking office in 2001 . He currently serves on their Water Committee , Performance & Audit Committee , Finance & Intergovernmental Committee , Mayors ’ Committee , and the Industrial Lands Strategy Task Force . He has represented Metro Vancouver on the Municipal Finance Authority and the National Zero Waste Council , and is currently the Chair of both these organizations . He is also a member of the TransLink Council of Mayors . Before election to Council , Mayor Brodie was a practising lawyer and had a long record of service to Richmond in the volunteer community . In honor of his contributions and achievements in the community , Mayor Brodie is a recipient of the Commemorative Medal for the 125th Anniversary of the Confederation of Canada , the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal , the
Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal , and the Canada 150th
Anniversary Medal . APRIL 2019