Chief Kim Baird

Director, BC Hydro

Appointed April 10, 2008

Chief Kim Baird's ancestral name is Kwuntiltunaat. The name is based on her great-great grandfather's name Kwuntilum.

Kim is the elected Chief of the Tsawwassen First Nation, a position she has held for five terms, since 1999.

Chief Kim Baird was the first woman, who was not an MLA, in B.C. history to address the B.C. Legislature on October 15, 2007 when the British Columbia Treaty Legislation process was initiated.

Chief Baird had the honour of implementing British Columbia's first urban treaty on April 3, 2009. This was the culmination of a number of successes she has achieved in her career. Chief Baird achieved another milestone in April, by becoming the first First Nation representative on the Metro Vancouver Board of Directors.

Chief Baird has received a number of prestigious awards over the past two years, including Canada's Top 40 Under 40 Award, the National Aboriginal Women in Leadership Distinction Award, Vancouver Magazine's Power 50 Award, and Canada's Most Powerful Women Top 100 Award.

Chief Baird sits on the First Nations Employment Society's Board of Directors, the Vancouver Aboriginal Skills and Employment Program, Naut'sa mawt Tribal Council and the Joe Mathias Scholarship Foundation.

She is also a busy working mother that has three daughters, Amy (age 5), Sophia (age 2), and her newest addition to the family Naomi, born in April 2009 with her husband Steeve.

Last Modified: Jul 31, 2009