Achieving for Delta

GO CANADA!

Can’t wait for the City of Delta FIFA World Cup Watch Parties in Ladner and North Delta! Stay tuned for the full schedule for June and July. ⚽️ 🇨🇦 🇨🇦🇺🇸🇲🇽

Meet Alicia Guichon!

💼 Current profession:

Co-Owner of Backroads Family Farm Market and Current Delta City Councillor

🏡 Lives:

Ladner

✅Strengths on the Team:

- Alicia brings strong ties to the farming community that help preserve and keep agriculture thriving in Delta

- She is focused on putting Delta residents’ concerns first

- She is passionate about preserving Deltas history and heritage as a multi-generational resident of Delta

- She has a lifelong investment in the Delta community where she has grown up and is now raising her children

✍️ Bio:

Alicia Guichon is a fifth-generation Ladner farmer, entrepreneur, and Delta Councillor who is passionate about preserving agricultural land and supporting farming in Delta. Since 2018, she has served on Delta Council and is known for her strong community involvement and advocacy for local agriculture. Alicia chairs Delta’s Agricultural Advisory Committee and serves on the Board of the Delta Farmers Institute.

In 2014, she co-founded Backroads Family Farm Market with her sister to connect residents with local food and farming. A lifelong Delta resident, Alicia remains active through community organizations, volunteering, and local events while raising her young family with her husband, Jeff, in Ladner.

Meet Joe Muego!

💼 Current profession:

Registered architect and current chair of the Delta Board of Education

🏡 Lives:

Tsawwassen

✅Strengths on the Team:

- ⁠Joe brings extensive board experience, measured decision-making and leadership to our school board team

- He brings exposure to local and provincial issues, having served on the BC School Trustees Association Provincial Council, and also chairs the Delta School District Audit Committee

- He brings a strong understanding of Delta’s needs, given his ⁠over two-decade-long history of community service to Delta, both professionally and as a proud resident

✍️ Bio:

Joe Muego is a decades-long advocate for public education and has held roles including Parent Advisory Committee (PAC) chair for elementary and secondary schools, Delta DPAC chair representing parents from all 31 of Delta’s schools, and school trustee, to which he was elected in 2022. Since then, he has twice been elected chair of the Delta Board of Education by his peers, representing all trustees in various capacities, including at the regional and provincial levels.

Outside of the school sector, Joe is a registered architect in British Columbia and has operated his own corporate practice since 2002. Joe has been the architect of record for over 1,000 projects in BC, with construction values approaching $1 billion. This broad experience leverages his ability to comprehend complex systems and issues and to bring people together within these systems.

Meet Nick Kanakos, the husband to longtime retired Delta Councillor Jeanie Kanakos!

💼 Current profession:

Delta School Board Trustee and retired Delta School Teacher

🏡 Lives:

North Delta

✅Strengths on the Team:

⁃ He brings a strong understanding of local governance and procedures after serving as a Delta Trustee for over 15 years

⁃ he brings the willingness to ask difficult questions and make difficult decisions, given his long history of advocating for responsible fiscal stewardship in Delta

⁃ He brings an interest in practical infrastructure and community issues, as demonstrated in his involvement in the North Delta track upgrades

⁃ He also brings a long history of community service, for which he received the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee award in recognition of his community service

✍️ Bio:

Nick Kanakos has served Delta for more than 15 years as an elected Trustee on the Delta Board of Education. He is recognized for his commitment to governance, fiscal responsibility, and long-term planning that support students and the broader community. Throughout his tenure, he has worked collaboratively with local and provincial partners to maintain balanced budgets, improve learning environments, and strengthen public confidence in governance.

He helped advance the North Delta track upgrades, which was a major community infrastructure project. In 2022, he received the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee award for community service. A long-time North Delta resident, he remains committed to responsible leadership and the Delta community’s well-being.

Meet Jessie Dosanjh!

💼 Current profession:

High-Performance Athletics Coach

🏡 Lives:

North Delta

✅Strengths on the Team:

⁃ Experienced leader with over 12 years of Municipal governance

⁃ Regularly volunteers as a youth and elite athlete coach for local Delta athletes

⁃ deeply rooted in the cultural fabric of the community

⁃ Well-known multi-award-winning local leader and BC Hall of Fame inductee

✍️ Bio:

Jessie Dosanjh has proudly called Delta home for over 40 years, dedicating his life to community service and leadership. First elected as a Delta School Trustee in 2018, he later became one of the first people of colour elected to Delta City Council in 2022. With more than 25 years as a high-performance track and field coach, he has mentored youth and coached athletes to national, international, and Olympic levels. Jessie is a strong advocate for parks, recreation, and community safety. His leadership has earned provincial recognition, including induction into the BC Athletics Hall of Fame and the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal.

Meet Nimmi Daula!

💼 Current profession:

Community Engagement and Fundraising Officer at PICS Society, Radio Host at Swift 1200AM, Delta School Board Trustee and Insurance Advisor

🏡 Lives:

North Delta

✅Strengths on the Team:

- Extensive multi-award-winning community leadership experience through nonprofit, media, and public service roles

- Strong relationship-building skills and connections with diverse populations as an intercultural services professional

- Professional communicator through her extensive professional media and broadcasting career

- Demonstrated action-oriented leadership as a seasoned community leader and incumbent Trustee of Delta

✍️ Bio:

Nimmi Daula is a dedicated community leader, educator, and advocate committed to inclusion, service, and community well-being.

Since 2022, she has served as a Trustee with the Delta School District, championing equitable education, student success, and youth engagement through her liaison role with the Delta Youth Advisory Council.

She is also the Community Engagement and Fundraising Officer at Progressive Intercultural Community Services (PICS), a past President of the Rotary Club of Surrey-Newton, and a longtime radio host. Nimmi has been widely recognized for her community contributions.

She lives in Delta with her husband and two sons and remains deeply committed to serving local families.

Meet Ikjot Sandhu!

💼 Current profession:

Child and Youth Care Worker in the Delta School District and Realtor serving families across the Lower Mainland

🏡 Lives:

Tsawwassen

✅Strengths on the Team:

- Rooted in Delta’s schools and families

- Strong advocate for Delta’s equity, diversity, and inclusion needs

- Understands Delta families’ housing pressures

- Collaborative, positive team player

- Women’s and Girls Leadership

✍️ Bio:

Ikjot Sandhu has dedicated the past seven years to supporting Delta families and youth. As a Child and Youth Care Worker in the Delta School District, she has helped students facing mental health and family challenges while creating a Girls Group that has supported more than 60 young women. She has also spent seven years with Yo Bro Yo Girl Youth Initiative and helped grow the North Delta wrestling program.

As a realtor in the Lower Mainland, Ikjot understands local housing pressures facing families and first-time buyers. A proud Tsawwassen resident, she believes strong communities are built through investment in youth, families, and collaborative leadership.