Mayor Doug Kobayashi

Phone Number
Fax Number
250-478-7516
Role
Mayor
Resident Since
Elected In
Key Appointments
  • Capital Regional District Board
  • Capital Region Hospital District Board
  • Capital Region Housing Corporation

Present:
- Independent management consultant specializing in strategic planning, business diagnostics, product development and performance management systems.
- Recently appointed by the Lieutenant Governor to the Board of Governors at Royal Roads University
- Governor on the Board of Governors of the Victoria Conservatory of Music
- Director on the Board of Directors of Green Transit Partners

Past Community Service:
- Acting chair of the advisory council to the Royal Roads University School of Business
- Various municipal committees in Colwood and Langford
- Westshore Literary Committee
- Past President of the Westshore Chamber of Commerce
- Past President Westshore Rebels Football Club
- Rotary Club of Edmonton
- Executive director of the Edmonton International Air Show
- Director for the United Way

Personal History:
- Raised in the Westshore area
- Graduated from Belmont High School and Royal Roads Military College
- Graduated Royal Military College of Canada - MEng (Mechanical)
- Graduated Cranfield University - MSc (Aeronautical Engineering)
- Recipient of The Canadian Merit Award; the Canadian Forces Decoration; and the Canada 125 Medal
- 20 years Royal Canadian Air Force (Lt.-Col ret'd)
- 27 years worked as a professional engineer and senior executive in the aerospace industry in vice-presidential roles for CAE Aviation; Conair Aviation and SPar Aerospace/L-3 Communications; also was the President/CEO of Dee Howard Aircraft (San Antonio, TX)
- Recently retired owner and operator of two businesses in both Colwood and Saanich
- Happily married to Melinda (Mindi) for almost 40 years and have one daughter, Mariko, who is an engineer presently undertaking her Master's degree at UBC