Chartered accountant, extensive community volunteer to seek re-election on Chilliwack City Council

CHILLIWACK — Long before chartered accountant Jeff Shields ran for public office four years ago, he gave back to his community on a number of fronts.

The lifelong Chilliwack resident and chartered accountant of 30 years poured himself into the community by serving on the boards of CEPCO, Chilliwack Community Services, Big Brothers, and Rotary, including stints as chair and president of these four, treasurer for Chilliwack Flight Fest, and volunteering as a youth soccer coach and with Chilliwack Secondary School Hello Goodbye Committee.

With this backdrop of community service etched into his life and as CFO of the Visscher Group of companies, Shields will seek a second term on Chilliwack City Council in this fall’s election.

“I am very pleased to announce that I will be running for re-election as councillor in the upcoming election,” Shields said in a statement Tuesday (Sept. 6). “My decision to run four years ago was based on my passion to serve the city that has provided so much to me for so many years and nothing has changed since then. I am immensely proud of what has been accomplished over the last four years and I want to continue to build on that momentum. I came in with a strong resume that included over 25 years as a Chartered Accountant, CFO for a large family owned company that employs over two hundred people locally, and years of involvement in the community on various organizations and boards. Now I can add the experience, knowledge and skills developed over the past four years as a member of your City Council.”