A Private Non-Profit Emergency Communications Corporation
CREST is governed by the Emergency Communications Corporations Act and incorporated under the BC Business Corporations Act. It is a private emergency communications not-for-profit corporation owned by its shareholders and governed by a Board of Directors.
The 20-member Board of Directors is responsible for overseeing the Corporation’s strategic direction, its finances, governance and operating results. The members of the Board are nominated by CREST shareholders, and provide extensive knowledge and experience to the Corporation through their work on the Board and as members of the Board’s finance, governance and other committees.
A user committee and service committees, made up of representatives from the supported agencies, ensure that CREST meets its customers’ needs.
CREST has a management team, headed by a General Manager that is accountable to the Board of Directors for the day-to-day administration of the Corporation.