Kira Berntson is a manager in Prevention Field Services with WorkSafeBC in the Okanagan and Kootenay regions.
She has a Bachelors in Engineers and a Masters of Psychology, which she combines to support her passion of helping to make the world a safer place. Kira has worked as an engineer and as a health and safety professional in a variety of industries ranging from theater to manufacturing to utilities. Where ever she works, her core message and drive is the same: Safety first, and physical and psychological health and safety go hand in hand.
Provincially Kira is the PFS manager of interest for bullying and harassment prevention, and for psychological health and safety. She is privileged in this role to work with a highly skilled and passionate team of officers who share her belief in helping employers and workers achieve the highest levels of workplace health and safety.