Employee Profile: Kerri Cook
Kerri Cook is a disclosure coordinator for the Organized Crime Agency of British Columbia (OCABC) at the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit (CFSEU-BC) Island District office. She has been overseeing the disclosure unit for the district offices since 2016. Kerri came to the OCABC with over 10 years of experience working in a policing environment. She was a disclosure specialist with the Victoria Police Department, an information systems and applications specialist (ISAS) with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Vancouver Island Integrated Major Crime Unit (VIIMCU) and a telecommunication operator at the Victoria Operations Communications Centre (OCC). Kerri is well known for sharing her file management and disclosure knowledge nationally.
Kerri has held a variety of volunteer roles in the rugby community, including managing club teams, regional representative teams, and BC Rugby teams, as well as serving on multiple rugby boards. Having lived in New Zealand, a country where rugby is deeply rooted, the sport is second nature to her. Rugby is truly a family affair—her husband and two daughters also play.
For the past 8 years, Kerri has been a Team Liaison Officer for the New Zealand Black Ferns Sevens Women’s team while on their Langford and Vancouver travel stops for the World Rugby Sevens Series. The Black Ferns Sevens have dominated the Women’s Sevens World Series by winning 7 out of 11 tournaments. Due to her experience with the Black Ferns Sevens, she was recruited by the New Zealand Women’s National 15s Rugby team while they were in Vancouver for the World Rugby WXV event (three-tier global women’s international 15s rugby competition). Additionally, Kerri was referred to Jamaican Rugby, who were in search of a manager competing in the Rugby America’s North (RAN) Sevens Olympic qualifier tournament. Kerri is continuously volunteering her time to the rugby community outside her work life.
Kerri’s experience with the national teams has deepened her appreciation for the pride athletes feel in representing their country and the influence they carry. While women’s rugby has historically faced challenges with limited funding, support, and visibility compared to the men’s game, the past decade has brought a noticeable cultural shift. Gender bias is diminishing, the sport is becoming more inclusive, and the growing success and popularity of women’s rugby reflects this positive change.
Kerri is a valued member of the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) committee at CFSEU-BC. Her background in rugby has strengthened her understanding of EDI and her ability to advocate for greater awareness and inclusion. Since its beginnings in the early 1800s, rugby has been celebrated as a character-building sport that values respect and embraces players of all shapes, sizes, and personalities. Kerri and her teammates refer to the rugby community as their family – where everyone belongs.
Kerri will assume a new rugby-related volunteer role on June 1, 2025. She is the new incoming President for the Castaway Wanderers Rugby Club in Oak Bay, Victoria. Kerri will make history as the first female president of a BC Rugby club!
