Frances Wasserlein

Frances Wasserlein (b. July 31, 1946 San Francisco – August 23, 2015 Halfmoon Bay)[1] was a Canadian-American arts community manager and a LGBTQ rights activist living in Canada.

[2][3] She was a board member of a British Columbia Arts Council predecessor from 1996 to 2002.

[3] Wasserlein was born in San Francisco but brought up in Vancouver in Canada.

[3] She moved to Halfmoon Bay, British Columbia after marrying Marguerite Kotwitz in 2003.

There, she was executive director of Sunshine Coast Community Arts Council from 2008 to 2013 and taught cultural event management at Capilano College.