Our Team
Locally owned and operated with over 27 years of trusted experience.
Cabinetry Professionals at Your Service
Family owned and locally operated, Mid Island Cabinets is your one-stop source for custom cabinetry on Vancouver Island and beyond. Our team unites a variety of skills and experiences to deliver individualized service to all of our residential and commercial clients.
The Mid Island Cabinets team includes:
Kathy Lussier
Vice President
Kathy grew up in the industry and was introduced to cabinets at a very young age. She started at the bottom and worked her way up to becoming a cabinet designer / sales person as well as the sales manager at Mid Island Cabinets. Kathy appreciates the hard work and passion that is required to make a beautiful and functional design work well for each individual and their needs.
Karen Petraschuk
Sales Manager
After graduating from BCIT’s Interior Design program in 2007, Karen quickly established herself as a senior design consultant in the custom cabinetry industry. With over 20 years of customer service experience and 9 years of management experience, joining the Mid Island Cabinets team as the Sales Manager was a perfect fit!
Karen has a passion for design and a commitment to customer satisfaction. With a keen eye for detail, Karen approaches each project as an exciting opportunity to discover her clients’ needs. She collaborates with them to find creative ways of addressing challenges and provides a solution that is completely unique and custom. Thanks to her bubbly personality and keen ability to find a solution for any project in the home, from the kitchen to the closet or home office, this is what keeps customers coming back to work with Karen again and again.
Dave Fuller
Sales Associate / Parksville
Dave has been in the cabinet and millwork business since 1976 and has owned shops in Thunder Bay, ON. He began his design and sales career while working as a finishing carpenter. He has owned and operated his own sawmill and created wood for his cabinetry company.
Dave has also owned a cabinet company in Victoria and has worked as an installer and general manager with two other cabinet businesses on the island. Outside his work in the industry, he has built, bought, and renovated more than 20 houses for resale.
For the past 15 years, Dave has worked with Mid Island Cabinets but has worked exclusively in design and sales for the past several years. With a wide-ranging history and breadth of experience, Dave is a complete and competent designer and salesperson.
Mary Burley
Sales Associate / Courtenay Comox & Parksville
Mary started her path in Interior Design in 2011 by obtaining a formal education at the Art Institute of Vancouver, which lead her to completing residential projects for high-end clients in the city. Mary then took her knowledge and vision to Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, spearheading both residential and commercial projects. With an exceptional eye for design and strong organizational skills, Mary creates functional, individualized spaces that fulfill clients needs and the people who inhabit them.
Brent Jossul
Sales Associate / Parksville
Brent has been heading our commercial and special projects division since the summer of 2016 and has over 15 years of experience in the trade. He has strong ties to the island community as he grew up in Nanaimo and attended Dover Bay Secondary and VIU following his graduation. Brent honed his skills in custom millwork and cabinetry while building a strong custom woodwork division for a successful company on the lower mainland. He loves being back on the island and working with builders and private clients. Brent enjoys working with all of his clients and is driven to make their vision come to fruition.
Vanessa Wagemaker
Sales Associate / Nanaimo
Vanessa grew up in the Comox Valley and has worked for the last 7 years in interior design and cabinetry on Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland. With a passion for design and an eye for detail combined with a diploma in Architectural interior design Vanessa thrives on transforming visions into reality. Her approach is “to keep up on new design trends and applications and take the guess work out of creating new and exciting spaces while keeping function in mind and of course first class service…with a smile!”
Stephanie Sparks
Sales Associate / Nanaimo & Port Alberni
Stephanie is a designer with a passion for all things creative. Her inspiration comes from the years of building homes and multiple renovations. Stephanie’s professional training is in high-end customer service, sales, and AutoCAD. With her knowledge and expertise, Stephanie will be with you every step of the way from initial scribbles to the final install. Her enthusiasm and energy for your project will help make your dream space appear. She is very excited to be part of the Mid Island Cabinets sales team.
Krystalyne Dewald
Sales Associate / Nanaimo
After graduating from Lakeland College’s Interior Design program in 2008, Krystalyne pursued her career in the kitchen and bath industry. With a keen eye for detail and a passion for design, she will ensure a personalized balance of aesthetics, practicality, and function in each and every project. With innovative ideas and a youthful energy, it would be her pleasure to guide you through your upcoming project.
Laura Visser
Sales Associate / Nanaimo
Laura began her journey in the cabinet industry in 2009, as a junior kitchen designer in Parksville, BC. She soon realized that kitchen design was a path she wanted to follow, and quickly advanced in her position. She moved on to Alberta and began working as a Builder Sales Account Manager for a large cabinet company, where she honed her abilities in kitchen design working with contractors and builders. Laura still maintains excellent relationships with her Alberta peers and clients to this day. Later, opportunity brought Laura back to BC’s lower mainland in 2016, where she began working for a custom cabinet company as a Design Consultant. There she broadened her knowledge in custom cabinetry and design. Wanting to settle down, Laura moved to her hometown of Nanaimo in 2018, and began serving the Mid Vancouver Island region.
Over the last decade, with her broad knowledge of all aspects of cabinetry and design, Laura’s projects have included everything from small renovations to large multi-family projects. Laura’s advanced skills in project management, her attention to detail, and her innate ability to dedicate herself to each customer sets her apart from others. She sets her level of customer service to a high standard. One aspect of the industry Laura thoroughly enjoys is training others in product and design but her real passion is working with clients to make their vision become their reality.
Julie Tremblay
Sales Associate / Nanaimo
Julie has always had a creative eye and loves nothing more than turning a vision into reality. She studied 2 years in Interior Design at Garneau College in Quebec City and after moving out west, she also enrolled in a 2-year Interior Design Technology program at Lakeland College, where she graduated in 2008 with honors. Her ability to develop client relationships based on respect, trust, and confidence has been the key to her success as a designer. Skilled at creating tailored designs under a variety of budgets, styles, timeframes, and requirements, Julie guides her clients through every phase of the design process. Using her vast experience in project management and her background in commercial and residential construction, she is able to facilitate beautifully crafted, functional spaces that represent a client’s heart and mind.
Call us today to speak to our team in Parksville and Nanaimo!
