15+ years as Executive Director providing strategic guidance & operational leadership to mission-based organizations with mandates in service delivery, education, and advocacy. 10+ years directing prevention, health promotion and counselling programs across the Fraser Health region—the most populous and diverse region in British Columbia. Well-acquainted with the challenges and opportunities facing BC communities ranging from urban to remote.10+ years supporting collaborative, therapeutic relationships and personal growth/stretching as a counsellor; clinical supervisor; and counselling, social work, and criminology practicum supervisor.Co-founder and co-chair of the Abbotsford Youth Health Centre (now Foundry Abbotsford), collecting data to aid in targeted outreach with key stakeholders—turning what could initially be seen as a controversial community “problem” into an acclaimed, urgently-needed, scalable solution.Fraser Health region-wide projects have robust third-party evaluation findings, showing they support voices of living/lived experience to influence practice and policy change—concurrently building self-efficacy, resilience, and belonging. Bringing service users and key stakeholders into staff hiring processes, program evaluation efforts, governance bodies, and educational curriculum development/delivery initiatives—creating an environment of mutual accountability, client-informed innovation, and iterative feedback and knowledge exchange. Working together, staff and service users discover new ways to move the basis of our work from belief to evidence—allowing for improved transparency and responsiveness.Consistently spearheaded the development of new and innovative collaborative programs that have involved 150+ local, provincial, and national organizations—including securing millions of dollars in local, provincial, federal, & private funds, as well as in-kind contributions. Organizations engaged range from businesses to the arts, First Nations, community services, faith-based organizations, educational institutions, multiple health authorities, upper levels of provincial ministries, & national knowledge exchange, advocacy, and best practice clearing houses.
Listed skills include Community Development, Communities Of Practice, Non Profit Administration, Strategic Planning, and 46 others.
