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Who We Are

STEERING COMMITTEE

  • Brendan Johnson, Executive Director, Guelph Neighbourhood Support Coalition (Chair)
  • Leen Al-Habash, Project Manager, Guelph Wellington Local Immigration Partnership (Co-chair)
  • Alex Goss, Manager of Community Investment, City of Guelph
  • Barb McPhee, Peer Leader
  • Dana Nutley, Peer Leader
  • Glenna Banda, Executive Director, United Way Guelph Wellington Dufferin
  • Helen Fishburn, Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Mental Health Association Waterloo Wellington
  • Maggie Phelan, Peer Leader
  • Naima Mohamood, Co-Chair, Poverty Task Force Intersectionality Advisory Committee
  • Stuart Beumer, Director of Ontario Works, County of Wellington

MEMBERSHIP

  • Brendan Johnson, Executive Director, Guelph Neighbourhood Support Coalition (Co-Chair)
  • Leen Al-Habash, Project Manager, Guelph Wellington Local Immigration Partnership (Co-chair)
  • Alex Goss, Manager of Community Investment, City of Guelph
  • Asma Alwahsh, Founder & Executive Director, Canadian Arab Women’s Association
  • Barb McPhee, Peer Leader
  • Charisse Sayer, Integrated Care Manager, Southwest Ontario Aboriginal Health Access Centre
  • Chris Baginski-Hansen, Executive Director, Second Chance Employment Counselling
  • Dana Nuttley, Peer Leader
  • Daria Allan-Ebron, Executive Director, Family and Children’s Services of Guelph and Wellington County
  • Debbie Bentley Lauzon, Executive Director, Wyndham House
  • Gail Hoekstra, Executive Director, Welcome In Drop-In Centre
  • Glenna Banda, Executive Director, United Way Guelph Wellington Dufferin
  • Helen Fishburn, Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Mental Health Association Waterloo Wellington
  • Jasper Smith, Executive Director, HIV/AIDS Resources and Community Health
  • June Hofland, City Councillor, City of Guelph (honorary member)
  • Kari Simpson, Executive Director, East Wellington Community Services
  • Kristin Kerr, Executive Director, Stonehenge Therapeutic Community
  • Lisa Needham, Public Health Nutritionist, Wellington Dufferin Guelph Public Health
  • Logan Legate, Peer Leader
  • Mark Poste, Director of Housing, County of Wellington
  • Naima Mohamood, Co-Chair, Poverty Task Force Intersectionality Advisory Committee
  • Maggie Phelan, Peer Leader
  • Melissa Kwaitkowski, Chief Executive Officer, Guelph Community Health Centre
  • Sharon Felker, Peer Leader
  • Sharon Henriques, Peer Leader
  • Sly Castaldi, Executive Director, Women in Crisis
  • Stuart Beumer, Director of Ontario Works, County of Wellington
  • Tina Brophey, Peer Leader
  • Zahia Al Jasem, Peer Leader

STAFF

  • Dominica McPherson, Director
  • Dania El-Ayoubi, Community Engagement and Communications Coordinator