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