Reaching Home – Nanaimo Community Advisory Board Members

Co-Chairs

• Emmy Manson

  Councilor, Snuneymuxw First Nation
• Jason Harrison

  Executive Director, CMHA Mid-Island Branch

Members

• Amanda Lemon

  Island Health
• Dawn Clark

  Director of Education, QI & Special Projects, Haven Society
• Deborah Hollins

  Executive Director, Nanaimo Family Life Association
• Gord Cote

  Director, Nanaimo and Area Resource Services for Families
• Gordon Fuller

  Executive Director, Nanaimo 7-10 Club
• Inga Nielsen-Cooper

  Associate Executive Director, Tillicum Lelum
• John Horn

  Vice President, Nanaimo Region John Howard Society
• Keith Wilson

  Chief Administrative Officer, Nanaimo Youth Services Association
• Paul Manly

  Coordinator, Unitarian Shelter
• Kim Smythe

  CEO, Nanaimo Chamber of Commerce
• Yonas Jongkind

  Executive Director, The Men’s Centre
• Nadia Boukhouali

  Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction
• Sharon MacDonald

  Director of Supportive Services, Pacifica Housing
• Taryn O’Flanagan

  Executive Director, Vancouver Island Mental Health Society
• Violet Hayes

  Executive Director, Island Crisis Care Society
• Yvonne Borrows

  Executive Director, Salvation Army Nanaimo

Non-Voting Members

• Julie Rushton

  Community Impact Manager, United Way British Columbia
• Vicky Trill

  Reaching Home Specialist, United Way British Columbia
• Terra Kaethler

  Impact Officer, United Way British Columbia
• Grace Kerr

  Senior Program Development Officer, Service Canada