Reaching Home

Nanaimo Community Advisory Board Members

Co-Chairs

• Deborah Hollins

  Executive Director, NFLA
• Guy Beaulieu

  Director, Mid Island Metis Nation

Members

• Troy Brooks

  Program Coordinator, Kw’umut Lelum
• Andrew Ferguson

  Executive Director, Connective
• Gord Cote

  Nanaimo and Area Resource Services for Families
• Gordon Fuller

  Executive Director, Nanaimo 7-10 Club
• Ben Geselbracht, Ex Officio

  City Councillor, City of Nanaimo
• Jason Harrison

  Executive Director, Canadian Mental Health-MIB
• Daylene Jones

  Executive Director, Haven Society
• Violet Hayes

  Executive Director, Island Crisis Care Society
• Yonas Jongkind/Ipswa

  Executive Director, The Men’s Centre
• Amanda Lemon

  Island Health
• Emmy Manson

  Band Councillor, Snuneymuxw First Nation
• Bern Muller

  Director, New Hope Centre, Salvation Army
• John McCormick

  Executive Director, SPO
• Inga Nielsen-Cooper

  Tillicum Lelum
• Taryn O’Flanagan

  Executive Director, Vancouver Island Mental Health Society
• Keith Wilson

  Executive Director, Nanaimo Youth Services Association
• Christy Wood

  Social Planner, City of Nanaimo

Non-Voting Members

• Sydney Lawson

  Reaching Home Specialist, United Way BC
• Julie Rushton

  Director, Community Impact & Investment, United Way BC
• Grace Kerr

  Engagement and Program Officer, Western and Territories Service Delivery – Community Engagement and Service Delivery Directorate Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada