OUR TEAM

Robin Bennewith
Indigenous Outreach Worker
Directions Youth Services

Terry Ann Boyles
CHAIR

Terry Anne brings expertise in public policy and in post-secondary education. She was Vice-President, Colleges and Institutes Canada and President, Saskatoon Region Community College.

Terry Anne is currently the Board Co-Chair, Board Voice Society of B.C. and is a SkyHive Technologies Inc. Board Member.  She is a Board Voice representative on the B.C. Minister’s Advisory Roundtable on the Social Services Sector.

Her past board roles have included the Aboriginal Human Resource Council of Canada, the Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women, Habitat for Humanity – National Capital Region, the Red Deer Family Service Bureau and the federal Advisory Committee on Literacy and Essential Skills, the Ottawa Art Gallery, and the Red Deer Family Services Bureau which she chaired.  She also Chaired the Alberta Association for Continuing Education and the Saskatchewan Association for Life Long Learning.  She served on the federal Advisory Committee on Literacy and Essential Skills and on the Post-Secondary Advisory Committee to the Chief Statistician of Canada.

Board of Directors


Terry Ann Boyles* Chair; Board Voice Representative

Keith BergnerNominating; Governance; Indigenous Relations

Brian DeMuyNominating; Ad Hoc Building

Sarah Tutton Frost – Finance & Audit; Nominating

Katey Grist*Secretary; Chair; Governance; Human Resources; Indigenous Relations

Marina KatusaChair; Human Resources; Ad Hoc Building; Foundation Board

Susanne KingshottHuman Resources; Board Liason to CEO Fund Raising efforts

Tony Kirschner*Vice-Chair; Ad Hoc Building; Foundation Board

Jocelyne Legal – Chair; Ad Hoc Building

Iris Lo – Finance & Audit; Ad Hoc Building; Spencer Creo Representative

Marcela McBurney – Finance & Audit; Foundation Board

Jacqueline Per – Human Resources; Governance

Rick Pozzebon* – Treasurer; Chair; Finance & Audit; Ad Hoc Building; Foundation Board

Lyle Viereck* – Ad Hoc Building; Indigenous Relations; Foundation Board; Immediate Past Chair

David Wells – Governance; Indigenous Relations

Trevor Zeck – Chair; Nominating; Human Resources; Liaison to CEO; Fundraising

*Also members of the Executive Committee

Senior Leadership Team


Maria Howard
Chief Executive Officer

Simone Plusa
Executive and Board Liaison

Jessica Denholm
Vice President, Performance & Quality Assurance

Marnie Goldenberg
Vice President, Programs

Lara Barley
Director, Human Resources

Christian Le Nobel
Director, Finance

Amanda Sayfy
Vice President, Development & Communications

Gregg Taylor
President, FSEAP Vancouver

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