OUR TEAM
Robin Bennewith
Indigenous Outreach Worker
Directions Youth Services
Maria Howard
CEO
Maria Howard has recently joined Family Services as CEO in September of 2020. She is an experienced leader with a demonstrated history of working in the charity/ non-profit industry.
Maria has decades of leadership in the health-care sector, as well as provincial and national governance experience. She holds an MBA in Leadership from the University of Athabasca and an M.Ed. in Rehabilitation from the University of Washington.
With extensive business experience combined with previous roles both as a rehabilitation counselor and in health-care sector leadership, she joins FSGV with directly relevant operational experience, underpinned by a commitment to caring and inclusive communities.
Senior Agency Leadership Team
Maria Howard
CEO
Jessica Denholm
Vice President, Performance & Quality Assurance
Marnie Goldenberg
Vice President, Programs
Lara Barley
Director, Human Resources
Christian Le Nobel
Director, Finance
Amanda Sayfy
Director, Development & Communications
Pat Steiner
Associate Director, Community Education & Financial Empowerment
Gregg Taylor
Director, Clinical Counselling Programs, President FSEAP Vancouver