Management and Administration
Chief Executive Officer Bev Gutray
Senior Director of Operations Keith Stark
Director, Human Resources Gail Young
Executive Coordinator Clara Chalifour
Reception Walter Chownyk
Computer Network Support, Reception Mae Lew
Finance
Controller Judy Miller
Accounting Assistant Cathey Russell
Public Policy and Research
Senior Director of Policy, Planning and Government Relations Kendra Milne
Administrative Coordinator, Child and Youth Mental Health and Substance Use Collaborative Vivian Lee
Public Policy Analyst Amelia Hamfelt
Provincial Programs
Community Gatekeeper Training Project Program Manager Dammy Albach
Living Life to the Full National Manager Anne-Laure Combot
Living Life to the Full Facilitator Support Coordinator Nick Klein
Bounce Back National Manager Elisa Murru
Bounce Back Quality Assurance & Training Coordinator Ashley Grant (on leave)
Bounce Back Program Administrative Coordinator Faaria Samnani
Bounce Back Youth Program Coordinator Navjot Gill
Bounce Back Coach Stephanie Streicher
Confident Parents Program Manager Lynn Spence (interim)
Confident Parents Supervisor/Coach Joyce Balul
Confident Parents Supervisor/Coach Benson Lee
Confident Parents Supervisor/Coach Mags Jankowiak
Confident Parents Supervisor/Coach Becky Higgins
Confident Parents Intake Supervisor Ravina Gill
Confident Parents Intake Coordinator Rachael Grisedale
Confident Parents Intake Coordinator Dionne Weind
Confident Parents Coach Odo Ansah
Confident Parents Coach Henry Chin-Cheung Au
Confident Parents Coach Carol Crockford
Confident Parents Coach Danielle Dion
Confident Parents Coach Julia Hewko
Confident Parents Coach Renée Austin Julian
Confident Parents Coach Chasity Kuzmicz
Confident Parents Coach Andrew Leonard
Confident Parents Coach Autumn Maltby
Confident Parents Coach Mridula “Ivy” Morgan
Confident Parents Coach Michael Nishi
Confident Parents Coach Mia Parizgar
Confident Parents Coach Stephanie Plourde
Confident Parents Coach Kristen Swallow
Confident Parents Coach Shivani Thakur
Confident Parents Coach Amadea Vance
Confident Parents Coach Hayley Yarish
Confident Parents Coach Soomin Yoon
Confident Parents Coach Nathalie Zeoli
Mental Health Promotion
Mental Health Promotion Director Sarah Hamid-Balma
Editorial Coordinator Stephanie Wilson
Volunteer Services and Mental Health Information Navigator Shainul Kassam
Community Engagement
Community Engagement Director Maya Russell
Workplace Programs Manager Ashley Rinas
Administrative Coordinator, Workplace Initiatives Rose Chen
Communications Coordinator (and media inquiries) Lorna Allen
Communications Coordinator Justyna Krol
Communications Coordinator Jennifer Quan
Resource Clearinghouse Coordinator Ciboney Melo
Staff Emails
To email a staff member, use the following format:
firstname.lastname @cmha.bc.ca (exclude any hyphens within names).
Not sure who to contact? Remember some of our common emails:
- Mental health information, referral or support help@
(please note the email is not monitored 24/7 and is not a crisis service) - General office email: info@
- Media inquiries media@
- Mind Matters E-News submissions mindmatters@
- Bottom Line Conference queries conference@
- Workplace mental health training queries workshops@
- Living Life to the Full booklets and courses living.life@
- Blue Wave queries: bluewave@
- Webmaster: webmaster@