Planning Committee
Elena Lopez | Conference Co-chair, MD, MSc, FRCPC, FCCMG, Clinical Geneticist, Developmental Pediatrician, Sunny Hill Health Centre for Children
Bruce Pipher | Conference Co-chair, MD, FRCPC, Clinical Director, Developmental Disabilities Mental Health Support team/Interior Health Children’s Assessment Network; Clinical Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia
Katrina Carlucci, Self-Advocate; Student, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
Marta Carlucci, BCR, Parent of a Daughter with Diverse Abilities; Partner, Hive & House Consulting, North Vancouver
Angela Clancy, Executive Director, Family Support Institute
Leanne Dospital, MA, Advocate for Service Quality, Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction
Robin Friedlander, MD, FRCPC, Head, Neuropsychiatry Clinic, BC Children’s Hospital; Psychiatrist, Vancouver and Fraser Developmental Disabilities Mental Health Services; Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia
Theresa M. Grech, MC, CCC, CPRP, Canadian Certified Counsellor and Certified Psychiatric Rehabilitation Practitioner, TMG Counselling Group; Clinical Faculty, Developmental Disorders Program, University of British Columbia
Kristina Hiemstra, BSocSc, Director, UBC Interprofessional Continuing Education
Nancy Jokinen, MSW, PhD, Adjunct Professor, University of Northern British Columbia; Co-lead, NTG Canadian Consortium on Dementia & Intellectual Disabilities
Rod Macdonald, MSW, Regional Manager – Community Resource Team, Health Services for Community Living and Choice in Supports for Independent Living, Home Health Portfolio, Fraser Health Authority, New Westminster
Charmaine Miranda, Registered Psychologist, Compass Clinic, British Columbia
Kelli Paddon, BA, CCDP, Manager of Policy, Community Living BC, Vancouver, BC
Vikram Palanisamy, MD, MRC Psych, DCP, FRCPC, Psychiatrist, Developmental Disabilities Mental Health Services, Fraser Health; Psychiatrist, Provincial Assessment Centre, Community Living BC
L. Michelle Ross, MD, CCFP, Vancouver, BC
Michelle Schmidt, PhD, Director of Instruction, Student Support, School District No. 36, Surrey, BC
Nancy Warkentin, RN, BScN, Interior Health Authority; Nursing Consultant, Health Services for Community Living, Cranbrook