Planning Committee
Stacey Walsh
Co-Chair
Social Worker, Sunny Hill Health Centre for Children
Vancouver, BC
Angela Clancy
Co-Chair
Executive Director, Family Support Institute
New Westminster, BC
Tanya Brown
ASCD Coordinator, Coast Fraser North Region
Squamish Nation Ayas Men Men Child and Family Services
So-Sah-Latch Family Center
North Vancouver, BC
Dana Brynelsen
Community Representative, former Provincial Advisor, Infant Development Program of BC, Retired
Halfmoon Bay, BC
Diana Elliott
Provincial Advisor, Aboriginal Infant Development Programs
Victoria, BC
Jason Gordon
Provincial Advocate, BC Association of Child Development and Intervention (BCACDI)
Kelowna, BC
Kristina Hiemstra
Director, Interprofessional Continuing Education, University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC
Beth Hutchinson
Provincial Co-ordinator, Parent-Child Mother Goose Program in BC
Vancouver, BC
Sue Khazaie
President of the Board, Society for Children and Youth of BC
President of the Board, Canadian Association of Family Resource Programs
Langley, BC
Sally McBride
Knowledge Translation (KT) Manager, Human Early Learning Partnership
School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC
Lorelyn Meisner
Physiotherapist, BC Children’s Hospital
Vancouver, BC
Judie Sahadeo
Infant Development Consultant
Langley, BC
Sue Sterling
Aboriginal Early Childhood Development Consultant for the Interior Region, Ministry of Children & Families –Interior Region Contractor
Early Childhood Education Instructor, Nicola Valley Institute of Technology
Merritt, BC
Sonya Vellet
Psychologist
Vellet and Associates Child Psychological services, Inc.
Vancouver, BC
Michaela Woolridge
PhD Candidate, University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC
Elaine Zamardi
Project Officer
AIDP/ASCD Provincial Office
Vancouver, BC
Advisory Committee
Mary Lee Best
Coordinator, Alan Cashmore Centre
Vancouver, BC
Michelle Horn
Program Manager, Kelty Mental Health Resource Centre / Health Literacy
BC Mental Health and Substance Use Services, an agency of the Provincial Health Services Authority
Vancouver, BC
Sarah Kobayashi
Social Worker, Vancouver Aboriginal Child and Family Services Society
Vancouver, BC
David Phillips
Operations Manager, MCFD, Richmond / Vancouver West, Regional Manager ECD
Vancouver, BC
Evelyn Wotherspoon
Clinical Social Worker, Early Childhood Mental Health, Evelyn Wotherspoon and Associates Ltd
Calgary, AB