Contact Us

Hello from the YWCA Halifax team!

If you have questions or need support, please find the appropriate program staff below.

For general inquiries please contact:

Sandra Pineda (she/her) | Admin Assistant
s.pineda@ywcahalifax.com

For all housing inquiries please contact:

Jessica Bailey | Housing and Intake Coordinator
housing@ywcahalifax.com | (902) 410-8766

Senior Management

Miia Suokonautio (she/her) | Chief Executive Officer
contact@ywcahalifax.com

Danielle Hodges (she/her) | Chief Operating Officer d.hodges@ywcahalifax.com | (902) 423-6162 x 163

Marla States (she/her) | Director of Programs m.states@ywcahalifax.com | (902) 423-6162 x 166

Carol Anne Smith (she/her) | Director of Fund Development & Communication ca.smith@ywcahalifax.com | (902) 423-6162 x 114

Jim Cooke (he/him) | Controller
j.cooke@ywcahalifax.com | (902) 423-6162 x 105

Kerri Johnson (she/her) | Provincial Director of Early Learning and Child Care
k.johnson@ywcahalifax.com | (902) 423-6162 x 130

Shannon Corkum (she/her) | Director of Operations
contact@ywcahalifax.com | (902) 423-6162 x 104

Shannon Pringle (she/her) | Director of Advocacy & Community Response 
s.pringle@ywcahalifax.com | (902) 423-6162 x 117

Krista Dunn (she/her) | Director of Housing and Properties
k.dunn@ywcahalifax.com | (902) 423-6162 x 158

Advocacy & Development

Shannon Pringle (she/her) | Director of Advocacy & Community Response
s.pringle@ywcahalifax.com | (902) 423-6162 x 117

Marcie Casler (she/her) | TESS Coordinator Trafficking Exploitation Service Systems
TESS@ywcahalifax.com

Theresa Yuill | Child Care & Housing Development Lead
t.yuill@ywcahalifax.com | (902) 423-6162 x 118

Devin West | Shift Change Lead
d.west@ywcahalifax.com | (902) 423-6162 x 120

Child Care & Family Home Daycare

Kerri Johnson (she/her) | Provincial Director of Early Learning and Child Care
k.johnson@ywcahalifax.com | (902) 423-6162 x 130

 Krista Maynard (she/her) | Regional Manager, Early Learning and Child Care
k.maynard@ywcahalifax.com | (902) 423-6162 x 121

Yuna Lee (she/her) | Regional Manager, Elmsdale Early Learning and Child Care
y.lee@ywcahalifax.com | (902) 423-6162 x 146

Monique Walsh (she/her) | Manager, Family Home Child Care Program:
m.walsh@ywcahalifax.com | (902) 423-6162 x 149

Danielle Walsh | Family Home Daycare Consultant
d.walsh@ywcahalifax.com | (902) 423-6162 x 151

Tamara Jennex | Family Home Daycare Consultant 
t.jennex@ywcahalifax.com | (902) 423-6162 x 150

Community Programs

Laura Swaine (she/her) | Manager Community Programs
l.swaine@ywcahalifax.com | (902) 423-6162 x 113

Belinda LeBlanc (she/her) | Team Lead- Employment Programs.
b.leblanc@ywcahalifax.com | (902) 423-6162 x 135

Bukky Shogbamu (she/her) | Newcomer Support Program Coordinator
b.shogbamu@ywcahalifax.com | (902) 423-6162 x 138

Olena Lokutsovska (she/her) | Ukrainian Newcomer Peer Leader
o.lokutsovska@ywcahalifax.com | (902) 423-6162 x 139

Thauana Morais (she/her) | Entrepreneurship Team Lead
t.morais@ywcahalifax.com | (902) 423-6162 x 140

Wanda Hill (she/her) | Community Supports Manager
w.hill@ywcahalifax.com | (902) 423-6162 x 103

Facilities Management

Sean Bisson | Manager of Property Services and Assets
s.bisson@ywcahalifax.com | (902) 423-6162 x 102

Finance

Kelly Bryan (she/her) | Finance Manager
k.bryan@ywcahalifax.com | (902) 423-6162 x 106

Fund Development & Communications

Carol Anne Smith (she/her) | Director of Fund Development & Communications
ca.smith@ywcahalifax.com | (902) 423-6162 x 114

Candice Grant (she/her) | Communications & Engagement Coordinator
c.grant@ywcahalifax.com | (902) 423-6162 x 116

Media Inquiries:
For media inquiries, please contact:

Candice Grant (she/her)
c.grant@ywcahalifax.com | (902) 423-6162 x 116

Gender-Based Violence Supports | Violence To Resilience

Ashley Tiller (she/her)  | Violence to Resilience Manager
a.tiller@ywcahalifax.com | 782-414-4639

Sophie Hulmes (she/her) | Safer Spaces Team Lead
s.hulmes@ywcahalifax.com

Tanya Fraser (she/her) | Safer Spaces Evening Team Lead  t.fraser@ywcahalifax.com 

Cassidy Pulsifer (she/her) | Lead Safer Spaces Coordinator c.pulsifer@ywcahalifax.com |

Kat Blaikie (she/her) | NSTAY Team Lead
k.blaikie@ywcahalifax.com | (902) 423-6162 x 156

Trena Gallant (she/her) | Family and Community Support Worker t.gallant@ywcahalifax.com | 782-414-1557

Maggie Morden (they/she) | Safer Spaces Coordinator 
m.morden@ywcahalifax.com |

Victoria Hayward (she/her) | December 6th Resource Navigator december6@ywcahalifax.com |

Victora Slipp (she/her) | December 6th Lead Coordinator december6@ywcahalifax.com | (782) 414-5715

Dian Campbell (she/her) | December 6 Support Coordinator | december6@ywcahalifax.com

Human Resources

Hannah Martell (she/her) | Human Resources Manager
h.martell@ywcahalifax.com | (902) 423-6162 x 110

Ameerah Sayer (she/her) | Human Resources Coordinator
a.sayer@ywcahalifax.com | (902) 423-6162 x 111

Supportive Housing

Krista Dunn (she/her) | Director of Housing and Properties
k.dunn@ywcahalifax.com | (902) 423-6162 x 158

Chloe Walls | Housing Manager c.walls@ywcahalifax.com | 782-321-6253

Jessica Bailey | Housing and Intake Coordinator
housing@ywcahalifax.com | (902) 410-8766

Supportive Housing: Families:

Jan Murphy | Housing Team Lead for Families
j.murphy@ywcahalifax.com | (782) 321-4170

SHYM:

Nicole West | Program Coordinator n.west@ywcahalifax.com | (782) 414-4794

Jen Ells | Family Support Worker j.ells@ywcahalifax.com | (902) 802-0882

Mount Hope Village:

Peyton Sutherland | Family Support Worker p.sutherland@ywcahalifax.com (902) 414-3963

Emily Gallant | Family Support Worker e.gallant@ywcahalifax.com | (902) 414-5310

Supportive Housing: Individuals:

Sarah Eyland | Supportive Housing Team Lead for Individuals s.eyland@ywcahalifax.com | (902) 292-3783

WISH 1 & WISH 2:

Andrea Campoverde | WISH Housing Support Worker a.campoverde@ywcahalifax.com | (902) 229-7865

Lauren Wood | WISH Housing Support Worker l.wood@ywcahalifax.com | 902-229-8337

The Waverley:

Shelly Ann Brown | Waverley Program Lead s.brown@ywcahalifax.com | 782-321-4091