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

Abbie MacPherson  | TESS Coordinator Trafficking Exploitation Service Systems
TESS@ywcahalifax.com | (902) 423-6162 x

Theresa Yuill | Childcare & 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 | (902) 423-6162 x 115

Erin Manning (she/they) | Safer Spaces Team Lead
e.manning@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

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

Caira Mohammad (she/her) | December 6th Fund Coordinator
december6@ywcahalifax.com | (782) 414-5715

Victoria Hayward (she/her) | December 6th Resource Navigator 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

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

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

Camila Bermudez | Program Coordinator, Supportive Housing for Young Mothers
c.bermudez@ywcahalifax.com | (782) 414-4794

Jen Ells | Family Support Worker, Supportive Housing for Young Mothers j.ells@ywcahalifax.com | (902) 423-6162 x 159 | Work Cell: 902-802-0882

Sarah Eyland | WISH Housing Support Worker s.eyland@ywcahalifax.com (902) 229-8337

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

Family Support Workers for Mount Hope Village and Carlton Supported Housing Programs:

Peyton Sutherland | p.sutherland@ywcahalifax.com (902) 414-3963 | (902) 423-6162 x 161

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