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

Senior Management

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

Gillian Doucet Campbell (she/her) | Director of Fund Development & Communications
g.doucetcampbell@ywcahalifax.com

Jim Cooke | Controller
j.cooke@ywcahalifax.com | (902) 759-2294

Kerri Johnson (she/her) | Provincial Director of Early Learning and Child Care
k.johnson@ywcahalifax.com | (902) 444-3799

Shannon Steele (she/her) | Director of Operations
contact@ywcahalifax.com | (902) 444-3743

Shannon Pringle (she/her) | Director of Advocacy & Community Response 
s.pringle@ywcahalifax.com | (782) 321-3711

Advocacy & Development

Shannon Pringle (she/her) | Director of Advocacy & Community Response
s.pringle@ywcahalifax.com | (782) 321-3711

Dametre Samuels (she/her) | Community Mobilization Coordinator, Trafficking Exploitation Service Systems
TESS@ywcahalifax.com | (902) 292-3155

Theresa Yuill | Childcare & Housing Development Lead
t.yuill@ywcahalifax.com

Devin West | Shift Change Lead
d.west@ywcahalifax.com

Child Care & Family Home Daycare

Kerri Johnson (she/her) | Provincial Director of Early Learning and Child Care
k.johnson@ywcahalifax.com | (902) 444-3799

 Krista Maynard (she/her) | Regional Manager, Early Learning and Child Care
k.maynard@ywcahalifax.com | (782) 414-0178

Yuna Lee (she/her) | Regional Manager, Elmsdale Early Learning and Child Care
y.lee@ywcahalifax.com |(902)-259-2844 

Monique Walsh (she/her) | Manager, Family Home Child Care Program:
m.walsh@ywcahalifax.com | (902) 817-4638

Danielle Walsh | Family Home Daycare Consultant
d.walsh@ywcahalifax.com

Tamara Jennex | Family Home Daycare Consultant 
t.jennex@ywcahalifax.com | (902) 292-1910

Community Programs

Laura Swaine (she/her) | Manager Community Programs
l.swaine@ywcahalifax.com | 902-444-3740

Belinda LeBlanc (she/her) | Manager of Employment Programs
b.leblanc@ywcahalifax.com | (902) 292-5383

Bukky Shogbamu (she/her) | Newcomer Support Program Coordinator
b.shogbamu@ywcahalifax.com | (902) 210-2370

Olena Lokutsovska (she/her) | Ukrainian Newcomer Peer Leader
o.lokutsovska@ywcahalifax.com | (902) 320-5535

Stacie Smith (she/her) | Youth Programs Team Lead
s.smith@ywcahalifax.com | (782) 414-2304

Thauana Morais (she/her) | Entrepreneurship Team Lead
t.morais@ywcahalifax.com | (902) 210- 3690

Facilities Management

Sean Bisson | Manager of Property Services and Assets
s.bisson@ywcahalifax.com

Wanda Hill (she/her) | Facilities & Operations Manager
w.hill@ywcahalifax.com | (902) 444-3723 – direct line |  (902) 229- 7923 – cell 

Finance

Kelly Bryan | Finance Manager
k.bryan@ywcahalifax.com | (902) 444-3726

Fund Development & Communications

Gillian Doucet Campbell (she/her) | Director of Fund Development & Communications
g.doucetcampbell@ywcahalifax.com | (289) 808-5370

Candice Grant (she/her) | Communications & Engagement Coordinator
c.grant@ywcahalifax.com | (902) 818-5685

Media Inquiries:
For media inquiries, please contact:

Candice Grant (she/her)
c.grant@ywcahalifax.com

Gender-Based Violence Supports | Violence To Resilience

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

Erin Manning (she/they) | Safer Spaces Team Lead
e.manning@ywcahalifax.com | (782) 321-9964

Cassidy Pulsifer (she/her) | Lead Safer Spaces Coordinator c.pulsifer@ywcahalifax.com | (782) 414-9746

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

Maggie Morden (they/she) | Safer Spaces Coordinator 
m.morden@ywcahalifax.com | (902) 410-8865

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 | (782) 414-3978

Human Resources

Hannah Martell (she/her) | Human Resources Manager
h.martell@ycwahalifax.com |782-321-8371

Ameerah Sayer (she/her) | Human Resources Coordinator
a.sayer@ywcahalifax.com

Supportive Housing

Krista Dunn (she/her) | Housing Manager
k.dunn@ywcahalifax.com | (902) 444-3764

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

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

Jessica Bailey | Program Coordinator, Supportive Housing for Young Mothers
j.bailey@ywcahalifax.com | (902) 444-3787

Jen Ells | Family Support Worker, Supportive Housing for Young Mothers

j.ells@ywcahalifax.com | (902) 802-0882

Sarah Eyland | WISH Housing Support Worker

s.eyland@ywcahalifax.com (902) 229-8337

Susan MacDonald | WISH Housing Support Worker

s.macdonald@ywcahalifax.com (902) 229-7865

Shelly Ann Brown | Waverly Supported Housing Program Lead

s.brown@ywcahalifax.com

Tamara Jennings | Housing Support Worker, Women in Supportive Housing
t.jennings@ywcahalifax.com | (902) 444-3786