Our Team

Senior Management Team

 

Miia Suokonautio – Executive Director

contact@ywcahalifax.com

 

Danielle Hodges – Senior Director of Programs

902.292.3783

d.hodges@ywcahalifax.com 

 

Brighid Langill – Director of Philanthropy & Communications

902.444.3742

b.langill@ywcahalifax.com

 

Shannon Steele (She/Her) – Director of Operations

902.444.3743

contact@ywcahalifax.com

 

Jim Cooke – Controller

902.759.2294

j.cooke@ywcahalifax.com

 

 

Childcare and
Family Home Daycare

Kerri Johnson – Director

YWCA Early Learning & Childcare

902.444.3799

k.johnson@ywcahalifax.com

 

Krista Maynard Assistant Director

YWCA Early Learning & Childcare

902.444.3814 
 
 

Monique Walsh – Manager

Family Home Childcare 

902.817.4638

m.walsh@ywcahalifax.com

 

Tamara Jennex – Family Home Daycare Consultant 

902.292.1910

t.jennex@ywcahalifax.com

 

 

 

Housing Programs

Krista Dunn – Housing Manager

902.444.3764

k.dunn@ywcahalifax.com

 

Shelly Ann Brown Housing and Intake Coordinator

902.410.8766

s.brown@ywcahalifax.com

 

Jan MurphyProgram Coordinator

Supportive Housing for Young Women (SHYM)

902.444.3787

j.murphy@ywcahalifax.com

 

Sara Wheler – Family Support Social Worker SHYM

902.444.3775

s.wheler@ywcahalifax.com

 

Cassandra Krick – Housing Support Worker

Women in Supportive Housing (WISH)

902.444.3778

c.krick@ywcahalifax.com

 

Tamara Jennings – Housing Support Worker

Women in Supportive Housing (WISH)

902.444.3786

t.jennings@ywcahalifax.com

 

Catharine Fahie (She/Her) – Safer Spaces Program Coordinator

Safer Spaces

782.414.9746

c.fahie@ywcahalifax.com

 

 

 

 

Facilities

Wanda Hill – Facilities & Operations Manager

902.444.3723 direct line

902.229.7923 cell 

w.hill@ywcahalifax.com

 

Communications

 

Candice Grant (She/Her) – Communications & Engagement Coordinator

902.818.5685 cell

c.grant@ywcahalifax.com

 

Media Inquiries

For media inquiries, please contact

Candice Grant, c.grant@ywcahalifax.com 

 

 

Advocacy/ TESS

Charlene Gagnon – Manager

Advocacy, Research, New Initiatives 

782.414.9813

c.gagnon@ywcahalifax.com

 

Katie Preeper – Interim Community Mobilization Coordinator

TESS (Trafficking Exploitation Service Systems) & CASE

902.292.3155

k.preeper@ywcahalifax.com

Trafficking/Exploitation

Ashley Tiller – Manager

Nova Scotia Transition and Advocacy for Youth (NSTAY)

782.414.4639

a.tiller@ywcahalifax.com

 

Stevie Grant (She/Her) CTRS– Coordinator

December 6th Fund

782.414.5715

s.grant@ywcahalifax.com

 

 

Community Programs

Laura Swaine– Manager Community Programs

902-444-3740

l.swaine@ywcahalifax.com

 

Stephanie Albert– Team Lead

Open New Tab (ONT) 

902.809.8847

s.albert@ywcahalifax.com 

 

Tatiana Musial– YSpace Coordinator (ONT)

902.809.8847

t.musial@ywcahalifax.com

 

Ryan FosterGuySpace Coordinator

780.910.2057

r.foster@ywcahalifax.com 

 

Belinda LeBlancAssociate Manager of Employment Programs

902.292.5383

b.leblanc@ywcahalifax.com

Jenny MacNeil (She/Her)Work Transition Coordinator

Launch Atlantic

902.410.4594

j.macneil@ywcahalifax.com

Thauana Morais Program Coordinator 

Business Builders

902.210.3690

t.morais@ywcahalifax.com

 

Program Coordinator

Financial Literacy & Conversation Clubs

902.210.2370

flnp@ywcahalifax.com

 

Candice Grant (She/Her)- Communications, Home for Good Centre

c.grant@ywcahalifax.com