Our Team
Senior Management Team
Miia Suokonautio – Executive Director
Danielle Hodges – Senior Director of Programs
902.292.3783
Brighid Langill – Director of Philanthropy & Communications
902.444.3742
Shannon Steele (She/Her) – Director of Operations
902.444.3743
Jim Cooke – Controller
902.759.2294
Childcare and
Family Home Daycare
Kerri Johnson – Director
YWCA Early Learning & Childcare
902.444.3799
Krista Maynard – Assistant Director
YWCA Early Learning & Childcare
Monique Walsh – Manager
Family Home Childcare
902.817.4638
Tamara Jennex – Family Home Daycare Consultant
902.292.1910
Housing Programs
Krista Dunn – Housing Manager
902.444.3764
Shelly Ann Brown – Housing and Intake Coordinator
902.410.8766
Jan Murphy – Program Coordinator
Supportive Housing for Young Women (SHYM)
902.444.3787
Sara Wheler – Family Support Social Worker SHYM
902.444.3775
Cassandra Krick – Housing Support Worker
Women in Supportive Housing (WISH)
902.444.3778
Tamara Jennings – Housing Support Worker
Women in Supportive Housing (WISH)
902.444.3786
Catharine Fahie (She/Her) – Safer Spaces Program Coordinator
Safer Spaces
782.414.9746
Facilities
Wanda Hill – Facilities & Operations Manager
902.444.3723 direct line
902.229.7923 cell
Communications
Candice Grant (She/Her) – Communications & Engagement Coordinator
902.818.5685 cell
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
Katie Preeper – Interim Community Mobilization Coordinator
TESS (Trafficking Exploitation Service Systems) & CASE
902.292.3155
Trafficking/Exploitation
Ashley Tiller – Manager
Nova Scotia Transition and Advocacy for Youth (NSTAY)
782.414.4639
Stevie Grant (She/Her) CTRS– Coordinator
December 6th Fund
782.414.5715
Community Programs
Laura Swaine– Manager Community Programs
902-444-3740
Stephanie Albert– Team Lead
Open New Tab (ONT)
902.809.8847
Tatiana Musial– YSpace Coordinator (ONT)
902.809.8847
Ryan Foster – GuySpace Coordinator
780.910.2057
Belinda LeBlanc – Associate Manager of Employment Programs
Jenny MacNeil (She/Her)– Work Transition Coordinator
Launch Atlantic
902.410.4594
Thauana Morais– Program Coordinator
Business Builders
902.210.3690
Program Coordinator
Financial Literacy & Conversation Clubs
902.210.2370
Candice Grant (She/Her)- Communications, Home for Good Centre