Our People

Board of Directors

As a registered non-profit organization, our volunteer Board of Directors provides governance through their expertise, talent and leadership.

• Shirley Bainbridge, Director
• Rev. Jim Cairney, Director
• Willem deRuijter, Director
• Ryan Hay, Director
• Klim Khomenko, Director
• Don Seymour, Ex-officio
• Bartek Lasota, Secretary/Treasurer
• Lebené Numekevor, Director
• Kaush Parameswaran, Vice-Chair
• Julie Vernon Holmes, Director
• Howard Williamson, Chair (boardchair@wesley.ca)

Staff Team

• Rashed Afif, Senior Director, Newcomer, Employment & Housing Services
• Faiza Bhatti, Director, Housing Services, Halton
• Rosemary Boateng, Director, Newcomer & Employment Services
• Andrea Buttars, Director, Resource Development & Social Enterprise
• Josey Kitson, Assistant Executive Director
• Chak Lee, Director, Finance
• Melissa Lodge Rodney, Director, Human Resources
• Jennifer Ryan, Director, Children & Family Services
• Don Seymour, Executive Director
• Denise Scott, Senior Director, Children, Youth & Family Services
• Antonio Stanissa, Director, Housing Services, Hamilton