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

• Don Seymour, Executive Director
• Josey Kitson, Assistant Executive Director
• Dean Waterfield, Senior Director, Housing & Homelessness Services
• Denise Scott, Senior Director, Children, Youth & Family Services
• Andrea Buttars, Director, Resource Development & Social Enterprise
• Antonio Stanissa, Director, Housing Services – Hamilton
• Faiza Bhatti, Director, Housing Services – Halton
• Jennifer Ryan, Director, Children & Family Services
• Melissa Lodge Rodney, Director, Human Resources
• Rashed Afif, Director, Newcomer, Community & Residential Services