Prior she spent six years with Covenant Health Canada as Manager Learning & Development and Organization Development Consultant/Change Management Specialist – Project Lead. She is an organizational development professional, specializing in training, relationship building, coaching, and leadership development. Her focus is to improve Indigenous cultural safety and to amplify Indigenous perspectives to improve health outcomes for people who are First Nations, Métis, and Inuit.

Sheri holds an MBA and a Bachelor of Education.

She is a 1965 Arts graduate of McGill University, and was a Probation Officer in B.C. for 36.5 years, 22 as a local manager.

She has been involved in a wide variety of volunteer positions over the years both connected to her work, the Board of YM/YWCA in Victoria and various positions including Presidency of the B.C. Corrections Association; and in the community as a parent and later a general member of the community, often serving in an executive capacity.

Deb has served on Atira's Board since 1995, stepping down and returning three times in compliance with Atira’s bylaws. Since 2005 she has served as the Vice-President of White Rock/Surrey Naturalists and since 2004, as President of Surrey Environmental Partners.

Deb is affiliated with a number of organizations that focus on retired persons and seniors' issues. She is grandmother and brings that perspective to her commitment to contribute to the community.

As President of Anthem Realty, she oversees a dedicated team of 100+ sales, marketing and homeowner care professionals, who bring Anthem’s extensive portfolio of residential and land communities through their project life cycles. Elva has more than 21 years of real estate experience and has been involved in sales, marketing, community and product positioning, development, communications, closing services, retail and design of thousands of homes across British Columbia, Alberta and California.

She is passionate about her community and has served on the Board of Directors for Atira Women’s Resource Society for more than 4 years, most recently as Chair of the Board.

Elva holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology, and her real estate education is from the Sauder School of Business at the University of British Columbia.

Amy has a Juris Doctor, Law from the University of Calgary and has served on the Executive Committee of the Lower Mainland Section of the Young Lawyers, Canadian Bar Association.

Taha is passionate about making a positive impact to our communities, environment and climate.

Taha is a Chartered Professional Accountant, and holds an MBA specialized in Strategic Management and Finance from UBC.

She works for a public sector union and is a strong supporter of the role that social programs play in making our society more equal and just. Kay is a strong advocate for women's rights, human rights and the union movement. She brings experience in governance and labour relations.

Active in BC’s union movement, she has been the Director of Communications and Member Organizing at the Health Sciences Association of BC for the past 20 years, and has a background in government communications and as an editor and reporter in community newspapers.

She serves on the BC and Canadian boards of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, and participates in community sports, including as a rugby match official.

Ashley holds a Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting from the University of British Columbia, and is Chartered Professional Accountant.

Through her lived experience with close family members with severe disabilities, Ashley dedicated most of her professional career to the not-for-profit sector. She joined Atira Women’s Resource Society in 2015 as a Comptroller. Later, she co-managed the Finance team at AWRS as Director, Finance until 2019, and as Controller at Atira Property Management Inc. and Atira Development Society until June 2022.

Ashley’s core strength is continuous process improvement and change management, with a focus to create value for program participants and clients, employees, and all other Atira stakeholders.

Ashley has served a Board member at various not-for-profit organizations in Canada and South Korea. She is also an active member of the CPA community, providing mentorship to students and young professionals and entrepreneurs. When Ashley is not working or spending time with her family with two children, Ashley enjoys learning artificial intelligence integration into not-for-profit sectors, reading and playing double bass.

Sarah has been the Program Manager at Sereena’s, Maxxine Wright Place and has held three Director positions since 2015, including Operational Excellence, ensuring organization standards and procedures are followed; Early Years & Family Well Being and most recently the Director responsible for Transitional Housing. Through her experience as a Director with Atira, Sarah has been able to be involved in the development of programs from conception through to operation. Sarah has also been active in raising awareness of the women’s anti-violence sector and homelessness in her own community, and has served on the boards of various municipal and not-for-profit organizations. Sarah enjoys reading, yoga and running with her rescue dog, Echo.

Two years ago, Hajar moved to California where she earned a Masters’ degree in International Policy and Development, with a Monitoring and Evaluation Specialization. Hajar has a young family and is just recently moved to Canada.

Bella joined Atira’s Finance management team in 2018. Prior to joining Atira, she worked at the Canadian Mental Health Association, and brings with her understanding for and connection to people struggling with mental health issues.

Arita has a passion for travelling, is an outdoor enthusiast born and raised in Squamish, and a vegetarian committed to environmental and social justice issues both locally and globally. She is thrilled to be back at Atira! She hopped and skipped around the world and returned where she started! Fun fact: her name is easy to remember – its Atira spelt backwards ;).

She is responsible for ensuring health related programs that are specifically designed and delivered in accordance with Atira mission and goals, to meet the needs of the vulnerable community including My Safe, safe supplies, overdose prevention, harm reduction, vaccine hesitancy, etc. She works closely with Program Managers to implement health initiatives to improve the health and quality services to the community.

She came to Atira as a Director of Special Projects in January 2021 to help with operational project work. Soon after she accepted the role of Director, Operational Analytics. She comes with over 10 years of experience in business and leadership roles, with the last six years in the non-profit sector. She also comes with years of experience working with family programming; and women’s anti-violence work. Jeenu currently has oversight responsibility for the overall Early Care and Learning Centre portfolio and supports Atira in improving operational strategies through analysis and strategic planning.

In her free time, Shirley likes to play badminton and volunteer. She was the Education and Recruitment Committee Director for the CPABC Richmond/South Delta chapter for three years as she believes in giving back to the community is important.

She is delighted to be part of Atira and is looking forward to growing and learning with the organization. During her free time, Kagowa likes to push her culinary skills by trying out different recipes from around the world. When she has the time to travel, she enjoys visiting heritage sites in other countries, exploring architecture or planning adventure packed getaways. When she can, she also likes to squeeze in a wine tasting or two.