Steering Committee
Interior (West)
Cori Christensen
District Coordinator, Student Support Services, SD No. 23 (Central Okanagan)
School Districts: 19, 22, 23, 27, 53, 58, 67, 73, 74, 83
Interior (East)
Heather English
Vice Principal, SD No. 6 (Rocky Mountain)
School Districts: 5, 6, 8, 10, 20, 51
Fraser
Michelle Gehring
District Principal, Learning Support Services, SD No. 34 (Abbotsford)
School Districts: 33, 34, 35, 36, 40, 41, 43, 75, 78
Northern
Lisa Horswell
Director of Instruction, Inclusive Education, SD No. 57 (Prince George)
School Districts: 28, 50, 52, 54, 57, 59, 60, 81, 82, 87, 91, 92, 93, 109, 117, 118, CISND, CISPG, FNESC, SCSBC
Vancouver Island
Cathy Walker
District Inclusive Education Coordinator, SD No. 64 (Gulf Islands)
School districts: 46, 61, 62, 63, 64, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 79, 84, 85
Vancouver Coastal
Kristie Colpitts
District Vice-Principal, Learning Services Department, SD No. 42 (Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows)
School districts: 37, 38, 39, 42, 44, 45, 47, 48, 49
Ministry of Education and Child Care
Veronica Horgan
Education Officer, Inclusive Education, Learning and Education Programs Division
External Community Advocate
Kee Warner
Executive Director, Whitecrow Village
District Partners
District Partners allow us to communicate through one key individual from each district regarding in-service and support need.
Note: A District Partner does this job along with their regular job assignment, thus the role of each District Partner varies according to the need of the district and the time available.
POPFASD District Partner role expectations
List of District Partners
| SD No. | District Name | Name | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Southeast Kootenay | Julie Russchen | julie.russchen@sd5.bc.ca | 250-417-0112 |
| 5 | Southeast Kootenay | Kim McKeown | kim.mckeown@sd5.bc.ca | 604-880-8235 |
| 6 | Rocky Mountain | Kari Mason | kari.mason@sd6.bc.ca | 250-342-9243 (4412) |
| 6 | Rocky Mountain | Heather English | heather.english@sd6.bc.ca | 250-342-9213 |
| 8 | Kootenay Lake-Nelson | Ailis Lawrence | alawrence@sd8.bc.ca | 250-354-3468 |
| 10 | Arrow Lake | Peter Dubinsky | peter.dubinsky@sd10.bc.ca | 250-265-3638 (3320) |
| 19 | Revelstoke | Pam Mair | pmair@sd19.bc.ca | 250-837-3085 |
| 20 | Kootenay-Columbia Castlegar | Tammy Wilde | twilde@sd20.bc.ca | 250-368-6434 |
| 22 | Vernon | Vicki Pederson | vpederson@sd22.bc.ca | 250-549-9240 |
| 23 | Central Okanagan | Cori Christensen | cori.christensen@sd23.bc.ca | 250-870-5148 (6848) |
| 27 | Cariboo-Chilcoltin | Joy Gammie | joy.gammie@sd27.bc.ca | 250-706-3578 Cell |
| 28 | Quesnel | Angelina Gauthier | angelinagauthier@sd28.bc.ca | 250-925-4823 |
| 33 | Chilliwack | Shasha White | shasha_white@sd33.bc.ca | 604-615-6353 |
| 34 | Abbotsford | Wendy Costello | wendy.costello@abbyschools.ca | 604-504-4610 (1809) |
| 35 | Langley | Freya Choboter | fchoboter@sd35.bc.ca | 604-534-7891 |
| 36 | Surrey | Eckhard Perk | perk_e@surreyschools.ca | 778-772-5209 |
| 36 | Surrey | Kelly Zalkowsky | Zalkowsky_k@surreyschools.ca | 778-772-3236 |
| 37 | Delta | Lynsey Scales | lscales@deltaschools.ca | 604-952-2882 |
| 38 | Richmond | Cynthia Tensuan | ctensuan@sd38.bc.ca | 604-668-6000 (6151) |
| 39 | Vancouver | Nikki Short | nshort@vsb.bc.ca | |
| 40 | New Westminster | Susan Crosby | scrosby@sd40.bc.ca | 604-517-6332 |
| 40 | New Westminster | Rhonda Jones | rjones@sd40.bc.ca | 604-517-6369 |
| 41 | Burnaby | Tanya Grant | Tanya.Grant@burnabyschools.ca | 604-296-9009 |
| 41 | Burnaby | Carolyn McInnes | carolyn.mcinnes@burnabyschools.ca | 604 644-7488 |
| 42 | Maple Ridge | Demetra Kotsalis | demetra_kotsalis@sd42.ca | 778-995-6964 |
| 42 | Maple Ridge | Gillian Campbell | Gillian_Campbell@sd42.ca | 604-467-1101 |
| 43 | Coquitlam | Anna Lemmo | alemmo@sd43.bc.ca | 604-937-6386 |
| 43 | Coquitlam | Catherine Aoyama | caoyama@sd43.bc.ca | 604-937-6386 |
| 44 | North Vancouver | Meagan Stoker | mstoker@sd44.ca | 604-721-8710 |
| 45 | West Vancouver | Carol Langley | clangley@wvschools.ca | 604-981-1095 |
| 46 | Sunshine Coast | Karys Foley | kfoley@sd46.bc.ca | 604-989-4517 |
| 46 | Sunshine Coast | Dave Heskin | dheskin@sd46.bc.ca | 604-885-0127 |
| 47 | Powell River | Tawnie Gaudreau | tawnie.gaudreau@sd47.bc.ca | 604-485-6164 |
| 48 | Sea to Sky | Michelle Roberts | mroberts@sd48.bc.ca | 604-849-0775 |
| 49 | Central Coast | Alannah Stewart | astewart@sd49.ca | 250-982-2193 |
| 49 | Central Coast | Lorna Dishkin | ldishkin@sd49.ca | 250-982-2691 |
| 50 | Haida Gwaii | Leighann Rodger | lrodger@sd50.bc.ca | 250-559-8889 |
| 51 | Boundry | Dawna Small | dawna.small@sd51.bc.ca | 250-442-8285 |
| 52 | Prince Rupert | Mackenzie Guadagni | mackenzie.guadagni@sd52.bc.ca | 250-624-6218 |
| 52 | Prince Rupert | Megan Cameron | megan.cameron@sd52.bc.ca | 250-624-6757 (2259) |
| 53 | Okanagan Similkameen | Stacey Zakall | szakall@sd53.bc.ca | 250-498-3481 |
| 54 | Bulkley Valley | Cynthia Dufresne | cdufresne@sd54.bc.ca | 250-847-5517 |
| 54 | Bulkley Valley | Stephanie Capyk | scapyk@sd54.bc.ca | 250-847-5517 |
| 57 | Prince George | Alaina Parker | aparker@sd57.bc.ca | 250-561-9235 (2214) |
| 58 | Nicola Similkameen | Misty Sheldon | msheldon@365.sd58.bc.ca | 250.315-1140 (office phone) 250.315.9653 (cell) |
| 59 | Peace River South | Joy Kelly-Bratt | jkellybratt@sd59.bc.ca | 250-782-6336 |
| 60 | Peace River North | Chantelle Fowler | cfowler@prn.bc.ca | 250-785-3704 |
| 61 | Greater Victoria | Jessie Moore | jesmoore@sd61.bc.ca | 250-888-9875 |
| 62 | Sooke | Kathleen Cherry | kcherry@sd62.bc.ca | 250-474-9841 |
| 63 | Saanich | Sean Kenny | skenny@sd63.bc.ca | 250-658-5412 |
| 64 | Gulf Islands | Cathy Walker | cwalker@sd64.org | 250-537-7781 |
| 64 | Gulf Islands | Marine McDonnell | mmcdonnell@sd64.org | 250-537-6145 |
| 68 | Nanaimo | Lise Anderson | landerson2@sd68.bc.ca | 250-755-9267 |
| 67 | Okanagan Skaha | Emily Spencer | espencer@sd67.bc.ca | 250-770-7686 |
| 69 | Qualicum | Amy Kazeil | akazeil@sd69.bc.ca | 250-248-8446 |
| 69 | Qualicum | Jill Brown | jbrown@sd69.bc.ca | 250-927-3317 |
| 70 | Pacific Rim | Felicia Randall (Haider) | fhaider@sd70.bc.ca | 250-720-2750 |
| 71 | Comox Valley | Tracy Pederson | tracy.pederson@sd71.bc.ca | 250-334-4495 |
| 71 | Comox Valley | Catherine Leppanen | Catherine.Leppanen@sd71.bc.ca | 250-339-0922 |
| 72 | Campbell River | Erin Stephens | erin.stephens@sd72.bc.ca | |
| 73 | Kamloops/Thompson | Lise Hyam | lhyam@sd73.bc.ca | 250-376-2266 |
| 73 | Kamloops/Thompson | Deanna Brady | dbrady@sd73.bc.ca | 250-376-6224 |
| 73 | Kamloops/Thompson | Mike Faisthuber | mfaisthuber@exc.sd73.bc.ca | (250) 376-1232 |
| 74 | Gold Trail | Christine Franes | cfranes@sd74.bc.ca | (250) 453-9151 ext 206 |
| 74 | Gold Trail | Nicole Minnabarriet | nminnabarriet@sd74.bc.ca | 250-453-9151 (215) |
| 75 | Mission | Lisa Stevens | lisa.stevens@mpsd.ca | 604-820-3333 (4120) |
| 75 | Mission | Sandra Norum | sandra.norum@mpsd.ca | 604-826-6286 (3332) |
| 78 | Fraser-Cascade | Glenda Gaudette | glenda.gaudette@sd78.bc.ca | 250-949-6618 |
| 79 | Cowichan | Carmen Barrack | cbarrack@sd79.bc.ca | 780-667-3299 |
| 81 | Fort Nelson | Sarah-Jane Attrill | sattrill@sd81.bc.ca | 250-774-2591 |
| 82 | Coast Mountain | Julia Nieckarz | julia.nieckarz@cmsd.bc.ca | 250-638-4415 |
| 82 | Coast Mountain | Zach Frankel | zachary.frankel@cmsd.bc.ca | 250-638-4401 |
| 83 | North Okanagan/Shuswap | Karmen Krahn | kkrahn@sd83.bc.ca | 250-517-0506 |
| 83 | North Okanagan/Shuswap | Crystal Truscott | ctruscot@sd83.bc.ca | 250-253-8152 |
| 84 | Vancouver Island West | Steve Larre | slarre@viw.sd84.bc.ca | 250-283-2241 |
| 87 | Stikine | Donna Mortimer | donna.mortimer@sd87.bc.ca | 250-771-4440 |
| 85 | Vancouver Island North | Rena Sweeny | rsweeney@sd85.bc.ca | 250-949-6618 |
| 91 | Nechako Lakes | Dave Lawrence | dlawrence@sd91.bc.ca | 250-570-7733 |
| 91 | Nechako Lakes | Stacey Lee | slee@sd91.bc.ca | 250-699-6233 |
| 92 | Nisga'a | Olga Jorda | ojorda@nisgaa.bc.ca | (250) 633-2225 |
| 93 | French Education Authority | Chantale Desmarais | chantale_desmarais@csf.bc.ca | 250-317-8702 (cell) |
| 93 | French Education Authority | Monica Monus | monica_monus@csf.bc.ca | 604-214-2600 |
| 117 | Catholic Ind. Schools Vancouver Diocese | Caterina Kennedy | ckennedy@cisva.bc.ca | 604-683-9331 |
| 117 | Catholic Ind. Schools Vancouver Diocese | Nicole Regush | nregush@cisva.bc.ca | 604-683-9331 |
| 118 | Catholic Ind. Schools Victoria Diocese | Lana Durand | ldurand@cisdv.bc.ca | 250-746-5919 |
| First Nations Education St Ct (FNESC) | Janessa Lowen | jenessal@fnesc.ca | 250-803-2515 | |
| Society of Christian Schools BC | Amanda Broadway | amanda.broadway@scsbc.ca | 604-888-6366 | |
| Catholic Ind. Schools Nelson Dioces | Kat Grootjes | ololprincipal@cisnd.ca | 250-768-9008 | |
| Catholic Ind. Schools Prince George Diocese | Oriana Viveiros | oviveiros@cispg.ca | 250-632-6313 | |
| West Coast Adventist School (SDABC) | Linda King | lking@bcadventist.ca | 604-853-5451 (504) |