About Us - Staff

SVNH Staff

    ADMINISTRATION:

    Karen Larcombe  - Executive Director
    karen@southvan.org

    Lynn Sykes - Director of Operations
    lynn@southvan.org

    Roberta Kihn – Office Manager
    roberta@southvan.org

    Esperanza Ramos-Guillen - Reception 
    Merima Hurtic - Office Assistant/Reception
    Lilian Wang - Reception
    Andreina Hin Wong - Reception

    PROGRAMMING:

    Wei Wei Siew – Adult & Family Team Leader 
    Jessica Moerman – Youth Program Director 
    Koyali Burman - Community Development/BWIN Program Co-ord. 

    Children's Programming:
    Lisa Mehak - EDC and Childcare Program Coordinator
    AshleyMcCartney - Out-of-School Care Supervisor
    Jen Seto - Out-of-School Care Supervisor
             Josh Cheng, Maii Eltemtamy, 
             Merima Hurtic, Arlene Ordonez, Enoch Yiu - OSC Staff
    Uma Yogendrakumar - Teacher, Poppins Preschool
    Belinda Chou - Asst.Teacher, Poppins Preschool 
    Joni Kwan - Strong Start Co-ordinator
    Elaine Hui - Strong Start Assistant

    Youth Programming:
    Mania Nematifar - Program Worker
    Emina Hurtic - Youth Settlement Counsellor
    Jane Low - Program Worker    
    Sophie Hooper-Dykhuizen - Program Worker
    Daljit Dhillon - BCHousing Program Worker
    Peiman Dadkhah - Program Assistant

    Settlement/Labour Market Workers:
    Humaira Imtiaz – S. Asian Settlement Worker
    Kwangyoung Conn - Multicultural Settlement, Labour Market Program Worker & Family Wkr
    Rosalie Vo - Multicultural/VN Settlement, Labour Market Program Worker & Family Wkr
    Wai Yeung – Family Support & Chinese Settlement Worker 
    Eda Fletcher – First Cup Kiosk/MC Volunteer & Job Readiness Trainer 
    
    Jeanette Nahorney – ELSA Instructor
    Helen Crandall – ELSA Instructor
    
    Seniors' Services:
    Joan Wright - Seniors Hub Program Coordinator
    Sharon Tong - Seniors' Program Co-ord. 
    Eric Lau -  Seniors Links Co-ordinator 
    Victoria Carrasco - Seniors Outreach and Volunteer Coordinator

    Other:
    Kiran Takhar – Community Links Worker 
    Sonia Mayen - Housekeeper
    Chelan Wallace - Literacy Outreach Worker/Youth Programmer
    Julie Thomson - Food Security Coordinator

    Domestic Violence Worker
    as well as many, many other part time staff . . . . . .

ADULT DAY CENTRES Staff

    ADMINISTRATION:

    Maria Couto - Director
    maria@southvan.org

    PROGRAMMING:

    Margaret Bunney – Nurse
    Dawna Love - Nurse
    Staff:  Ken Chan, Deanna Hutton, Sui-Ming Choi, Simon Ho, Lisa Sham, Min-Yan Qiu, Alice Ho, Wayne Yerxa, Lara Williams, Ken Luong, Ravina Sandhu, Patty Wong