BC Society of Transition Houses

The BCSTH team is here to support anti-violence workers across British Columbia with information, resources, training and consultation.

Along with enthusiasm and commitment, our team brings a diverse array of knowledge, skills and experience to their work of fostering a province-wide community of practice.

Our Team

Allison Westbridge

Office Administrator

Allison (she/her) brings a diverse background in Women’s Studies, English Literature, and Hospitality Management to her work at BCSTH. Having spent the past few years in the hospitality industry in various roles including customer service,...

Amy FitzGerald

Executive Director

Amy has been a lawyer for over 20 years and previously was an Assistant Attorney General (AAG) in the Criminal Division at the Vermont Attorney General’s Office where she worked on unsolved homicides and was...

Asia McLean

Training & Development Specialist

Asia (she/her) has held various frontline roles working alongside people resisting violence in all forms, and has grown into a passionate advocate, trainer, and facilitator. She is currently working towards a Master of Arts in...

Chelsea Parker

Children and Youth Services Coordinator

Chelsea (she/her) comes from a background in frontline work in Ecuador as a family and street outreach worker, working in various capacities with child labourers and women and children affected by domestic and gender based...

Cori Kleisinger

Cedar Blankets Project Coordinator

Cori, mother and grandmother of 6, has worked in the anti-violence field with families in a variety of roles from front line to management and brings more than 25 years’ experience in Indigenous and non-Indigenous...

Hannah Lee

Director of Membership

Hannah (she/her) began her work with BCSTH in 2009. Her main role is to support and liaise with BCSTH membership and coordinate projects such as Building Supports and Reaching Out with Yoga. She is committed...

Lisa Matyszewski

Training & Development Specialist

Lisa (she/her) has a BA in Social Sciences and has worked in the anti-violence sector supporting vulnerable women and children for the last thirteen years. She has worked in various transition houses and shelters as...

Negah Alapour

Transportation Project Researcher and Coordinator

Negah (she/her) is a Researcher and Coordinator for the Transportation Project, where she is working on increasing access to safe and affordable transportation for women fleeing violence in Northern BC. She is a former urban...

Rhiannon Wong

Technology Safety Project Lead

*Currently on secondment as Project Manager, Technology Safety Canada Project, Women’s Shelters Canada (WSC)* Rhiannon joined BCSTH in 2007 and has had many roles – the Children and Youth Services Coordinator for 8 years, the...

Tina Chau

Librarian

Tina began working for BCSTH in 2009 when she was hired to develop the BCSTH Library online catalogue. She now provides a full range of BCSTH Library services and is pleased that her library, teaching...

Our Board of Directors

Syma Nehal

Director (Member at Large)

Syma is the National Operations Manager for Nisa Homes, transitional housing for women and children fleeing domestic abuse. She has been with Nisa Homes for three and a half years in several roles within the...

Angela Marie MacDougall

Director (Member at Large)

Through her community-based organizing, frontline work and activism over three decades, Angela has been deeply involved in movements for social justice. Since the nineties, Angela has developed training curricula from an intersectional and anti-oppression framework...

Michele Jones

Director (Region 6 Cariboo)

Michele Jones is a PEACE and Rainbows facilitator with Carrier Sekani Family Services (CSFS). Michele’s ancestry is British and Metis (French and Algonquin). She started her work with CSFS in 2011, for the last 7...

Alix Dolson

Director (Region 5 Okanagan)

Alix (she/her) is a settler living on the traditional, unceded territory of the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc people, in what is today called Kamloops. A registered social worker, Alix has an extensive background in anti-violence work,...

Brooke Belkin

Director (Region 4 Kootenays)

Brooke is the Director of Women and Youth Services for the Canadian Mental Health Association for the Kootenays. She has been an advocate for women services in the Kootenays for many years, with particular interest...

Neena Randhawa

Director (Region 3 Fraser Valley)

Neena is the Director of Women’s Programs and Initiatives at the Progressive Intercultural Community Services Society and works with the Harmony House Second Stage Transition House Program for immigrant women and children fleeing domestic violence....

Keerti Nand

Director (Region 2 Vancouver Lower Mainland)

Keerti is a Manager of counselling services at Burnaby Family Life. She resides in Vancouver, BC and has been working in the social services field for 15 years. During her years of service, Keerti worked...

Karlee Grant

Director (Region 1 Vancouver Island & Powell River)

Karlee Grant is the Senior Program Manager at Victoria Women’s Transition House Society (VWTH). Karlee has been with the agency since 2021 and directly supports the Stopping the Violence program, PEACE program, safe home program...

Tina Daye

Board Chair (Region 7 North)

Tina is a PEACE and STV Outreach worker at the Northern Society for Domestic Peace in Smithers, BC. She has been working in the domestic violence sector for 27 years, including 16 years in the...

BC Society of Transition Houses

Suite 325, 119 W. Pender St. Vancouver BC V6B 1S5
T: 604.669.6943 or 1.800.661.1040
F: 604.682.6962
E: info@bcsth.ca
(Charitable Number: 135667822 RR 0001)

The BC Society of Transition Houses’ office is located on unceded Coast Salish territory, shared by the Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam) and səl̓ílwətaʔɬ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.

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Our Team

Allison Westbridge

Amy FitzGerald

Asia McLean

Chelsea Parker

Cori Kleisinger

Hannah Lee

Lisa Matyszewski

Negah Alapour

Rhiannon Wong

Tina Chau

Our Board of Directors

Syma Nehal

Angela Marie MacDougall

Michele Jones

Alix Dolson

Brooke Belkin

Neena Randhawa

Keerti Nand

Karlee Grant

Tina Daye

BC Society of Transition Houses

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