Our Team

As a recognized leader in Calgary’s social services community, Joy has a passion for community health, education, and social work and an intimate knowledge of Calgary’s non-profit sector.

Chris brings over 3 decades of both clinical and leadership experience from a broad array of healthcare and non-profit settings. He is known to be an ardent leader who promotes whole-person, effective, team-based care.

After 30 years as an accountant in public practice and private industry, Susan is excited to bring her financial and strategic skills to The Alex. 

Cheryl is a passionate advocate for building health equity for marginalized and underserved populations. Her nursing career has enabled her to work in acute and primary care settings, while gaining an appreciation for the complexity of our healthcare system.

Steven enthusiastically works to elevate and assisting socially and structurally marginalized persons through the development and operationalization of housing programs with a whole health and harm reduction mandate.

Merrill comes to the Alex with 30 years of social research and evaluation experience, most of which has been conducted in the non-profit and governmental sectors.

As a nurse, Jen feels especially passionate about mental health and addiction and found her calling when she started working with homeless and marginally housed individuals.

Geoff is interested in addressing social and environmental problems. Prior to joining The Alex, he worked in homelessness outreach as well as outdoor, experiential learning settings.

Dustin Owens is Managing Director of Policy and Public Affairs at Heartland Generation, among the largest independent power producers in Western Canada. He is also a board member of the Independent Power Producers Society of Alberta (IPPSA) and the Battle River Watershed Alliance. He is passionate about community resiliency and proudly supports the Alex’s mission to provide “accessible and integrated health, housing and social services”.

Jeff is an experienced energy executive with over 20 years of experience in the upstream oil and gas and investment banking industry in Canada and globally. Jeff is passionate about Calgary and the positive role The Alex continues to play, striving to provide thoughtful, innovative and comprehensive care to vulnerable Calgarians.

Janice Anderson is the Director, Technical Accounting and Research at Nutrien Ltd., the world’s largest provider of crop inputs and services. Janice is born and raised in Calgary, and is dedicated to building a stronger, healthier community to raise her children in.

David Bach is a lawyer who practices in the fields of corporate and securities law, and has particular expertise in contracts, corporate governance and M & A.

Laura Brown is National Manager of Community Investment at Sobeys Inc.

Dr. Judy MacDonald is a retired Medical Officer of Health who spent over 20 years working with amazing public health teams on communicable diseases and immunization in Calgary and throughout Alberta. She believes strongly in the programs and services the Alex provides for its clients.

An engineer by training, and a corporate executive/owner by accident, David Pickersgill has been in the work-for-joy world of volunteer ‘kids stuff’ since 1994.