Mavis Dixon graduated from the University of Waterloo with an honours degree in Psychology and a specialization in non-profit administration. She has worked in a management role and as a communications and fund development specialist in non-profit organizations for 11 years. She is currently a development consultant to an environmental organization in Vancouver.

Frances Kirson is a certified personal and executive coach, educator and community researcher. She has over 20 years of experience working with women on lifestyle management, gender and development, and social justice issues. She has acquired a Certificate in Early Childhood Education, a Kinesiology Certificate in Health and Fitness, a B.A. in Sociology and a M.A. in Planning. She has co-developed and coordinates a community based research project on the experiences of younger women with low bone density, and is a faculty member at the British Columbia Institute of Technology where she coaches for their Management Degree. Frances is committed to enabling women's full participation in all aspects of creating personal excellence and wellness for themselves.

Molly Leung has recently completed her last semester at Simon Fraser University, and will graduate in June with a major in Biochemistry and a minor in English. She starts graduate school in the fall. She has been involved with the Girl Guides of Canada since she was six years old, and currently volunteers as a Pathfinder group leader. This year, she volunteers at Burnaby Hospital. For the past two years she has volunteered with Vancouver Adaptive Snow Sports (VASS), teaching and skiing with students in the brain injury program. She enjoys outdoor activities, arts and crafts and is interested in organizing special events.

Joyce Resin is the host and Executive Producer of the award winning CBC television show Alive! Ms. Resin is a regular contributor to several Lower Mainland newspapers (the Vancouver Courier and the Vancouver Sun) offering health and lifestyle tips in her well read, Your Guide to Health. Currently she is consulting on strategic communications and community development with Healthy Heart Society of BC. She is also involved in many volunteer activities in the community including the Heart and Stroke Foundation and hosts forums and events for organizations such as the BC Women's Hospital, the BC Cancer Foundation and the Osteoporosis Society of BC.

Joanne Silver is a consultant who has participated in the start-up of many programs in community development, social and women's health over the past 25 years. She is also the co-founder and Chair of the Women's Campaign School and has recently finished four years serving the City of Vancouver on the Public Art Committee. Her background in health, women's issues, philanthropy and politics is a combination that allows her to become involved with local, provincial, national, and international projects with equal enthusiasm. Joanne has taken on the role as Executive Director of the Centre in its beginning stages.

Dorothy Stowe worked for fourteen years in the Vancouver Mental Health system at the residential treatment centre for adolescents, the Maples. Prior to that she was a psychiatric social worker in Auckland, New Zealand. Dorothy is one of the original volunteers who created and launched Everywoman's Health Centre and continues to work toward women-centred health in our province.

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