President
Dianne Simpson
It is a pleasure to serve on the Board of New West Hospice Society. While working in Health Care for 30 years I’ve seen what the benefits of compassionate end-of-life care can bring to both the client and their family at this vulnerable time.
I believe that the citizens of New Westminster should have the option to access hospice care and I am honoured to be part of a team that is working toward having such a service in our community.
Past - President
Kay Johnson
Kathleen (Kay) Johnson is a Founder who worked in both the palliative and bereavement areas of hospice as a nurse and Executive Director for over 30 years before retiring. This experience revealed how a community-focussed public health model of care based on the Compassionate City Charter can work through partnerships and education.
Vice - President
Wendy Johnson
Wendy Johnson is a retired public school teacher, principal, school trustee and School Board Chair. She holds a doctorate in Educational Leadership from UBC. She’s a founding member of NWHS and has been a New Westminster resident since 2015.
treasurer
Shannon Patterson
Shannon Patteron is a practicing Doctor of Chiropractic for the past 21 years and is now happy to call New Westminster her home. Dr. Shannon has been a past and present Director of the College of Chiropractors of BC. In addition she has brought her skill set to volunteer organizations including Friends for Life and the Downtown Eastside Residents Association. She is thrilled to be a part of the New Westminster Hospice Society and to live in a community that embraces Compassion as a core value.
Secretary
Lois Brassart
Happily retired. Former marketing/project manager. Volunteering: senior peer counsellor, various committees working to improve the lives of seniors. Avid off the beaten path traveller seeking to meet women in small villages.
Director
Michael Scales
Michael spent many years helping younger people in his 40 years as a teacher and a psychologist. When he retired from the New Westminster School District, and Douglas College, he decided that he wanted to continue to help people, including those who were older than he was.
Director
Cheryl Greenhalgh, RTR
Director
Brock Nicholson
Brock Nicholson is a Founder with over 12 years’ leadership experience in hospice palliative care and long term care managing various community and regional initiatives. He has a graduate diploma in Gerontology from SFU and is an inaugural member of the Gerontology Program Advisory Committee at Langara College. Brock experienced a devastating parental loss at the age of 18 which has shaped his pursuit of compassion & caring in his life and career.
Director
Vanessa Woznow
Vanessa is Senior Communications Consultant with Fraser Health, overseeing the Authority’s primary care portfolio. She was a caregiver for her mother and is a member of New West Hospice’s ‘Compassionate City Crew’. She believes in the power of storytelling and shared experiences to help de-stigmatize discussions around dying, death, grief and loss.
Past Board Members
2019-2020
- Jason Campbell – President
- Geoffrey B. Nicholson – Vice President
- Kathleen (Kay) N. Johnson – Past President
- Cheryl Greenhalgh – Treasurer
- Vanessa Woznow – Secretary
- Dr. Wendy C. Johnson – Director
- Michael Scales – Director
- Leslie Rodgers – Director
- Dianne Simpson – Director
- John Ragone – Director
2018-2019
- Kathleen (Kay) N. Johnson – President
- Dr. Wendy C. Johnson – Vice-President
- Alix Cote– Secretary
- Jason Campbell – Treasurer
- Antigone B. Dixon-Warren – Director
- Michael Scales – Director
- Cheryl Greenhalgh – Director
- Geoffrey B. Nicholson – Director
- Quinn Waddington – Director
- Vanessa Woznow – Director
2017-2018
- Kathleen (Kay) N. Johnson – President
- Dr. Wendy C. Johnson – Vice-President
- Alix Cote– Secretary
- Antigone B. Dixon-Warren – Treasurer
- Dr. Charlie C. Chen – Director
- Dale W. Darychuk – Director
- Vivian Wong – Director
- Geoffrey B. Nicholson – Director
- Quinn Waddington – Director
- Brian Richard Dodd – Director
2016-2017
- Kathleen (Kay) N. Johnson – Chair
- Dr. Wendy C. Johnson – Vice-Chair
- Alix Cote– Secretary
- Antigone B. Dixon-Warren – Treasurer
- Brock Nicholson – Director
- Dr. Charlie Chen – Director
- Dale Darychuk – Director
- Vivian Wong – Director
- Leslie Sayer – Director
- Carolyn Unsworth – Director
