Threshold Housing Society is honoured to have 10 compassionate and committed board members who ensure Threshold is true to its mission, vision, and values.
Click on the pictures below to learn more about each of these incredible people.
Dr. Alan Andrew is a Radiologist and Nuclear Medicine physician who lives and works in Victoria. He is also a clinical instructor at the UBC Faculty of Medicine and an examiner with the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. On a professional level, Alan understands the direct link between stable youth housing and positive long term health outcomes. On a personal level, Alan and his wife Stephanie work to grow Victoria into a city which thrives economically and socially so that one day their two children chose to remain here to live and work themselves.
Sheila Beauchemin is a management professional with over 30 years’ experience in the provincial public service and as an independent consultant. She has held positions with the Ministry of Finance, worked as a provincial treaty negotiator and facilitated meetings that achieve tangible, actionable results. Sheila holds degrees in economics and public administration. She believes that all youth should have a safe place to live and a community of people to guide them on their path to adulthood. Sheila lives in West Saanich, with her husband Chris, two adult daughters who come and go, and an assortment of animals both large and small.
Clayton was an officer in the Royal Canadian Navy for 20 years, serving in a wide variety of roles in ships, as an instructor to junior officers, and with a scientific organization. This was followed by a second career as a business and technology consultant, specializing in data analytics. He has an MSc in management sciences. Clayton's focus on the board is to help THS achieve certification of internationally recognized standards that demonstrate the quality of services our society provides to youth. Clayton grew up in Winnipeg. He and his wife Evelyn have lived in Victoria since the mid-1990's, and they have three adult children. Clayton enjoys sailing, and learning to play piano.
Ruth MacIntosh has a certificate in the Community Support and Education Assistant program at Camosun College. Ruth has 30+ years of experience developing and implementing programs to meet the needs of individuals and groups through a trauma informed lens. Ruth has served on the epilepsy advisory committee at the Epilepsy and Parkinson’s Centre (now called Headway) and has been a board member of the James Bay Community Project and the Casa Maria Emergency Housing Society. Ruth comes to Threshold as the Chair of the board with extensive knowledge of the needs of at-risk youth in Greater Victoria.
Alison Campbell was born and raised in Vancouver, BC. She left to travel before she finished University. Alison spent over 6 years in England, after marrying there. When Alison returned to BC with her husband and daughter, they lived in the Fraser Valley, Terrace and Vanderhoof. While in the Valley, Alison had a son. Alison moved to Victoria in 1982 to attend the University of Victoria's Law School. Although she had no intention to remain on Vancouver Island, she fell in love with Victoria and chose to open a law practice here. Alison retired from that practice over 7 years ago. During her years in Victoria, she served on several boards, the last of which was Pacific Centre Family Services Association. Since retirement Alison has joined the Goward House Singers, a group that entertains seniors in assisted living and extended care facilities.
Cassie Doyle had a distinguished public service career as a deputy minister with both the province of BC and federal governments, all while holding true to the values honed through her early work in social housing with the City of Ottawa non-profit housing corporation.
Cassie earned an MSW in Social Policy and Administration from Carleton University, and has extensive governance experience on boards of crown corporations and non-profit societies including as the Chair of BC Housing from 2017 through 2022 and currently as a director with the Fraser Basin Council, the Institute of Research in Public Policy and the Esquimalt Farmers Market.
During her time at BC Housing, Cassie was a close colleague of the superstar youth homelessness advocate, the late Katherine McParland. Katherine’s passion for centring the voices of youth with lived experience and advocating for youth housing to address “the superhighway of homelessness” created by the foster care system in BC inspired Cassie to join Threshold’s board.
Helene Walker is a retired civil engineer whose career began working on some of the biggest projects in the northern Alberta oil sands, at a time when there were few women in an engineering role. After she relocated to Victoria, she worked at UVic during seismic upgrades and then worked in project management at the Esquimalt Dockyards for a federal crown corporation.Wife to Barry and Mom to two adopted young adults - one from Eastern Europe, and the other a member of the 2SLGBTQ+ community - Helene has strong empathy for youth and the challenges they face in society.
Logan is the retired Anglican Bishop for the Diocese now known as the Islands and the Inlets. He worked in a variety of engineering positions before entering Vancouver School of Theology; he holds a Masters of Divinity and a Doctor of Ministry degrees from that institution. Logan is married to Marcia and enjoys their seven children and 17 grandchildren. Their grandchildren teach them about the joy and wonder in all God’s works! In 2015 he led the diocese on a sacred journey, walking 500 km from Alert Bay to Victoria. As he entered each community he gave an apology for the diocese role in Residential Schools, asking for permission to enter the land and to live well together. In this journey he has made a commitment to the process of truth and reconciliation. He continues to give invitations to examine what it mean to re-enter the land and dismantle colonial practices.
Lynne has lived in Victoria on and off for more than 23 years, having come to Vancouver Island to attend Law School at the University of Victoria after obtaining a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Alberta. She has almost 20 years of experience working in the public sector, both provincially (Alberta and BC) and federally, in policy areas such as tax, policing, small business, local government and housing. As a mother to two boys, she understands that a stable supportive home is essential to their emotional and physical well being. She is humbled and excited by the opportunity to serve on the Board of Threshold Housing Society because of its commitment to helping youth thrive and make healthy choices through stable and safe housing and community support. Outside of work, she enjoys yoga, taking art classes, hiking and spending time with her three cats, two boys and one dog.
Salma Ihsan is of Mexican and Pakistani descent and immigrated to Canada with her family when she was a child. She grew up on the lower mainland of B.C. and moved to Victoria to attend university. Salma graduated from the University of Victoria with a B.A. in Applied Linguistics. While studying, Salma volunteered, worked, and completed her teaching practicum at the Inter-Cultural Association of Victoria and became passionate about providing support to immigrant and refugee populations. Currently, Salma has shifted her focus and found passion in the field of Indigenous language revitalization. Salma’s involvement in the community led her to Threshold Housing and as a queer immigrant and woman of colour she hopes to advocate for those most marginalized and often looked over.
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