Faculty & Fellows
Steve Patty, Ph.D.
Lead Faculty.
Dr. Steve Patty is founder and principal of Dialogues In Action LLC. Dr. Patty has a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Educational Leadership and has been trained at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. Dr. Patty spent 13 years as a respected professor of Education and Leadership Development. He continues to teach doctoral courses in research and leadership for business students. For the past eight years he has led Dialogues In Action LLC, a firm dedicated to helping organizations rethink the development of their people, and has led conferences, retreats, and has trained hundreds of managers in nonprofit organizations throughout North America and Europe. He has led cohorts through the Fellowship in Leadership Development for the past five years.
Associate faculty are selected from the previous year's cohort.
Fellows 2013-2014
Simon Adams - VP, YMCA of Greater Vancouver
Michael Anhorn - ED, Canadian Mental Health Association
Richard Faucher - Co-ED, Burnaby Association of Community Inclusion
Mark Gifford - Vancouver Foundation
Kathy Lilyholm - Director, YWCA Metro Vancouver
Devon Page - ED, EcoJustice
Pam Preston - ED, Westcoast Child Resource Centre
Tanya Sather - Co-ED, Burnaby Association of Community Inclusion
Judy Valsonis - COO, Touchstone Family Asociation
Kim Winchell - ED, Richmond Family Place Society
Jocelyn Wong – Volunteer Richmond
Scott Richter – Medicine Hat YMCA
Mahin Rashid – UWLM
Sharon Smith – Sanctuary Ministries
Maureen Young – Coast Capital Savings
Jonny Morris – CMHA
Julia Staub-French – Family Services
Parm Grewal – RMCS
Yvonne Comfort – YMCA of Greater Vancouver
Karey Degenova – BACI
Lisa Thomson – BACI
Crystal Janes – West Coast Family
Jason Lee – Boys and Girls Club
Dave Lappin – Home Society
Karen Bester – YMCA of Greater Vancouver
Angie Osachoff - United Way of Lower Mainland
Fellows 2015 -2016
Diane Wilmann - Froghollow Neighbourhood House
Emily Mlieczko - Early Childhood Educators of British Columbia
Eric Kowalski - City of Vancouver
Janice Lambert - Richmond Family Place Society
Jennifer Gray-Grant - Collingwood Neighbourhood House
Joanne Kautz-Allard - Big Brothers of Greater Vancouver
Kahir Lalji - Better at Home
Luke Balsan - Place Malliardville
Tanya Valois - Westcoast Family Centres Society
Andrea Thompson - Avenues of Change - Guildford West
Carol Hardie - Touchstone
Chris Kinch - YMVA of Northern BC
Chris Samulak - Touchstone
Jeff Stromgren - Tri-Cities School District
Kimberley Barwich - Burnaby Neighbourhood House
Laura Gudewill - United Way
Laurie Kohl - Family Services North shore
Navreen Gill - Avenues of Change - Coquitlam River
Fellows 2016/2017
Sanjay Gulati - Mission Community Services
Kate Hodgson - Ray-Cam Co-operative Centre
Mariam Bouchoutrouch - Pacific Immigrant Resources Society
Trish Garner - BC Poverty Reduction
Deborah Hollins - Nanaimo Family Life
Cass Elliott - QMUNITY
Lisa Hubbard - North Shore Neighbourhood House
Esther Hsieh - Umbrella Multicultural Health Co-op
Heather Gordon - Powell River Child, Youth, and Family Services Society
Nadia Contreras - SHARE Family & Community Services
Nicole Cartier - Touchstone Family Association
Kristy Rogge - Maple Ridge/Pitt Meadows Community Services
Kris Gibson - United Way Lower Mainland
Katie Konopczynski - YMCA
Claudine Matlo - Mount Pleasant Neighbourhood House
Suzanne Liddle - Collingwood Neighbourhood House
Lin Chen - Seniors First BC
Rhea Hubbard - Alexandra Neighbourhood House
Joanne Cooper - Capilano Community Services
Roslyn Henderson - Big Brothers Big Sisters Langley
Kevin Yang - Canada Scores
Tanja Demajo - Jewish Family Services Vancouver
Maggie Karpilovsky - United Way Lower Mainland
Ruth Taverner - Richmond Family Place
Fellows 2018/2019
Fellows 2021 (Jan-Dec)
Brian Gross - Matsqui-Abbotsford Impact Society
Janice Murphy - Kootenay Boundary Community Services
Nasra Mire - Independent
Stuart Munger - Integra Support Services
Christine Macer - Vancouver School Board
Vicki Pilot - Seniors Serving Seniors
Alison Merton - Collingwood Neighborhood House
Dawn Bashcoff - Worklink Society
Bobbi Symes - United Way BC
Gina Jackson - United Way BC
Naiely Cabrera - Pacific Immigrant Resources
Sandra Bodenhamer - Collingwood Neighborhood House
Alison Nichol - Encompass Support Services Society
Gayle Beavil - Second Street Community School (Burnaby School District)
Mike Lally - DIVERSEcity Community Resources Society
Veronika Bylicki - CityHive
Stacy Ashton - Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention Centre of BC
Lawrence Chidzamb - Great Zimbabwe Cultural Society of BC
Tracey Rusnak - Cameray Child & Family Services
Keiko Funahashi - Japanese Community Volunteers Association
Gabi Guerrero - Destination Imagination British Columbia
Hanne Madsen - Big Sisters of BC Lower Mainland
Danison Buan - Refood Food Rescue Foundation
Marco Chiaramonte - Wavefront Centre for Communication Accessibility
Fellows 2021/2022
Fellows 2022/2023
Richard "Ricky" Lee - Promise Vancouver
Vanessa Wideski - Low Entropy
Annwen Loverin - Silver Harbour Seniors’ Activity Centre
Becky Vermetter - Princeton & District Community Services Society
Susan Wright - The Tree (Kamloops Family Resources Society)
Kyla Painter - Fraser Region Aboriginal Friendship Centre Association
Heidi Jakop - Vancouver Botanical Gardens Association
Jennifer Lazenby - Independent
Lynne Romano - Golden Community Resources Society
Amanjot Mohem - Aunt Leah’s Place
Victoria Smith - United Way BC
Scott Deyell - Vancouver School Board
Tracey Leslie - Nanaimo Family Life Association
Kristin Coyne - Encompass Support Services Society
Erica Ellis - Environmental Youth Alliance
Jasica Grewal - United Way BC
Kristi Rintoul - United Way BE