RECOVERY SOCIETY - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board
- Retired RCMP Officer With a Keen Interest in Safe and Healthy Communities. Sandy Is an Avid Bicycle Enthusiast Joining the Board in 2022
Alexander (Sandy) Smith - a retired RCMP officer with a keen interest in safe and healthy communities. Sandy is an avid bicycle enthusiast joining the board in 2022.
Counsellor: Alexander Dillon - Counselling Diploma. A young counsellor with lived experience and a passion for supporting vulnerable men on their path to positive life outcomes.
Nimi Chauhan - a community activist working with women fleeing violence and works for the Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction. Nimi joined the board in 2016.
Penny Priddy - joining the board in 2014, Penny has been keenly interested in the Society's progress and our positive role in the public discourse on recovery houses in BC. Penny has the distinction of being the only woman in Canadian history to be elected to school board, city council, provincial legislature and the house of commons.
Job Titles:
- Administrative Assistant
- Bookkeeper
Bookkeeper/Administrative Assistant: Shannan Smith. Shannan is detailed and meticulous, watching every penny the Society spends. She ensures the resident's paperwork and admission documents are correct and submitted in a timely manner. She brings a keen interest and curiosity to her work.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board
- Retired Director
Sherry Mumford, Ph.D - Retired Director Fraser Health Mental Health and Substance Abuse. Professor in the Criminology & Criminal Justice department at the University of the Fraser Valley. Sherry joined the board in 2018.
Susan Atwal - a lawyer with 27 years' experience in medical-legal matters, member of the Mental Health Review Board and active in her Newton community of Surrey. Susan joined the board in 2023.
Executive Director: Susan Sanderson BA, former Director Occupational Health and Safety, BC Federation of Labour; Co-founder of the Realistic Success Recovery Society. Susan co-founded the Society with her late husband, Gary T. Robinson in 2007. She now leads the organization with passion, determination and ethical values grounded in the 12 steps of Nar-Anon. She is a fearless advocate of the recovery community. In 2019 she successfully achieved an increase in the daily rate for all regulated and licensed publicly funded recovery treatment facilities.
- Counselling Therapist, CPCA. Tyrone is an alumni who combines his experience and knowledge of the 12 steps with his counselling education inspiring residents to change. He implements lived experience and the many stories of the spiritual awakening that has supported change in the lives of many addicts. Like many others his recovery is a gift and is the gift he freely shares with those caught in the grips of addiction.
Zack Myers - Lawyer - Myers Law Company. Zack has experience beyond his years and has dealt with challenging legal issues on serious matters including Murder, Kidnapping, Robbery, Drug Trafficking, and importation of narcotics. He urges clients in the criminal justice system to seek recovery. Zack joined the board in 2021.