Up to 15 directors can be elected or appointed to the RJABC Board of Directors. Directors represent a range of expertise and knowledge of the not-for-profit sector, board governance, and the delivery of restorative justice services in communities throughout BC.
Community Restorative Justice Program Board of Director representatives will be elected for a one-year term and all other director terms shall be for two years.
RJABC Board of Directors are sought with the following areas in mind:
- Restorative Justice Stakeholder Representation
- Skills, Knowledge & Experience
- Regional/Geographical Representation
Directors will be considered, prequalified and elected from organizations and individuals who are eligible for Full Voting Membership with the intention of having a 2/3 minimum of its directors as designated representatives of community based non-profit and municipal based restorative justice programs from the different geographical regions of British Columbia.
RJABC also seeks a range of key justice stakeholder representatives to provide a balanced perspective of justice in addressing the impacts of crime and wrongdoing on people and communities and in working towards more restorative, safe, and peaceful communities for all.
Are you interested in applying for the board? Complete the application form and we will be in touch.
2025-26 Board of Directors
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Taya Rankin | Co-Chairperson |
| Warren McDougall | Treasurer |
| Roselle Quinones | Director at Large |
| Jane Osborne | Director at Large |
| Sgt. Mike Grandia | Director at Large |
| Maya Mount | Director at Large |
| Calvin Swustus | Director at Large |
| Cheryl Letkeman | Director at Large |
| Beth Stupple, Kootenays RJ (Interior region) | Director at Large |
| Chantelle Coulson | Director at Large |
| Karen Milstein-McKinnon, Comox Valley Community Justice Centre (Island region) | Director at Large |
| Meg Chamberlin | Director at Large |
| Taylor Wilson, Abbotsford RJ Advocacy Association (Lower Mainland & Fraser Valley region) | Director at Large |
Jane Osborne
I came to my work in community because of a personal experience with a close friend’s 70
something mother who was abused by her husband. I didn’t know where to go to find supports
for her and the search led me to BC Community Response Networks and the adult
guardianship field. A restorative justice and more recently an anti-racism and reconciliation
lens allows me to explore and understand my own privilege and my personal history which in
turn enables me to bring my whole being to the process of envisioning and supporting
collective action around the social determinants of health. I am a member of the United Way’s
Community Based Seniors Sector Leadership Committee. In this role, I focus my energy on
rural and remote communities (including First Nations / indigenous communities) and on
LGBTQ2+and other marginalized individuals within those communities. I am also a Board
Member for the BC Rural Health Network which dovetails with my work in rural & remote
communities on Vancouver Island.
Roselle Quinones
Roselle Quinones has been involved in the field of victim services for over 20 years starting as a volunteer in 1996 then as a caseworker with New Westminster Police and now serving as the Victim Services Coordinator with Port Moody Police Department. Over the years in her role as a police victim services worker, Roselle has provided crisis intervention, emotional support and information about the criminal justice system and community resources to those who have been impacted by crime and trauma. She has also provided support to individuals as they navigate the court system.
Roselle recognises the importance of providing victims with information about Restorative Justice to assist them in making informed decisions about available options. In 2018, PMPD Victim Services and Communities Embracing Restorative Action (CERA) hosted a 4 day workshop ‘Enhancing Restorative Justice Practice for Restorative Justice Practitioners and Police Victim Services Workers’. The intention of the workshop was to facilitate better working relationships and for RJ practitioners and police victim services workers to gain a better understanding of each others roles when supporting victims of crime.
Currently, Roselle serves on the Police Victim Services of BC (PVSBC) Board of Directors as the Municipal Victim Services Program Rep as well as the Liaison to the RJABC Board. By serving on both the PVSBC and RJABC Boards it is hoped there will be opportunities for collaboration and discussion regarding restorative justice practises to benefit those who have been harmed, those who have harmed and the community at large.
Sgt. Mike Grandia
Mike has been a Police Member for 18 years and is currently working within the Community Policing Bureau with the Surrey Police Service.
He works collaboratively with the community, Elders and community partners who, within a team-based environment, have contributed to the development and implementation of successful programming related to harm reduction, trauma informed practices, justice-based programming, youth programming and overall community health and wellness. Formerly, Sgt Grandia was assigned as the liaison officer, working with the Tsawwassen First Nation and has worked with high-risk youth and their families for over 20 years. Respecting community traditions and culture, the mandate within these positions, was to seek solutions to community issues through the development of localized, culturally based strategies, thereby contributing to the building of safe and healthy communities.
Sgt Grandia developed and is co-chair of the Canadian Police for Youth Network and works with the Community Action Initiative (Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions) developing best practices training related to homelessness and harm reduction strategies throughout BC. Sgt Grandia played an integral role in the development of the SPS Indigenous Vision, has presented on two occasions at the First Nations Justice Summit related to alternative forms of justice, and is currently working with the FNJC in the development of cultural awareness training and the development of a local Indigenous justice center.
Sgt Grandia has provided training for police, community partners and justice partners on a provincial and national level. Sgt Grandia lives with his wife and two children in the City of Surrey.
Cheryl Letkeman
Const. Cheryl Letkeman became a member of the RCMP in 2007 after having owned and operated a small manufacturing business. I knew nothing about policing. I learned quickly that my passion laid in community policing. I have worked the Surrey unit where I embraced the restorative justice approach and referred many clients. From there I was posted in Richmond and into the Vulnerable Persons Unit where I worked beside a psychiatric nurse in a mental health crisis car. My 17-year policing journey has since led me to my current role as the RCMP’s restorative justice coordinator for E Division which I undertook in June of 2023. I am one course away from earning a Restorative Justice Certificate from SFU. I am passionate about the restorative justice approach and excited to see if flourish in British Columbia.
Taya Rankin
Taya Rankin is a seasoned Indigenous Administration Professional with over 16 years of experience in Indigenous Government, specializing in restorative justice, fisheries and wildlife, municipal bylaws, and overall government administration. She holds a diploma and certificate in Chemical Addictions from the Nicola Valley Institute of Technology. Taya excels in budget formulation, document generation, proposal writing, and project logistics management. With a deep appreciation for Indigenous governance’s cultural nuances, she is dedicated to creating organized and respectful environments, fostering positive relationships, and making meaningful contributions to Indigenous Government Administration.
Calvin Swustus
Calvin is an Indigenous Person, from the Cowichan Tribes community, near the City of Duncan. Cowichan if the largest Indigenous community in British Columbia, has a population of 5200. Calvin & Dora have been married for 36 year and have 3 children, 2 sons and 1 daughter, and 6 Granddaughters.
Calvin is a retired member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, he served 22 years. Calvin filled mainly the General Duty service, and majority of delivering police service to many Indigenous communities. Calvin was trained to deliver many services in the RCMP, Member Assistance Program, Critical Incident Debriefer, Sexual Assault Investigator, Arson Investigator. Calvin spent 5 years Investigating the crimes committed in the Indian Residential Schools. Calvin took part in the Vision Quest Canoe Journey in 1997, paddling 1000 miles down the Skeena River and the west coast of B.C. to deliver the concept of an Indigenous Treatment Centre. This Centre exists today. Calvin was the Chairman of the Cowichan 2008 North American Indigenous Games, hosted in Cowichan, this event brought 3500 Indigenous Youth, and 1000 paddlers participating in the Journey canoes to Cowichan, totaling 10000 persons, consisting of coaching staff, support persons. This event took 5 years to prepare and another 1.5 years to close its books.
Calvin was a Co-Chair of the 2017 North American Indigenous Hockey Championships hosted in the Cowichan Valley. This event was attended by Indigenous hockey teams representing each Province in Canada.
Calvin filled the position of Justice Coordinator for Cowichan Tribes for 13 years. Facilitating Restorative Justice, and working with the RCMP, Dept of Fisheries and Ocean, Conservation, local businesses, the school district, Crown Counsel. Calvin was part of the team that planned and put together the Duncan First Nation Court. Calvin filled the Justice Manager for the Tla-o-qui-aht Nation, and build the same service as he did for Cowichan tribes.
Today Calvin has developed a Mens Group, and has taken on Contract to work with Indigenous clients with counselling that are Incarcerated, and or on Probation. Calvin was decorated with the RCMP Long Service & Good Conduct Medal, and Decorated by the Canadian Indigenous Veterans Association Calvin is an elected official for Cowichan Tribes.
Warren McDougall
Warren is an Indigenous clinical counsellor and consultant who specializes in stress related unwellness commonly known as addiction, anxiety, depression, grief, and trauma. Having suffered intimately these pains and symptoms of colonial oppression, rooted in both sides of his family tree, Warren was lost and confused until he found the catalyst for healing in restorative connections. He is honoured to now be able to support others in walking the path to healing and restoration. In joining and serving the Board, Warren hopes to help offer others what saved his own life.
Maya Mount
Maya Mount is a grade 12 student at Handsworth Secondary School. He is one of Handsworth Pride Club’s 4 co-leaders. This club provides a queer affirming space where students and faculty can drink tea, have discussions, plan events, and more. Previous projects include Pride Week – a week of activities ending with a block party to celebrate the school’s new rainbow crosswalk – the Teacher Allyship Project where pride club members made and presented a guide on how to support queer students and a series of six healthy relationship workshops where participants learned about consent, boundaries and more. This year the club will manage its biggest project yet; planning a district wide Queer Prom. In addition to queer activism, Maya is passionate about disability justice and art of all kinds. He hopes to bring a youth perspective to this board and implement restorative justice principles in secondary schools.
Beth Stupple
Beth Stupple (she/they) is a parent, auntie, multidisciplinary artist, a community justice practitioner, confl ict worker, and group facilitator based on unceded Sinixt təmxʷúlaʔxʷ(Slocan Valley). She is a descendant of Celtic and British settlers, working to understand the weight and wisdom of her ancestors—both the harms they caused on Turtle Islandand the ways of knowing and being they held pre-colonization.
All of this impacts how she walks in the world.
For over a decade, she has been drawn to Indigenous-informed, trauma-aware, and decolonial approaches to justice, inspired by many teachers and thinkers along the waywho pave pathways towards accountability and systemic change and who see justice as possible, community based, desirable, accessible,
and healing.
Beth has been the Program Coordinator for Kootenay Restorative Justice, for 1 year now. This program serves 7 rural communities in the West Kootenays. Currently they arefocusing on strengthening the program’s foundation, to continue growing and making restorative justice processes informed by and accessible to local communities.
In her work as Program Manager at Connective Nanaimo (formerly Nanaimo John Howard Society) (2019–2023), she facilitated hundreds of restorative justice cases, trainedstaff and volunteers, and collaborated with Indigenous Elders to create culturally relevant responses to harm.
She also co-founded the Koksilah Music Festival (2016–2019), a land-based gathering supporting Indigenous-led land defense, guided by Quw’utsun community to followprotocols and respond to community direction. As a musician, clown, and performance artist, she has co-created work and toured projects like her current trio
Oh Pray Tell —she is grateful for art as a vehicle for activism, storytelling, connection and healing.
Chantelle Coulson
Chantelle Coulson was raised in Nanaimo on Vancouver Island and now is grateful to live in Vancouver on the territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. Her mother’s family is Peruvian and Spanish was her first language. She has been Crown Counsel with the Public Prosecution Service of Canada since 2016. She has prosecuted drug offences, environmental offences, and has worked in specialized courts including the Drug Treatment Court of Vancouver, and First Nations Courts throughout BC. In 2023, she was appointed as Co-Coordinator of the PPSC British Columbia Regional Office’s Alternatives to Prosecution Team. Chantelle is grateful to be able to support meaningful, community-based pathways outside the criminal legal system in this role. Through this work, Chantelle has learned about restorative justice from dedicated, passionate practitioners across the province and is humbled to work alongside them. Chantelle is an admirer of RJABC’s work and is keen to support RJABC’s continued goal of expanding restorative justice across the province. Outside of the office, Chantelle spends time with her family, friends, and – most recently – her adopted cat, Don Miguel Angel Coulson.
Karen Milstein McKinnnon
Karen has a lifelong commitment to social justice and was introduced to restorative justice in her teenage years. After operating her own business for 20years, teaching and serving as an active community volunteer, she began building a second career in the non-profi t and community sector. She returned toschool, where she completed a Master of Communications with a focus on change management and communication around areas with stigma.
Karen joined the Comox Valley Community Justice Centre in February 2023 as Managing Director. She also continues to work as a contractor in areas offacilitation, strategic planning, communications and as Naqsmist Safe Spaces trainer. Karen passionately continues to build on her education through studiesin facilitation, anti-racism and restorative justice practices.
At the core of Karen’s work is a commitment to relationship-building, dignity, equity and to helping organizations do their work in ways that are human-centered, thoughtful, and sustainable. Karen is an Ashkenazi Jewish woman, a mother, mentor, creative and strategic thinker, and collaborator who valuesconnection, inclusion, learning, and collective care.
Meg Chamberlin
Meg Chamberlin is a global K–12 educational leader with 20 years of experience across public and private education on five continents. She specializes in helpingschools and districts to implement restorative practice frameworks, training students, staff, and families to build inclusive, accountable, and relationship-centeredcommunities. Through a trauma-informed lens, her work enhances school climate, student wellness, and social emotional skills, including empathy and conflict-resolution capacity, while reducing repeat disciplinary issues and interpersonal harm. Meg holds a Master’s in Human Security and Peacebuilding and brings deepexpertise in global citizenship education and cross-cultural competency; she is known for cultivating the re-humanization of education and transforming schoolculture through collective efficacy in peacebuilding.
Taylor Wilson
Born and raised in the Fraser Valley, Taylor Wilson comes from a family of mixed Scottish and German descent and now lives on a small hobby farm in the SumasPrairie with his two daughters, on the traditional and unceded lands of the Semá:th people of the Stó:lō Nation.
He holds a BA in Political Philosophy from the University of the Fraser Valley and an MA in Peace and Justice from St. Stephen’s University. During his time at UFV, heco-founded and actively participated in student advocacy groups, including the UFV Greens and Students for Palestinian Human Rights. He is currently pursuing anMA in Counselling and Spiritual Care through McMaster Divinity College.
His academic and community work has centred on questions of justice, ethics, and relationship, with a particular interest in how justice is shaped historically,politically, and interpersonally. He is especially drawn to the relational and human-centred approach of restorative justice, while remaining attentive to the broaderstructural and systemic dimensions of justice.
Since beginning as a volunteer with Abbotsford Restorative Justice in 2021, Taylor has served in a variety of roles across the organization and currently holds theposition of Director of Programs and Operations. In this capacity, he oversees the organization’s four primary programs, leads data collection and evaluationinitiatives, supports the training and development of staff and volunteers, and facilitates restorative processes. He is passionate about advancing restorative justicepractices both provincially and nationally.