Susan has been the Executive Director of KFRS since 2011. She started her involvement with KFRS as a participant in the original Mothers for Recovery Support group in 2006, when she was 3 months pregnant, newly abstinent from drugs and alcohol.

Susan also had a 12-year-old daughter at this time. She had struggled with substance use for many years, and in particular over a 6-year period starting in 2000. Susan was seeking abstinence in this 6-year period, attending various programs, but was unsuccessful until finding Mother’s for Recovery. She will tell you that the companionship, empathy, and support she received from the community of women attending Mother’s for Recovery is what made all the difference – women who could understand that her substance use did not diminish her love for her children.

One of the side effects of her newly abstinent lifestyle was a desire to become “part of the solution,” a phrase that would carry her through the next 15 years of her life working for KFRS. Susan first started volunteering in the support group, and then, when a position became available in September of 2007, she jumped at the opportunity to help expand KFRS from its humble beginnings as a single support group, to the thriving non-profit it has become today. Susan has a passion for life-long learning and growing her skillset to better serve the participants and staff of KFRS. In 2017 she completed a diploma in Non-profit Leadership through BCIT and has made it a priority to continue her own professional development around current best-practices.

Susan is a mother of two and is excited to welcome her first grandchild in Spring of 2023. She has two gregarious bulldogs and can often be found snuggled up with them and various soft things at home. Camping, video games, and all the associated activities of being a hockey mom keep her days busy.