
Meet the Team
Our team is comprised of House Leaders, Assistants, Volunteers, Core Members, Maintenance and so many more. To better serve the public with requests and inquiries, we have listed our Office Team and Board of Directors below.
Have any general questions?
Please email admin@larchehomefires.org
Office Team
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April Veinot
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR / COMMUNITY LEADER
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Devon Edmonds
FINANCE
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Trish MacDonell
ADMINISTRATION
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Kae O'Connell
HR COORDINATOR
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Andrew Roach
PROGRAMS & ILS COORDINATOR
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Sarah Levy
INTERIM HOMES COORDINATOR
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Jenna Symonds
HOMES COORDINATOR
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Ryan Oxner
DEVELOPMENT & COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR
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Amy Young
HR ASSISTANT
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Shannon Harbers
HOMES COORDINATOR ASSISTANT
Board of Directors
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John McNeil
BOARD CHAIR
Returned to the L’Arche Board in 2023 (he also served on the Board 20 years ago!). He is a retired pharmacist, and a longstanding member of Mud Creek Rotary where he is the Secretary as well as Chair of Community Services. In what little spare time he has, he enjoys golf, reading and travel!
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James Sanford
VICE CHAIR
Joined L’Arche in 2021. He works as Executive Director Student Services at Acadia but in his off-hours, he enjoys cycling, weight-training, and eating apples! He reports that at one point in his life, his hairstyle involved a mullet!
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Erin Hennessy
PAST CHAIR
Joined L’Arche in 2019. She works as a dentist and loves gardening, running, travel, and salty chips!. She was also once in a bluegrass duo and played a washtub bass with her now-husband, Jeff!
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Ginette Goulet
SECRETARY
Joined L’Arche in 2020 after moving to Wolfville from Eastern Ontario. She works as a policy consultant and loves painting, knitting, cooking, and sewing as well as watching Victorian era shows with her fur-baby, Stella!
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Plamen Petkov
BOARD MEMBER
Joined L’Arche in 2022. He works as a lawyer, but is an avid gardener and loves to cook! When he can get away from the office, he is also a grape-grower and wine-maker. No surprise he would love to travel to Italy someday!
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Jocelyne Dumaresq
TREASURER
Joined the L’Arche Board as Treasurer at the AGM in June 2017. For the 2024 to 2025 year, she was on the Finance Committee and rejoined the Board in June 2025. While Jocelyne spends her working hours as a professional accountant in a locally owned accounting firm, she loves sailing, reading novels, spending time with her family, and eating chocolate.
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Graysen Parker
BOARD MEMBER
Joined L’Arche officially in 2015 as a casual assistant. After exploring different positions in different L’Arche communities, Graysen settled into Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion work in the Valley. On her free time, you can find her out with her dog, coaching basketball or exploring the outdoors. -
April Veinot
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR / COMMUNITY LEADER