Kim Aikins, MCAP Co-chair.

Kim Akins has been a member of MCAP for the past three years.  She is currently acting as the Rural Co-Chair and is a member of the MCAP newsletter committee.

Kim worked as a high school teacher for three years prior to moving in to adult education, where she has spent the last 13 years working with families and adults affected by FASD, most recently with Manitoba Corrections.

In addition to her work as a teacher in Corrections, Kim sits on the Brandon Interagency FAS/E Committee and delivers “Special Needs Offender Training” to new recruits.

Cathe Umlah, MCAP Co-chair.

Cathe Umlah is the FASD Specialist with the General CFS Authority. She is a social worker with experience in child welfare, foster care, breast cancer and more specifically in the FASD field. She worked in the Interagency FASD Program as a Program Counsellor in the early years (mid 90”s) and during this time was seconded to CADEC to act as coordinator in the early years of the clinic’s development. Cathe went on to start up one of the first sites on Stop FAS at the Nor’West Co-op Community Health Centre, working with high risk women around FASD Prevention. For the last three years she has been working as one of the FASD Specialists within the child welfare system, integrating her experience with child welfare and FASD. She has also been an active member of MCAP for 15 years.

Secretary/Admin Support

Administration for MCAP is supplied by an independent contractor funded by Changes for Children.

Treasurer

Our current treasurer is Jewel Riemer of Initiatives for Just Communiies who has taken on this role as of November 2009. The past treasurer was Fetal Alcohol Family Association of Manitoba.

Past Chairs/Co-Chairs

Special thanks go out to the dedicated individuals who took a leadership role within the Coalition on Alcohol and Pregnancy in the past and who continue to advocate for change around the issue of FASD!

Leilani Buschau (June 2008 - June 2011)
Joanne Wyman (March 2009 - November 2010)
Carie McIntosh (March 17, 2008 - February 2009)
Jocelyn Bjorkland (October 2006 – January 2008)
Brenda Bennett (October 2006 – January 2008)
Zenon Lisakowski (January – September 2006)
Dale Kendel (1993 - October 2007)