FOCUS is comprised of many team players who each play a valuable role in ensuring our services meet our service quality standards.
Board of Directors
The Board of Directors is responsible for approving the budget and ensuring the agency meets its strategic goals to ensure the best possible service to our clients and community. The Board of Directors at FOCUS is composed of many community-minded volunteers who recognize the value of building and maintaining strong, vibrant communities by strengthening the lives of those who live within them.
Bill Wray – President
Diane Munro – Vice President
Cathy Morden – Director
Gary Munro – Secretary
David Humphries – Treasurer
Linda Taylor – Director
Cindy Crozman – Director
Jan Tweedy – Director
Staff Members
Executive Director – Mike MacEachern (705) 435-9821 x1014 mike@focuscdc.on.ca
Employment Services Transformation Manager –
Miriam Baldwin (705) 435-9821 x1011 mbaldwin@focuscdc.on.ca
Team Lead – Employment Consultant (Alliston) – Jaycee Antlej (705) 435-9821 x1007 jantlej@focuscdc.on.ca
Team Lead – Employer Services Professional – Marjorie Perez (705) 435-9821 x1006 mperez@focuscdc.on.ca
Program Coordinator (Pre-Apprenticeship Program) – Angela Adams (705) 435-9821 x1038 aadams@focuscdc.on.ca
Resource & Information/ Employment Consultant (Alliston) – Monserrat Rios (705) 435-9821 x1001 mrios@focuscdc.on.ca
Community Engagement & Job Development Professional – Hannah Brayford (705) 435-9821 x1018 hbrayford@focuscdc.on.ca
Lead Program Coordinator (Youth Skills Spark) – Andrea Paradine (705) 435-9821 x1037 aparadine@focuscdc.on.ca
Resource & Information (Angus) – Terri Lynn Foley (705) 424-6335 x4001 tfoley@focuscdc.on.ca
Employment Consultant (Angus) – Catherine Macleod (705) 424-6335 x4004 cmacleod@focuscdc.on.ca
Data Management – Trevor Rees (705) 435-9821 x1002 trees@focuscdc.on.ca
Employment Consultant (Alliston) – Tracy Hansen 705-435-9821 x1004 thansen@focuscdc.on.ca
Program Coordinator (Youth Skills Spark) – Jessica Boyle 705-435-9821 x1012 jboyle@focuscdc.on.ca
Our Partners
FOCUS works closely with multiple organizations to ensure our services are accessible to our community.
Planning for effective programs takes place on many levels, and as such requires a number of partnerships. FOCUS works with the Simcoe County Training Board, the Ontario Association of Youth Employment Centre and a number of Barrie/South Simcoe service delivery committees.
We are actively involved with:
The Provincial and Federal Government
- Employment Ontario
- Emploi Ontario
- Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development
- Ministry of Education
- Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services
- Supports for Student Learning Supports Program
- Ministry of Employment and Social Development Canada