Our Team

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) – Sarah Lewis (705) 435-9821 x1001 slewis@focuscdc.on.ca

Community Engagement Specialist – Hannah Brayford (705) 435-9821 x1018 hbrayford@focuscdc.on.ca

Employment Consultant (ODSP) – Jason Bowers RPC-C (705) 435-9821
x1003 jbowers@focuscdc.on.ca

Lead Program Coordinator (Becoming the Boss) – Andrea Paradine (705) 435-9821 x1037 aparadine@focuscdc.on.ca

Accounting – Pam Abejero (705) 435-9821 x1016 pabejero@focuscdc.on.ca

Resource & Information (Angus) – Diana Shaughnessy (705) 424-6335 x4001 diana@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

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: