Ann Kutcher, Vancouver Coastal Regional Director

Ann has been working in the social services field since January 1974. She has a strong background in the social services: in program delivery, program evaluation, partnerships, development and management, and decades of experience, combined with demonstrated and certified leadership and management skills, and a commitment to strengthening families and communities with measurable results. Ann holds a certificate in Human Resources Management from the Sauder School of Business and understands the union and non-union environments. Ann served as Chair of Council On Accreditation Canada for 8 years and was part of the thrust to create Canadian COA standards. Her philosophy in overseeing an organization is to assume that families have a desire and commitment to care well for their children and that everyone does the best they can, given the resources available to them and the environmental stressors they face. Ann has a commitment to strengthening families in all communities and has focused on improving and maintaining excellence in service delivery. Ann currently sits on the CSSEA panel and she has been an active board member for The Federation of Community Social Services of BC. She is running for the Vancouver Coastal Regional Director position.