Board and Directors
Fraser Simmons – Chair, Retired Senior Manager of the National Parole Board, Counsellor and Psychology Instructor
Fae Chato-Manchuk - Vice-Chair, Retired Vice-Chair of the BC Parole Board, Group Therapist
Alison McVeigh - Secretary, School Trustee for School District #35, Self-Employed Business Owner
Scott Nichols - Treasurer, Local Business Office Manager
Jeff Christian - Board Member, Former Correctional Services Canada employee, Consultant in Human Rights and Corrections
Vic Derksen Siemens - Board Member, Self Employed Business Owner
Dan Bennett - Board Member, Self Employed Business Owner
John Unrau - Board Member, Former Teacher, Pastor and Hospital Chaplain
Mark Hughes - Board Member, Voltech Fire Protection
Dave Gustafson – Director/Staff Liason
David is CJI's co-director of program development. In addition, he is an adjunct professor in Simon Fraser University's School of Criminology, a therapist in private practice, and a registered clinical counsellor. He developed and directed the Victim Offender Reconciliation Program (VORP) in Langley, BC, later establishing CJI as the society which administered VORP, the present Victim Offender Mediation Program (VOMP), and other community justice and therapeutic programs. He led in the design and implementation at Stave Lake Correctional Centre of highly regarded programs for sexual offenders and adult survivors of incest and sexual assaults. David delivers training and informational workshops locally and internationally, and consults with correctional services and other organizations interested in developing programs similar to those run by CJI. He holds a master's degree with a focus on Counselling and on Peace and Conflict Studies, and is currently completing his doctoral degree in the faculty of Law and Criminology at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KUL) in Leuven, Belgium.
