Janet Ryan-Newell

CEO

Janet holds an M.Ed. with Distinction in both Counselling Psychology & Psychometric Assessment. For the first decade of her career Janet worked with Edmonton Public Schools, first as an Elementary School Teacher and then as a School Psychologist.

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Shauna Benvik

Foster Care Support Worker

Shauna has been with Crossroads Family Services since 2009 and has an educational background in Early Childhood Development. Prior to Crossroads, she worked extensively as a Family Resource Worker developing and facilitating numerous programs for families in need. Shauna believes strongly in children and families and their ability to succeed. She is beloved by the families she works with.

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Michelle Caouette

Foster Care Program Manager

Michelle was hired as a Support Worker in 2007 but prior to that she worked a year at The Retreat ~ Crossroads Treatment group care program. Michelle’s educational background is in social work and she is highly skilled at combining her work load with ongoing education.

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Candace Cooper

Foster Care Team Lead

Candace has been with Crossroads since 2009, working in various administrative positions before becoming a Support Worker in 2014. She has unique insight into the behind the scenes workings of a large foster care program.

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Lena Dobson

Compliance Officer and Admin Support.

Lena started working for Crossroads in January 2013 at our main office reception desk. In 2014, she moved to a Program Support Worker role, coordinating our training program and tracking compliance requirements for foster parents in both regions.

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Meghan Duff

Foster Care Support Worker

Meghan started at Crossroads as a Respite Worker in 2017 while completing her psychology degree. She worked at several organizations around Edmonton in that time as well, supporting children and youth with mental health and behavioural conditions.

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Pauline Duperreault

Reception and Admin Support

Pauline began working as the agency receptionist in February 2014. She is a wonderful addition to our Crossroads family. Pauline loves to learn, is unfailingly kind and welcoming, and has a lovely sense of humour.

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Andrea Dykstra

Foster Care Support Worker

Andrea is a foster parent, biological parent, and a PG parent with both professional and practical experience handling children and family dynamics–making her a great addition to our Foster Care program!

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Cathy Klapstein

Program Support Worker

Cathy has been involved with Crossroads ever since its inception in 1997. She was our foster care recruiter for many years, and now her bubbly personality and positive attitude are aimed at working with our administrative team to maintain our documentation requirements. Cathy’s energy is welcome in this role, as she is instrumental in bringing zest to administrative tasks.

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Jo-Ann Klapstein

Executive Director

Jo-Ann has a degree in Education and worked with our sister agency Kells Counselling as a psych. assistant and a learning specialist prior to coming to Crossroads as a staff member in 2005.

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Lee Patel

Foster Care Support Worker

Lee came to Crossroads in July 2019 after moving from Toronto, Ontario and has been a welcome addition to the team. Lee has a BA in psychology, worked for the Canadian Mental Health Association as a Crisis and Addictions worker, and has a diploma in Child and Youth Care.

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Elaine Roemmich

Executive Consultant

Elaine has worked with the agency group since its beginning, first as a policy development consultant, and then as a manager and director. Her years of work with the Federal Government prepared her especially well for the complexities of overseeing working with government-funded programs.

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Stefani Sharma

Recruitment and Home Study Coordinator

Stefani joined Family Solutions Group in 2015 as a new graduate of the Bachelor of Communication Studies program at MacEwan University. Although originally brought on in the marketing department, Stefani quickly discovered a love for writing foster care home studies for Crossroads Family Services.

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Karen Stock

Foster Care Support Worker

Karen is a foster parent, biological parent, and adoptive parent with both professional and practical experience handling children and family dynamics. She is a great asset to our Foster Care program!

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Annette Thiessen

Business Operations Manager

Annette has been an integral part of Crossroads Family Services since 2002. She oversees our human resource needs as well as anything to do with office equipment and information technology.

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Marny Traverse

Admin Assistant for Jo-Ann Klapstein

Marny began working at Crossroads in 2020 and has enjoyed all the varied things she gets to do, most of which is paperwork. You are most likely to hear from her as you get your application paperwork in.

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