Our Staff
Candice Quesnel
Executive Director, Operations (Fraser Valley)
Beginning as a relief worker in 2003, Candice quickly proved herself to be a compassionate, dedicated and hardworking support worker dedicated to and passionate about the mission and values of Atira. She was soon hired as a full-time support worker at Koomseh Second-Stage Housing and has worked in nearly every Atira program and in various capacities since.

Jacqui Evans-Atkinson
Executive Director, Finance & Administration
Jacqui is a Chartered Accountant and a Certified Professional Accountant with more than 30 years of experience. She has a broad base of expertise including financial statement preparation and review, budgeting and forecasting, financial analysis, strategic planning, and improving financial reporting and process control.

Caithlin Scarpelli
Director of Development, Communications & Fundraising
Caithlin began volunteering at Atira Women’s Resource Society at age 13 providing after-school childcare for moms accessing services at one of Atira’s second-stage housing programs, as well as in the administration office filing and cleaning.

Janice Abbott
Chief Executive Officer
Janice Abbott has been the CEO of Atira Women's Resource Society since 1992. She has lead the Society through its incredible growth from a single transition house located in South Surrey with a staff of seven to a large multi-service agency with two, for-profit subsidiaries, a development arm and more than 500 staff.

Manroop Johal
Director, Human Resources
Manroop started at Atira in 2014 as the volunteer coordinator and in 2015 accepted her current position as Director, Human Resources. She has a Bachelor of Business Administration with a speciality in human resource management and is currently enrolled in the Masters of Business Administration program at SFU.