Board of Directors

Steve Bell – Chair

Deputy Chief Steve Bell has lived in Ottawa for the past 30 years. He is a 25-year veteran of the Ottawa Police Service (OPS) where he is currently responsible for the Corporate Support Command. During his time with the OPS...

David Kinsman – Past Chair

Joined the DSYTC Board in 2007 and is a member of the Executive Committee. Originally from the Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia, David graduated from Acadia University in 1966 and spent the next 34 years as a pilot in the...

Derek Johnston – Vice-Chair

Joined the DSYTC Board in 2012; Chair of the Communications Committee; Member of the Executive Committee. Derek Johnston is a trusted communications strategist with more than 30 years of national and international experience in strategy development and execution, workshop design...

Tricia Goulbourne – Treasurer

Joined the DSYTC Board in 2015. Tricia started her public service career as a student in the Human Resources Division at Canada Revenue Agency. In June 2010, she joined the Treasury Board Secretariat and has held various positions in the...

Mike Beauchesne, M.Ed., MBA, CCC – Executive Director

Joined DSYTC in 2000 and is a member of the Board and Executive Committee. During his time with DSYTC Mike has skilfully undertaken the varied roles of Student Placement, Addiction Therapist, Clinical Program Coordinator, Executive Director (of their former Day...

Rene Bibaud

Joined the DSYTC Board in 2015. Recognized as one of Canada’s Outstanding Principals in 2014 by the Learning Partnership of Canada, René Bibaud has been active both in schools and the community at large for over 35 years. His training...

Kayla Champagne CPA, CA, CBV

Kayla is a designated finance professional with over 10 years of experience in accounting and finance. She started her professional career as an auditor with KPMG LLP and has since held various positions of increasing responsibility in both the public...

Cameron Hopgood

Cameron is the Head of Business Performance with the Ottawa Police Service. His area supports senior leadership with risk advisory, corporate performance, and business analytic services. He is a data analytics evangelist and open government advocate. [learn_more caption="Read more"] Cameron...

Jennifer McAndrew

Jennifer is the proud mom of two children, Chase and Bryn, ages 12 and 10. Jennifer and Scott, her husband, are current residents of Carp but have deep roots in Kanata. Jennifer is passionate about contributing to the strong and...

Nicole Poirier

Nicole is an associate with Lupiano Executive Search and the founder of NP Consulting, a resume and interviewing preparation coaching firm. Prior to this, Nicole was the Vice-President and Shareholder of Renaud Foster Management Consultant, a boutique Executive Search firm...

Marilyn Reddigan

Marilyn’s involvement with the Dave Smith Youth Treatment Centre goes back many years, to the day the management team at ENCON Group Inc made a decision to focus a portion of the company’s charitable giving and staff time on a...

Michael Smith

Joined the DSYTC Board in 2016. Michael is a partner with Langevin Morris Smith LLP, practicing in the areas of criminal and civil litigation. Michael joined the firm in 2002 after his call to the Ontario Bar. He is a...