Roxanne Carter-Thompson(Exectutive Director)
Lynn Kennedy(Co-ordinator/Facitilator)
Clara Roche(Co-coordinator/Facilitator)
Rae Sherren
(After-School Program Co-ordinator)
Angela Pursey (Intern)
Kirstin Lund (Consultant)
Lisa Cheverie (Consultant)
Roxanne Carter-Thompson, is the Executive Director of the Adventure Group. She started working with the organization in 1993. Over the years Roxanne has developed, co-ordinated and implemented projects in the areas of crime prevention, drug and alcohol prevention, literacy, parenting, and social development with children to name a few.
A faculty member of UPEI's Centre for Conflict Resolution Studies since 2000, Roxanne teaches a course called: At The End of Your ROPE: Unravelling Group Conflict. This course counts as 14 credits towards Conflict Resolution Certification.
Roxanne has been teaching the benefits of Adventure Based Programming to first year Holland College Sport and Leisure students for several years now . She also teaches an elective course to the second year Sports and Leisure program.
Roxanne has a strong background and extensive training in Adventure Based Programming, Behaviourial Sciences, Human Relations, Organizational Behavior, Communications and Management Development. Roxanne has facilitated over 400 workshops in such areas as respect and diversity, personal growth and self awareness, leadership, problem solving and team building for the community, government and corporate sectors.
Lynn Kennedy has been working with The Adventure Group since 1993. She is currently the Co-coordinator/Facilitator of the Life Management Program. Lynn has been delivering Life Skills, Parenting Skills and Employability Skills programs for the past three years.
Lynn has a strong background in the areas of Life Skills Training, Adventure Based Facilitation, Leadership Development and Self-Esteem programming. She has been providing technical and site management support to the J. Reuben O'Hanley Ropes Course for the past 10 years.
Lynn has also been teaching summer students in the Maritimes the benefits of Adventure Based programming for the past 10 years.
Clara Roche is the Co-coordinator/Facilitator of the Life Management Program. Clara developed this program which consists of three components: Life Skills, Work Skills, and Parenting Skills. She joined The Adventure Group staff in 2004.
Clara began her career as a teacher in a one room school house. She made a decision for the benefit of her family to remain at home with her six children for 10 years. Clara reentered the teaching field by working with the Rural Development Council as a teaching homemaker. She then moved into a position as Financial Assistance Worker with the Department of Social Services. Clara, being a life long learner, upgraded her skills and education and earned her accreditation as a Child Protection Worker.
Clara made a career change in 1995 when she returned to her love of teaching by developing courses for young parents which she delivered through Holland College, Employment Enhancement, Project Discovery and The Adventure Group. Clara has spent the last 35 years in the Human Services field.
Rae Sherren has been involved with the Adventure Group for 14 years and is a past graduate of the Life Management Program. She now is the After-School Program Coordinator. She brings with her a background in psychology and the energy to create a fun and safe environment for the youth of our community.
Rae is also working towards a practitioner certification in the area of Adventure Based Programming. She feels that this is her opportunity to do something that will impact her life and other's greatly. As an Alumni Member she is excitied to create the same opportunities for today's teens as she had with the organization.
She currently resides in Charlottetown with her son Seth(5) and daughter Jessica(2).
Angela Pursey is an intern with the Life Management Program. In February 2006 she graduated from the Life Management Program. After accomplishing so much during the past year, Angela has realized that she would like to become a life skills coach and facilitate Life Management Programs. She brings to the Adventure Group a strong background in management, a caring nautre for others and a thirst for knowledge. She is pursuing academic achievements in the Human Services field.
Angela currently resides in Charlottetown with her two daughters Josie and Hailey. She believes that the opportunities that have been available to her through the Adventure Group has greatly impacted her life, and the lives of her children.
Kirstin Lund is a conflict resolution consultant offering services in mediation, facilitation and conflict resolution training. Since leaving the practice of law in 1996, Kristin has co-ordinated many Provincial and Atlantic projects focused on conflict resolution, family violence prevention, problem solving for parents and children and social justice.
A faculty member of UPEI's Centre for Conflict Resolution Studies since 1998, Kirstin teaches several courses, including Introduction to Internet-Based Conflict Resolution, Interest Based Mediation, At the End of Your ROPE: Unravelling Group Conflict, and the Advanced Practice Seminar. She is one of two assessors for UPEI's certificate program applicants and is an assessor for Family Mediation Canada's national Certification Program.
Kirstin has been involved in the development of the Adventure Group's Transformative Parenting Program, which she continues to facilitate with Roxanne Carter-Thompson, and is currently working with the Adventure Group on the Rural Parents Network Project as a facilitator. Her involvement in both projects has assisted her to develop new skills to try out with her two boys, Bobby(5) and Eddie(2).
