OUR TEAM

Executive Team
Daphne Penrose
Manitoba Advocate for Children and Youth (on leave)Ainsley Krone
A/Manitoba Advocate for Children and YouthDenise Wadsworth
A/Indigenous Deputy Manitoba Advocate responsible for Advocacy Services and Youth EngagementMaria Godoy
A/Deputy Manitoba Advocate responsible for Investigations, Research, Quality Assurance and Public EducationCyndi Menke
Executive Coordinator
Management
Cyndi Menke
A/Manager, Finance and AdministrationTanis Hudson
A/Manager, Child Death Reviews and InvestigationsJanine Bramadat
A/Manager, Research and Quality AssuranceDr. Karlee Sapoznik Evans
Manager, Research and Quality Assurance (on leave)Kirstin Magnusson
Manager, Advocacy ServicesMichelle Kowalchuk
Manager, Advocacy Services and Youth EngagementJessica Botelho-Urbanski
Manager, Public Education

Administration
Erin Ryan
Administration SecretaryIla Miles
Administrative AssistantLaurie Freund
Senior ClerkReji Thomas
Senior Clerk

Knowledge Keeper
Cheryl Alexander
Knowledge Keeper

Legal Counsel
Issie Frost, Q.C.
Legal Counsel

Advocacy Team
Carly Lewadniuk
Advocacy OfficerDawn Gair
Advocacy OfficerDebra De Silva
Advocacy OfficerDoug Ingram
Advocacy OfficerGerald Krosney
Advocacy OfficerJennifer Meixner
Advocacy Officer
Joanne Lysak
Advocacy OfficerKrista Rey
Advocacy OfficerMae Choo-Mah
Advocacy OfficerMilan Patel
Advocacy OfficerNaomi Evans
Advocacy Officer (on leave)Paula Zimrose
Advocacy Officer

Investigations and Child Death Reviews
Amanda Swan
InvestigatorAnna Los
InvestigatorJamie Robinson
Investigator (on leave)Kayla Marcq
Investigator (on leave)Kelsey VanOsch
Investigator
Leigh Enns
InvestigatorLynda Schellenberg
InvestigatorMelanie Johnson
Investigator

Quality Assurance
Alison Carrey
Policy Analyst (on leave)Johsa Manzanilla
Policy AnalystNarpinder Rehallu
Policy Analyst

Research Team
Dr. Matthew Maher
ResearcherCharlene Muzyka
ResearcherAlexandra Guemili
Systemic Advocacy Officer

Youth Engagement Team
Cathy Cook
Youth Engagement CoordinatorJonathan Skrypnyk
Youth Engagement Coordinator

Meet Wavy Guy!
Wavy Guy joined the Advocate’s team in June 2013. He is best known for his adorable smile, endless enthusiasm, and unwavering love of all children, youth, and adults. Wavy Guy often can be seen at parks, picnics, festivals, and any event where children and youth might be in need of a celebratory high-five, or an encouraging hug.
Prior to coming to work with the staff at MACY, Wavy Guy was in school, studying the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), an international agreement between many countries around the world. While in school, Wavy Guy learned that many children and youth in Manitoba don’t know about or understand their rights, which motivated him to seek out MACY and (with a dizzying round of arm waving and dance moves,) he explained that he wanted nothing more than to help MACY connect with young people across Manitoba and promote the rights of children and youth.
And even though Wavy Guy can sometimes be shy (and we’ve never heard him actually speak), he finds more than enough ways to communicate his love for everyone, and his belief that young people have the right to speak up and be heard by any adult making decisions that affect children and youth.
BOOK WAVY GUY
If you have an event coming up and would like to invite Wavy Guy (he would be so thrilled!), please contact Ainsley Krone who manages his schedule, since we’ve been unable to modify a keyboard to adequately allow him to oversee his own calendar. Ainsley can be reached at (204) 451-3190, or akrone@manitobaadvocate.ca.