OUR TEAM
Executive Team
Ainsley Krone
A/Manitoba Advocate for Children and YouthWhitney Moore
Indigenous Deputy Manitoba Advocate for Children and Youth, responsible for Advocacy Services and Youth EngagementMaria Godoy
A/Deputy Manitoba Advocate responsible for Investigations, Research, Quality Assurance and Public EducationPooja Sigauke
Executive Coordinator
Management
Allen Mankewich
Manager, Public EducationCyndi Menke
Manager, Finance and AdministrationDr. Karlee Sapoznik Evans
Manager, Research and Quality AssuranceKirstin Magnusson
Manager, Advocacy ServicesMichelle Kowalchuk
Manager, Advocacy Services and Youth EngagementTanis Hudson
Manager, Child Death Reviews and Investigations
Administration
Karen Morrow
Reception, Administrative SecretaryIla Miles
Administrative AssistantMary Cruz
Senior ClerkReji Thomas
Senior Clerk
Knowledge Keeper
Cheryl Alexander
Knowledge Keeper
Legal Counsel
Issie Frost, Q.C.
Legal Counsel
Advocacy Team
Dawn Gair
Advocacy OfficerDebra De Silva
Advocacy OfficerDoug Ingram
Advocacy OfficerGerald Krosney
Advocacy OfficerKim Wuirch
Advocacy OfficerMargherita Gagliardi
Advocacy Officer
Jan Dumontet
Advocacy OfficerJoanne Lysak
Advocacy OfficerKrista Rey
Advocacy OfficerMae Choo-Mah
Advocacy OfficerMichelle Sanderson
Advocacy OfficerNaomi Evans
Advocacy OfficerPatti Wawyn
Advocacy Officer
Investigations and Child Death Reviews
Anna Los
InvestigatorBenji Greenberg
InvestigatorJamie Robinson
InvestigatorKayla Marcq
InvestigatorKelsey VanOsch
Investigator
Leigh Enns
InvestigatorLynda Schellenberg
InvestigatorMelanie Johnson
InvestigatorSara Yager
Investigator
Quality Assurance
Alison Carrey
Policy AnalystElkanah Babatunde
Policy AnalystJohsa Manzanilla
Policy Analyst
Research Team
Dr. Matthew Maher
ResearcherCharlene Muzyka
ResearcherAlexandra Guemili
Systemic Advocacy OfficerAliraza Alidina
Researcher
Youth Engagement Team
Jonathan Skrypnyk
Youth Engagement CoordinatorEmmanuel Allieu
Youth Engagement CoordinatorWavy Guy
Mascot

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.