Staff
Dr. Paul Whitehead
National Clinical Director
Ph.D., CCC, R.Psych
Dr. Whitehead’s history with the VTN is significant, including an involvement in some of the earliest programs, to helping to develop the VTP to its current 10 day format. As a VTN Clinician, Clinical Supervisor for the BC Society for Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse and Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Family Practice, Faculty of Medicine at UBC, Dr. Whitehead has broad expertise in treatment of traumatic and vicarious traumatic stress, work-related stress and compassion fatigue.
Oliver Thorne
Executive Director
Oliver oversees the planning and execution of the VTN’s charitable activities, maximizing our efficiency and impact across the country. He brings years of logistical experience to the organization, including having successfully coordinated transition programs from over 6000 km away.
He has jumped out of a moving airplane over one hundred and eighty five times, accumulating over 650km of freefall.
Sgt. (Ret.) Doug Allen
Ops/Recruitment Coordinator (Atlantic)
Doug Allen was a career soldier with the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry. He has conducted Peace support operations in Bosnia, combat operations in Afghanistan and various domestic operations here in Canada. Since 2009 Doug has been assisting soldiers with Case Management, crisis intervention, suicide awareness and trauma care. Recently, he completed his Masters in Social Work and has joined the ranks of our clinical team.
Patrick Thomas
Ops Coordinator (Ontario)
A Veteran of the Vietnam War, Patrick is a successful businessman in Quebec’s fashion industry. He coordinates programs in Ontario and can field program inquiries in English and French.
Liam Peel
Ops Coordinator (Western Canada)
Liam coordinates our programs from BC to Manitoba. While completing his Bachelor of Science, he helped manage several projects with the UBC Centre for Group Counselling and Trauma, one of which involved bringing the performance of CONTACT!unload to the 2017 Invictus Games.
Marion Turmine
coordonnatrice Québec
Depuis avril 2018 Marion Turmine a rejoint l’équipe de VTN à titre de coordonnatrice des opérations pour la province de Québec .
Auparavant, Marion était directrice des programmes chez Oxfam-Québec.
Anthropologue, Marion possède une vaste expérience de plus de 30 ans dans le milieu de la coopération internationale et en entreprise privée dans des contextes variés.
Carson Kivari
Clinical Coordinator
Carson coordinates our clinical teams across Canada, keeping over 25 clinicians nation-wide involved with our programs.
He’s also a Registered Counsellor with a private practice at Thrive Consulting, and is a VTN clinician himself.
Ida Wang
Finance & Admin Coordinator
Formerly a Senior Technician at the Center for Disease Control, Ida spent years defending the public from viruses and other pathogens. Today, she brings that same passion and clinical precision into making sure our money is spent as diligently and efficiently as possible.
Victoria Cubbon
Marketing & Communications Coordinator
Victoria is a seasoned ‘military-brat’ who grew up in Alberta, Ontario and Nova Scotia. After making the leap to British Columbia in her adult life, she applied her creative talents to therapeutic charitable work. Her passion in work is to create campaigns that inspire people and produce effective results.
Sgt. Stephen Clews
Program Ambassador
Steve is a Sergeant in the BC Regiment (from where he’s deployed to Afghanistan two times), and a former West Coast Ops Coordinator with us. Although now a full-time student, he still finds time to speak about our behalf on his experiences with transition.
Frank C. Gull
Purchases & Acquisitions
In charge of moving things between A to B, and sometimes to the bottom of the C.