Our Senior Management
Ekua Asabea Blair
President & Chief Executive Officer
Tanya Hatton
Director of Finance & Corporate Services
Tamar Meyer
Director, Ujima Project
Philip Chown
Director, Fundraising and Resource Development
The Abiona Centre team is dedicated, passionate and works tirelessly to ensure a positive outcome for each and every mother and child in our program. With professional and caring experts from across many fields and disciplines, as well as support staff who make Abiona Centre feel like home, the Centre has more than 90 employees.
In 2023 Abiona Centre is led by the Board of Directors:
Chair
(opens in a new tab)Jessica Amey
Vice Chair
(opens in a new tab)Beth Dewitt
Secretary
(opens in a new tab)Edem Akan
Treasurer
(opens in a new tab)Alana Buckley
Directors
(opens in a new tab)Michael Kuske
(opens in a new tab)Jalpa Patel
(opens in a new tab)Elena Simonetta
(opens in a new tab)Anika Mehta
Carolina Martelo
Hilary Smee
Heather Mundell
Lisa Blanchette
Susan Golets
Ekua Asabea Blair, President & CEO (ex-officio)
"Abiona Centre not only gave me the ability to care for my child, but the motivation to get what I wanted for my life - to have my daughter with me and to live independently."
Abiona Centre is a client-centred infant and early childhood mental health organization which supports pregnant and parenting adolescents, aged 13 – 25.