1. People

Management and Staff

Max Souders

Max Souders (MPH) is a dedicated researcher and analyst with a focus on social justice, health equity, and community well-being.…

Meg Power

Meg has been working in programming for nearly a decade. She has spent many years working in the arts and…

Jodi Peters

Jodi (she/hers) joined the Hollyhock team in the spring of 2023. In her role as People and Culture Lead, Jodi…

Ayton Novak

Ayton loves to see people sparkle and thrive in kind, equitable, and collaborative spaces and works to create the conditions…

Amber Cowie

Amber Cowie (she/her) is an author, mother, partner, and fundraiser who deeply (and occasionally desperately) seeks to build a world…

Amaris Daniel

Amaris has over a decade of experience in kitchen leadership roles. He has held positions as Head Chef at L’Gros Luxe…
Orane Cheung

Orane Cheung

Orane Cheung is a creative communications professional with a diverse background in event production, marketing, and operations. Born and raised in…
Hollyhock´s presenter, Jessika Hepburn

Jessika Hepburn

Jessika Hepburn is a community organizer of Black and Jewish descent with a diverse background in community engagement, education, and…
Heather Deeth, Chief Product Officer at Hollyhock Retreat Centre

Heather Deeth

Heather joined Hollyhock in 2022 after nearly 20 years of building ethical supply chains around the world.  Her commitment is to create…

Laurel Dault

Laurel leads Hollyhock Leadership Institute, dedicated to engaging progressive leaders in peer-to-peer learning to catalyze a new wave of leadership. HLI…
Hollyhock´s Resident Naturalist, Bill Ophoff

Bill Ophoff

Bill has a background in geography and biology, is a naturalist world traveler, and has been Hollyhock’s resident naturalist for…
Hollyhock´s Program Planning Manager, KK Hodder

KK Hodder

An experienced and intuitive program planner, KK (Karen Kazumi) brings nearly a decade of community development and programming experience to…
Tecuana Wooldridge, Meal Service Manager at Hollyhock Retreat Centre

Tecuana Wooldridge

As a lifelong resident of Cortes Island Tecuana’s connection to her surroundings informs her leadership. She is particularly interested in the…
Hollyhock´s Garden Manager, Holly Mackay

Holly Mackay

Holly has more than two decades of gardening and farming experience. She was the co-owner, creator and manager of an…

Penelope Naldrett

Penelope joined Hollyhock in 2016 as Hollyhock’s first full-time fundraiser. With more than two decades of communications and relationship management…
Peter Wrinch the CEO of Hollyhock smiling at camera

Peter Wrinch

Peter first came to Hollyhock in 2007 while working at Pivot Legal Society in Vancouver. Over the next decade he…
Hollyhock Accounting Clerk, Dolly Watson

Dolly Watson

Dolly was born in the Philippines and immigrated to Vancouver in 1989. She and her husband became full time residents…
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