Ed Campbell
Wendy Shellard - Visionary & Co-founder
Spiritual being having a human experience.
Board of Directors
Brenda Johnson-Laye - Director of Traditional Health & Fine Arts
Brenda is a strong Interior Salish woman of Switsmaph6, Adams Lake Indian Band of the Secwepemc Territory. With innate and learned eclectic gifts, Brenda is passionate about helping others become their authentic self through experiential full circle generational healing. She is also gifted in set design, costumes, hair and make-up, successfully managing numerous shows and instructing countless others in this arena for decades. Brenda's determination to pay back and forward makes her the ideal director of Two-Eyed Seeing, which blends traditional, western and multicultural fine arts at THRIVE.
Nourish Life - Empower Play - Nurture Love - Together Stay
Thrive On Spirit Strong
Program Facilitators (to name a few)
Sky Stevens
Please note, Thrive is legacy work, in the name of peace, love, unity and solidarity of our shared hearts, for those gone, here and on their way. Please contact Wendy for a free consultation and comprehensive business plan, which can be tailored to your community needs.
Sky's ancestry is Cherokee. She would go barefoot year-round, if she could! Sky holds a degree in herbalism, having experiential knowledge of living off the land and growing gardens with solar energy. She is an exceptional low-rope challenge course designer and builder, mindful to leave no trace and do no harm. Low-rope challenge courses empower self-esteem, courage, physical strength and team-building skills. Sky is also an energy healer, rock-hound and gem stone jewelry maker, musician, singer song-writer and published Author of the following books: Looking Closer- Teaching kids to love the Earth, which now circulate through libraries, outdoor education facilities and schools, to offer teachers and facilitators a hands on tool to help children engage with nature. The Art of Living Deliberately- Being your authentic self. What Part of Me is Mine and How to Deal with Alcoholics and Alcoholism. Sky has supported THRIVE since she first learned of the vision. Having an intrinsic desire to educate, mentor, empower health and wellness and far more, makes Sky an essential part of the THRIVE team!
Tina Spear
Nanika Albricht
Growing up on a farm, Tina found she had an affinity to connect with various animals. She also has practical knowledge in caring and working with the same. Tina brings a wealth if cross-cultural experience, wisdom and emotional intelligence, drawn from her Metis ancestry and having resided among the indigenous people of New Zealand for 14 years. Upon going through personal trauma and various aspects of recovery, Tina set out to help others do the same as a counselor and life coach. Along with compassion, empathy and understanding, she carries a voice to and for the voiceless. Tina is personally acquainted with what it takes to not be merely a survivor but a "Thriver."
Dean is a proud father of five children and celebrates his aboriginal heritage- Metis. He was born and raised in the Vernon and surrounding area. Mr. Trumbley is a registered professional biologist and has conducted many studies throughout British Columbia. He was a Scout Canada leader and trainer for over 5-years and loves working with youth of any age. Dean is also a Co-Host on an International outdoor adventure TV show. Dean`s true passion is the outdoors, learning to survive and thrive in all types of ecosystems. He started training at a young age on outdoor survival under the guidance of his grandfather and father. He went onto complete Quest at 17-years of age. Dean has taken this knowledge as a gift and truly believes that it is his duty to now share it with others. He looks forward to conducting similar camps as he has done through his company Thunder Boys Productions Inc., at THRIVE.Lew Mearnes - Strategic Planning & Director of Green Solutions
Candy St. Pierre has resided in the Salmon Arm area since 1980. She has worked in finance since the age of sixteen.
With a big heart for social and environmental good as well as an expert experienced fundraiser, Candy is excited to be a part of the THRIVE team!
Candy St. Pierre - Secretary/Treasurer
We also have an ever growing and greatly appreciated team of volunteers, event planners, mentors and holistic health care practitioners for the animals and guests who enter THRIVE.
To name a few: Geoff Arnouse, Hailey Morrow, Karen and Sara Herchebes, Joanne Trumbley and Irene Campbell.
Irene is the daughter of one of the hundred and fifty thousand Home Children who were sent by the crown on their own, between the tender ages of 3 and 14, from Britain to Canada. An atrocious immigration scheme, these innocent children were slave laborers, forced to work farms, on the railroad and then some. Most, never saw their families again, and countless among them died of neglect, starvation and other human cruelties at the hands of those who were assigned to be their guardians. Irene's mom is featured on the cover of this book.
Dean Trumbley.
Nanika Albricht is a graduate of I.S.I.S: Expressive Arts Therapy. She has been working therapeutically through the arts, since 2007. Nanika has also worked in trauma and abuse, at Women’s Shelters and in healing attachment through Equine facilitated health and wellness.
Nanika has applied her skills working with Youth in the community, through the, ‘Mandella Project’ where she worked therapeutically, with youth, through a full range of experiential and artistic mediums, for several years at Aspiral Youth Partners Assoc.’ Nanika is director of programs for children, youth and adults, in collaboration with equine, experiential outdoor and indoor expressive arts therapy, at THRIVE.Nanika Albricht
Lew is a proud Metis, humanitarian and founder of Dream Catcher Solutions. He works In alliance with other organizations to heal our Earth Mother, humanity and all our relations. A world-wide business traveler with an eclectic work history, Lew has experience in nearly every arena under the sun, from owning a successful ranch with trail rides in the Squamish Territory of Whistler BC, to working with INDSPIRE and Award-Winning film stars at prestigious events. A born connector, Lew is invested in helping others take their dreams and make them happen. He is intuitive and perceptive, with clear discernment and a keen eye for detail. Having a strong social sense about environmental issues, Lew is the ideal person for the directors position of organic food security and renewable energy solutions at THRIVE.
Wendy was born on Tsleil-Waututh lands of B.C. with Lynn Canyon and the Salish Sea Shores her childhood playgrounds. She aspires to live by her ancestral Sanskrit: Peaceful warriors, land and water protectors with and for Creator God. As a child, she received direct teachings from Chief Dan George, which help her heart soar to this day. Early on, she envisioned life over the mountains and eventually relocated to raise and grow with her own in the Shuswap. Wendy brings a culturally diverse ancestry and eclectic work history to Thrive, largely in holistic health, with people through the spectrum of ages, including pre-natal and end of life support. She is also well-versed in business, marketing and fundraising. Her ability to turn obstacles and adversity into determination, fortitude and resilience, quintessentially led her to THRIVE. A favorite quote "The only true disability is a broken spirit" by Aimee Mullins, assisted Wendy in an experiential journey through generational trauma healing. Cultural competency and Two-eyed seeing, combined with her innate drive and dedication to help others find their own way cell memory freedom is altruistic.
Ed Campbell is a semi retired businessman who has lived here in the Shuswap area since 1978. His aboriginal heritage is Mohawk. He has always enjoyed the outdoors, is an avid wood worker and specifically has taught himself how to build and restore wood and canvas canoes. In addition he also builds paddles, seats and other components for these canoes. Some years ago, Ed was also involved with a youth camp in the Prince George area, where he taught a group of wayward youth how to set up camp, make bedrolls and build with logs. Most of these youth were given this choice through the courts versus going to a juvenile detention. To see young men change their ways through this joint venture was very rewarding to Ed.
Ed is also an experienced instructor having taught many courses in log house construction at the “B. Allan Mackie School of Log building”, the “Kamloops Native Band”, “Caribou College” in Kamloops and with a number of Japanese students from Japan. He is a founding father of “The International Log Builders Association” and maintains a strong connection to this industry through his son Brian, who continues the business. Ed believes young people will benefit from learning these skills of a bygone era, from a man who is eager to pass them on through THRIVE.