AASCF Board of Directors

Danica Frazer - President
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Phone: (780) 482-4461

Patty Kilgallon- Past President
Patty is the Executive Director of the Children's Cottage Society of Calgary.  She has worked in this sector for the past 20 years and prior to that worked in the area of children’s mental health.  She has been on the board of the AASCF since 2001. She served as AASCF President Elect from 2005-2007 and is currently the AASCF President.Patty has a sincere desire to improve the lives of vulnerable children and families and accomplishes this through her commitment to initiatives that address the needs  of the agencies that serve them.

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Phone: (403)283-4208
Fax: (403)283-4393

Gus Rozycki – Treasurer
Dr. Gus Rozycki is the founding Executive Director of Bosco Homes A Society For Children And Families. Bosco Homes provides services in the Greater Edmonton area, Central Alberta and the Northwest Territories. The array of services Bosco Homes and three related organizations provide under Gus’s leadership include education, community group care, treatment group care, intensive treatment group care, foster care, adult mental health group care and day programs. Gus serves on various community boards and brings with him a broad range of experiences from the Education, Child Welfare and Mental Health sectors. He has served on various AASCF Committees in the past 20 years and is a past Chair of the AASCF Edmonton Chapter.

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Phone:(780) 440-0708

Jim Pritchard - Calgary Representative Jim has a Bachelors and Masters Degree in Social Work from the University of Calgary. He worked for Alberta Children’s Services for many years, where he held roles that include front line, supervisory, contract management, Advocate, Senior Management, and Community Planning and Development. He was actively involved in the Re-Design of Children’s Services Process in the Calgary Region.  Jim has been with Hull Child and Family Services for the last several years, where he is Director of Operations and Community Services. He is responsible for Quality Assurance, Training, Aboriginal Services, and Community Programs.  Jim also has a keen interest in Organizational Effectiveness, Planning, and Communications. He is involved in several community collaborations and committees.

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Phone:(403) 251-8000

Greg Schmidt - Southern Alberta Board Representative
Greg Schmidt is the Southern Alberta Board Representative for Region 1 and 2.  His is also the Executive Director of Family Ties Association in Lethbridge. Greg has been with Family Ties since 1992 and the agency provides in-home and community support services to children and families under Family Supports for Children with Disabilities and Child Protective Services.  Greg is a strong advocate for children and families and the fair compensation of staff in the field doing rewarding but difficult tasks.

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Phone: (403)320-8888
Cell:      (403)634-4664

Anton Smith - Edmonton Representative
Anton has worked in human services for 20 years as a Child and Youth Care Worker and a Social Worker. He has worked primarily for non profit organizations who provide services in areas of: Residential Treatment Living, Foster Care, Group Care, Supported Independent, and Family Intervention.  He is currently the Executive Director with Oak Hill Boys Ranch and as well, works as a seasonal instructor for Grant McEwen Community College’s, Bachelor of Child and Youth Care Program.  Anton has completed a Masters in Social Work (2005) through Dalhousie University in Child and Family Practice and a Bachelor of Social Work from the University of Victoria.

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Phone: 780 481 6341
Work: 780 921 2121
Cell: 780 907 0583

Northeast Region Representative Vacant

Aboriginal Representative (north) Vacant

Rocco Grasso – North West Representative
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Phone: (780) 532-7170
Cell: (780) 832-8178

Heidi Gravelle - South Aboriginal Representative
Heidi is from the Ktunaxa Nation in Southeastern British Columbia and has since then migrated over the mountains and made her home in Lethbridge, Alberta.  She has a Bachelor of Arts in Correctional Studies Degree.  Heidi  has a broad range of experience working with First Nation’s youth and families and is currently the Case Supervisor for the Family Preservation Department at Opokaa’sin Early Intervention Society, a not for profit organization that serves First Nations children and families throughout Southern Alberta.  The Programs and Services include: Family Preservation, Early Intervention and Persons with Developmental Disabilities and delivery is focused around the Medicine Wheel concept and its four quadrants: Emotional, Spiritual, Social/Physical and Intellectual. Heidi is currently working on a project that primarily focuses on developing cultural specific activities for urban first nation’s youth.

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Phone:  (403) 380-2569

Bruce MacLaurin – Board Member (academic)
Bruce MacLaurin is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Social Work, University of Calgary and teaches child and family policy, child welfare, child maltreatment and research and evaluation.  He has more than 15 years of front-line and management experience in non-profit children’s services in Alberta and Ontario and has continued to be involved in community practice through non-profit board membership, advocacy and evaluative research.  During the past 10 years, his research and publishing has focused on using research to inform policy and practice, specifically as it relates to child maltreatment, child welfare policy and service delivery, foster care outcomes, street youth and youth at risk.  He is the co-investigator for the three cycles of the Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect (CIS-1998, 2003 & 2008), the principal investigator for provincial incidence studies in Alberta (AIS-2003 and 2008), British Columbia (BCIS-2008), Saskatchewan (SIS-2008) and Northwest Territories (NWTIS-2008), and co-principal investigator on a CIHR street youth study examining health and HIV.

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