Board of Directors

Michael Moses – President

Michael is a City Councillor for Williams Lake, Executive Director for First Nations Leadership and Governance Association, Vice President for BC NDP and a Director at Union of BC Municipalities.

Michael studied NITEP at UBC and Digital Innovation and Leadership at Beedie School of Business at SFU.

He brings governance and leadership expertise from advocating for mental health and our community regionally, provincially, and nationally. His diverse background ensures that the needs of everyone in the Cariboo-Chilcotin are considered and provided for.

Michael brings action to advocacy.

Bob McNie – Vice President

Bob was a Registered Nurse – mainly focused in mental health and addictions. He studied for his Registered Nursing License.

Bob brings a good understanding of the direction of CMHA now and for the future.

Alan Giddens – Financial Secretary

Alan has held various maintenance positions in industrial settings, including machinist, millwright, maintenance planner, maintenance supervisor and maintenance manager, as well as plant chair and board member for a union.

He obtained his grade 13 education, red seal machinist, red seal millwright, autocad drafting.

He is a musician – singer, songwriter.

Alan brings life experience and being fairly computer literate.

Gay Sanders – Past President – Current Director

Gay was born and educated in England and moved to Canada in 1970.

When she arrived, she had her “O” levels, which are equivalent to first year University.

Gay worked for the Federal Government for 16 years before she moved to Williams Lake. In the late 1980’s, she joined the board of Jubilee Care Home as a Director. Later, Jubilee Care joined with the Canadian Mental Health Association, where Gay became the President for a number of years. In the year 1984, she and her husband adopted two boys 7 and 8 years of age, from Vancouver; both boys were suffering from trauma. Over the years with the boys, Gay learnt a lot about abuse and mental illness and how to cope with it

Linda Goodrich – Director

Linda graduated grade 12 in 1963 in Nelson, BC. She graduated from St Paul’s Hospital School of Nursing in 1966, and began working in pediatrics, rehabilitation and mostly geriatrics. Linda studied a postgrad in gerontic.

Specifically, she nursed at the Deni House, Cariboo Lodge and Williams Lake Seniors Village.

Linda learned a lot from my clients and their families in my practice.

Personally, her brother has schizophrenia, her grandmother suffered from depression in the day where ECT was on treatment. Linda’s brother died at 25 and was drug addicted. She could go on. That was her reason for joining the board, to learn and support.

Linda’s life experiences and nursing background has given her knowledge in what needs priority in board decisions, realizing that she is always learning from others.

Kimberly Code – New Board Member – Director

Kimberly is currently a Clerk with Interior Health at Cariboo Memorial Hospital and 100 Mile District General Hospital. She had worked with Elections Canada, Statistics Canada, Sandtronic, O’Netrix, BC Assessment, Canada Post and TELUS.

Her goal is to end the stigma around mental illness and foster education and awareness to the general public. She has a keen interest in the region and wants to be an advocate for mental health throughout the Cariboo Chilcotin.

Kimberly has 30+ years in Customer Service background in various roles. In addition to her work as a board member, Kimberly has volunteered in a variety of positions throughout the community. In July 2025, she travelled to Vietnam with her son to assist with teaching conversational English for Blind Link and Global Volunteers. This experience allowed her to realize how we take English speaking and writing for granted.

Kimberly moved from the Lower Mainland to Williams Lake in 2011 for a better quality of life for her family and pets. She enjoys the outdoors, and you can find her hiking, paddleboarding or driving on the backroads with her dog Bullseye.

Kayla Zaruk – New Board Member – Direct

Kayla Zaruk serves as the Executive Assistant to the Director at the Tsilhqot’in National Government and is also the Executive Director of the Cariboo Chilcotin Gymnastics Association. With experience in both governance and nonprofit leadership, Kayla brings strong organizational, administrative, and community engagement skills to her roles. Her work is rooted in supporting community development, building partnerships, and fostering collaboration across diverse groups.

Kayla is currently pursuing her Master of Business Administration (MBA) at Simon Fraser University, where she is deepening her knowledge in leadership, management, and strategic planning.