Alain Spitzer
Executive Director Alain was born and raised in Montreal. After completing his education in 2000 (Trinity College, Ireland), he joined the staff at the Salvation Army booth Centre in downtown Montreal. He has spent the last 12 years working with Montreal’s less fortunate (the homeless, those suffering from mental illness & substance abuse) and been…
Lysanne Picard
Intervention Worker / Art Studio Lysanne is the creative arts program coordinator at the St-James Drop-In. She graduated with a BFA from Concordia University in 2009 and in 2013 she completed a graduate degree focusing on interdisciplinary art practices. She has been teaching and facilitating community art workshops for several organisations and institutions (Innovation Youth, Galerie Stewart Hall, EMSB) since 2009. Lysanne is…
Lisa Zimanyi
Intervention Worker & Volunteer Coordinator Intervention worker Lisa was born and raised in Montreal. After studying anthropology at McGill, she volunteered abroad in a garbage slum and opted to pursue her studies in social work at the Université de Montréal. A volunteer at Dans La Rue, homelessness is a cause close to her heart. She…
Monica Weber
Community Worker Monica started volunteering at the Drop-In Center back in 2012. It was through volunteering at St-James that she discovered her passion for social justice and her desire to work with vulnerable and marginalized population. She join the staff in the summer of 2013 and started her degree in social work at the University…
Antonella Pagano
Antonella Pagano has been a volunteer at St James since 2007, and a staff member since 2010. Antonella‘s relationship with art started at the tender age of eight when her mother enrolled her at the Académie des Beaux Arts at the request of her elementary school teacher. As an entrepreneur, her affinity for aesthetics continued as she coordinated the art department of Tye-Sil, the largest greeting…
Amanda Dore
Amanda is an intervention worker at St-James. Amanda worked for 5 years as one of the lead animators at a day centre for adults with developmental disabilities. It was during that time that she realized her passion for helping others and she began her studies in Special Care Counselling at Vanier College. Amanda did her final…
Matt Kerr
Community Worker
Board of Directors
Sarah Berry (Chair) Carolyn Cronk (Treasurer) Shawn Parker (Secretary) Jocelyn Dube (Administrator) James Falconer (Administrator) Tolulope Ilesanmi (Administrator) Amy Vincent (Administrator) Erin Hogg (Administrator) Joe Donohue (Administrator) Kenny Proute (Administrator) Richard Tock (Administrator)