Board of Directors

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The Board of Directors of Family Service PEI is a governance board committed to supporting families and individuals in Prince Edward Island.

We seek Board members who represent a diversity of backgrounds and experiences, and are interested in ensuring participation from rural communities.

If you are interested in bringing your governance experience and commitment to community to the Family Service PEI Board of Directors, we’d be happy to hear from you.

To apply please send a copy of your resume to info@familyservice.pe.ca. Apply by Monday, October 14, 2024

Please find a full description below:

Board Members Description 

Board Members

Tracey Handrahan – Board Chair


Tracey joined Family Service PEI in 2012. Tracey has many years of experience working with people, and is currently working in Social Housing with the province. Tracey's vast knowledge is an asset to Family Service PEI's goal of providing Islanders with effective and affordable services

Joel Wonnacott – Vice Chair

Joel Wonnacott is a lawyer with Cox Palmer in Charlottetown. Joel practices in the areas of criminal law, business law, real property law and general litigation. Joel received an Honours Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from the University of Prince Edward Island in 2011, and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of British Columbia in 2014. After graduating from UBC in 2014, Joel practiced law in BC's Okanagan before moving back to his home province of PEI in January 2017.

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Kim Bailey – Secretary

Kim Bailey, BA, BSW, B.Ed, M.Ed, RSW is a Counselling Consultant with the Public Schools Branch.

She has 13 years experience as a Registered Social Worker. She has worked in the areas of Child Protection, Mental Health (Kings County Hospital) , Adult Protection and Adoption/Foster Care. Kim also worked at Catholic Family Services, providing counselling services to couples, individuals, families. Her areas of focus were adoption and children. For the past 21 years, Kim has worked in the school system. Six of these years were spent as a school counselor and teacher. The last 15 years has been in the role of Counselling Consultant. She is involved with children from K to grade 12.

On her downtime, Kim loves travelling, mountain climbing, marathon running, gardening, flower arranging, cooking, and hanging out with her husband and two yappy miniature dachshunds Art & Gus.

David Smith – Treasurer

David Smith is an IT Professional who has worked in his field for over 20 years with organizations such as Bell Canada and Nova Scotia Health. David recently moved back home to PEI, and now resides in Charlottetown with his wife and daughter and is very happy to be able to provide his daughter with the beautiful community and environment that Charlottetown and PEI have to offer. David is happy to provide any time he can to volunteer with such worthy causes as Family Service PEI and looks forward to being able to assist the organization with best of his abilities. During David's personal time he can be found enjoying his family and friends, or racing around the buoys in the Charlottetown harbor focusing on his 30+ year passion for racing sailboats.