Our Team

Executive Committee

There are thirty-five active volunteers with the Williams Lake Community Council for Restorative Justice, who act as facilitators, co-facilitators, and advisors. Our group is led by an Executive Committee consisting of two co-chairs and a secretary, who work with a Restorative Justice Coordinator.

Leadership Group

Peggy Christianson

Facilitator, Co-Chair

Peggy has been volunteering with WLCCRJ since 2018. Peggy and her husband Paul have lived in Williams Lake since 1972. She worked at Cariboo Memorial Hospital in the Food Services Department for 30 years. She has been retired since 2016. Peggy is from the Tulita Dene Band - up in the NWT. It is very close to the Arctic Circle. Peggy also volunteers for Emergency Support Services and is a Seniors advocate.

Karen Blanchard

Facilitator, Co-Chair

Karen has been a member of WLCCRJ since 2022, as a facilitator and now co-chair. She attended SFU and took an English degree and professional development in Education. She worked as an Intermediate classroom teacher and as a Learning Support Teacher, and is proud to have had the privilege of practising her career as a child advocate. Karen retired in 2007.

Mark Hamm

Facilitator, Secretary, Case Manager

Mark has been volunteering with the WLCCRJ since 2010. He and his wife Jo Ann have lived in Williams Lake since 1982. Mark worked for the BC Forest Service up until his retirement in 2019. Since then he has been more involved with WLCCRJ and has also become a Gladue report writer for the BC First Nations Justice Council.

Mackenzie Blakely

Restorative Justice Coordinator

Mackenzie has been the Coordinator for WLCCRJ since March, 2022. She moved from Abbotsford to Williams Lake in 2017. Kenzie is currently a Watch Clerk for the Williams Lake RCMP, as well as a Health Information Processing Clerk at the Cariboo Memorial Hospital.