Meet the OSF Board

Joanna joined the board of Our Social Fabric in January 2020 shortly after she retired from a 40+ year career in corporate communications. Joanna wanted to share some of the skills she developed during her working life to help a non-profit organization. She loves to sew and Our Social Fabric and its mission to keep perfectly usable fabric and notions out of the landfill made it a great fit. Joanna's mother taught her to sew when she was a teenager and she has loved looking at fabric and imagining what she could create ever since! Now, when she travels, fabric stores are high on the list of places she wishes to visit and explore. Her best days are spent in her sewing room creating clothes and bags for family and friends and herself of course!

MaryAn is an educator and designer from Vancouver. She has a fashion design degree from KPU and an education degree from UBC. MaryAn’s passion for sustainability began as a young girl, inspired by her Baba (Grandma) who recycled old clothes into quilts and turned bedsheets into magical dresses. MaryAn takes great pride in using sustainable resources to create anti-fast fashion clothing and thoroughly enjoys teaching others how to do the same. She finds volunteering at OSF fulfilling and inspiring.

Teresa is a Chartered Professional Accountant. As Treasurer, she supports Our Social Fabric with all the financial and compliance requirements.  Teresa is passionate about sustainability reporting and happy to support OSF's causes in diverting deadstock fabric from landfill. She has been a valued member of the volunteer team since 2020.

Jacquelyne discovered Our Social Fabric shortly after moving to Vancouver from Alberta in 2017.  Inspired by the variety of fabrics, and endless possibilities to create with fabric, Jacquelyne has become an avid quilter. In her role as Donations Coordinator, Jacquelyne enjoys connecting with donors and supporting their efforts to keep fabric and sewing-related materials from the landfill. Prior to moving to BC, Jacquelyne owned and operated a Residential Interior Design business where she took great pleasure in working with her clients to help realize the full potential of their homes. Currently she and her partner run a Home Improvement Service where they take pride in helping property owners keep their properties in working order and up to date in their design.

Colleen discovered OSF in the fall of 2016 one year after moving to Vancouver. Excited to find a community that shared her passion for sewing, upcycling and recycling, she started volunteering and immediately jumped onto the board. Prior to this, she worked in the motorcycle and automotive industry in Toronto. She brings 25 years of business experience to her role along with a love of collecting data and playing with numbers. She has been sewing since childhood and what she didn’t learn from her mother, she taught herself and enlisted the help of friends. When she is not busy at OSF, she is avidly sewing up clothes for herself and loved ones.