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Our team

Our forest.

3Trees is led by a multidisciplinary team. Clinicians, researchers, community leaders, and youth with lived experience work together to build the program and steer the charity.

Co-founders

The people who started 3Trees.

Pia Pechtel, Co-founder and Clinical Director

Pia Pechtel

MPhil, PhD, DClinPsy, Registered Psychologist

Co-founder and Clinical Director

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Deanne Leung, Co-founder and Clinical Counsellor

Deanne Leung

B.A., M.Ed., R.C.C.

Co-founder and Clinical Counsellor

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Board of directors

The people who govern 3Trees.

Morgan Brannon, Chair, Board of Directors

Morgan Brannon

Chair, Board of Directors

Courtney Davies, Secretary, Board of Directors

Courtney Davies

Secretary, Board of Directors

Nick Schmidt, Treasurer, Board of Directors

Nick Schmidt

Treasurer, Board of Directors

Ben Erickson, Fundraising, Board of Directors

Ben Erickson

Fundraising, Board of Directors

Nicole Sullivan, Indigenous Voices, Inclusion, and Diversity, Board of Directors

Nicole Sullivan

Indigenous Voices, Inclusion, and Diversity, Board of Directors

Research collaborators

Our research network.

University of British Columbia

Research partnership with UBC Okanagan for program evaluation and trauma research.

University of Exeter

International research collaboration on childhood maltreatment and resilience.

Lived-experience youth

Young people who co-develop our programs. Their feedback shapes every summer camp.