Michael McCoy, RSW, CCW
Executive Director

The Executive Director of Touchstone Family Association since 1983, Michael McCoy has spent over forty years in the non-profit sector. Mr. McCoy's work history includes the design and implementation of a number of community based social services programs for Children and Families.

Michael was honoured with the Queen's Jubilee Medal in 2002, recognizing his over forty years of service with children, youth and families. Under his leadership Touchstone has been recognized with a number of awards including the Richmond Chamber of Commerce Community Champion Award in 2005. In recent years, Michael has worked closely with the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) promoting accreditation and working as a surveyor for the CARF organization.

As a result of his unique and passionate presentation, his experience as a volunteer and as a leader in the non-profit sector Michael is often engaged as a keynote speaker and workshop presenter.

Judy Valsonis , BA
Director of Operations

The Director of Operations, Judy Valsonis has been a member of the senior management team of Touchstone Family Association since 1996. She began working in the social service sector in 1982 and benefits from having experienced the "child in care" system from a number of perspectives. Judy has been a foster parent, child & youth counsellor, supervisor in the community sector and has worked as a child protection Social Worker with the Ministry for Children and Family Development.

Judy is trained as an agency trainer for Non-Violent Crisis Prevention (CPI) as well as being a certified trainer in the CAFAS Assessment tool.

David Cooper, BA
Program Director

The Program Director for the Richmond based services; David Cooper has been on staff at Touchstone Family Association since 1991. He has been a member of the senior management team since 1999. David oversees all referral and intake meetings and is a trained mediator. David was instrumental in working cooperatively with MCFD to develop children's groups in Richmond to assist young people to build social skills and establish friendships. He also worked with the Ministry to develop and implement the crisis intervention model.

David is a certified trainer in the CAFAS Assessment tool and is trained as an agency trainer for Non-Violent Crisis Prevention.

Chris Samulak, BA
Program Director

Chris has been with Touchstone Family Association for over 15 years, first as a child and youth care counsellor in the Francis House Residential Treatment program and subsequently as the Program Director in 1998. Chris provides a leadership role to the agency during the accreditation process and in maintaining agency compliance to accreditation standards.

Chris is also a trained facilitator for the Restorative Justice program and acts as the Richmond Community Assessment and Action Network (CAAN) Coordinator which is a youth gang prevention initiative. He also is a certified trainer in the CAFAS assessment tool.

Grant Grobman, MA, Registered Psychologist
Clinical Director

Grant Grobman has been providing clinical direction for Touchstone for the past five years and clinical supervision since 2005. He has been in private practice for 27 years and been supervising counsellors in both profit and non-profit organizations since 1995. Grant began his counselling career at Touchstone and has returned to the roost. One of the most important values Grant appreciates at Touchstone is the focus on being a "learning organization". Touchstone counsellors use feedback from their clients to continually improve their effectiveness. In turn counsellors are strongly encouraged to provide their feedback to management to ensure they are receiving the support they need to be successful.

Grant has a Masters of Counselling Psychology from the University of British Columbia and a Bachelors Degree in Science from the University of Alberta. He is a registrant with the College of Psychologists of British Columbia.

administrative Staff

Wendy Graham
Financial Manager

Janice Kostiuk
Executive Assistant