Our Executive Team

CEO/Executive Director, Jim Moore is a founding member of the Calgary Dream Centre. His passion and drive to see lives changed has guided the organization to where it is today. Jim entered the non-profit world after many years of leadership in business, banking, real-estate, and church ministry. During that time he served on a number of boards and his career moved him across Canada from Vancouver to Toronto, and back to Calgary, where he helped found the Calgary Dream Centre. He was president of the Calgary Real Estate Board CREB, and past president of Canada Trust Real Estate Division Canada.

Chris is a Registered Provisional Psychologist with a Masters of Counselling from the University of Calgary and a Bachelors of Counselling from the Australian College of Applied Psychology. For the past decade, he has worked extensively with youth, adults, and families in a variety of capacities, with a focus on mental well-being and addiction recovery. Chris has served as the Mental Health Clinician and Program Director at the Calgary Dream Centre since 2017. Prior to joining the Dream Centre, Chris worked in the school system as a Mental Health Counsellor. Chris is passionate about supporting clients at the Dream Centre and helping them along their path of recovery. Chris is originally from Australia, has travelled to over 30 countries, and now happily calls Calgary home.

Gary has been a part of the Dream Centre since 2002. Gary provides oversight to 10 different Business Units, and is a wealth of information on topics such as administration, reporting, statistics, and systems planning. Every day, Gary leads chapel with our clients and has led over 3,000 services in his time at the Dream Centre. Prior to receiving his Bachelor of Career Arts in Church Business Administration in 1993, Gary worked for the City of Calgary. Gary has a passion for car racing and in 2017 was able to attend the Daytona 500 NASCAR race and enjoys taking part in Mission Outreaches, and has had the opportunity to travel to Argentina, Mexico, Russia, Greece, and Siberia to help those in need.

Donna has spent the last 30 years honing her expertise in the financial world. Before joining the Dream Centre 15 years ago, Donna worked as a consultant in a variety of industries, including, oil and gas, construction, retail and legal. As the Director of Finance, Donna spends her days taking care of our financial records and processes, handling our financial reporting, both internal and external, and managing our Human Resources, Financial and Administrative staff. Donna firmly believes, and we agree, that the work she does helps our entire organization do their jobs better. Donna has a love of gardening, crafting, and the great outdoors, and she can always be found wearing a pair of flip flops, even in the dead of winter.

Vince is a Chartered Professional Accountant. Spending over 17 years working in the corporate sector, Vince found his way to the Dream Centre in 2016, starting first as volunteer and becoming a full time employee in 2017. Vince oversees and implements fund development plans to support the strategic direction of the Calgary Dream Centre. He leads a team responsible for Strategic Partnerships, Public Relations, Fundraising Events, and Campaigns. Vince is an integral part of the Dream Centre, and is so committed to fundraising, he rode 50 km on a tandem bicycle (with no prior experience) to raise funds for the Calgary Dream Centre.