Meet Our Team
Aide Grossesse Quebec will establish a multi-location network of pregnancy care centres across the province of Quebec, supported by an executive team, wherever the need and community capacity is identified.
Executive Team
Chelsea Henman
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Chelsea, a native Montrealer, joined Aide Grossesse as its Executive Director in July of 2023. Her previous work experience and education include her role as the Financial Coordinator for a reputable Orthodontic Clinic in Westmount and running her own business in the field of home organization and design for 8 years.
Having experienced an unplanned Pregnancy at the age 17, she also possesses the compassion and understanding to know what someone facing an unexpected pregnancy is going through, remembering her own need for support and resources when she was pregnant at 17. She employs her creative abilities as well as her entrepreneurial spirit to carry out this role. It is her personal mission to ensure the success of this project - to build a network of pregnancy centres across the Region of Quebec so that Aide Grossesse can fulfill their mandate of “No one left alone when facing unexpected pregnancy and its effects”.
Chelsea is married with two children. Her husband Alex Degrasse, who works for the RCMP also gives of his time and energy at Speaking Engagements with Chelsea and is on Aide Grossesse’s fund development committee. Chelsea and her husband and younger son Philippe are followers of Christ. They attend Church 21 in Delson, on the South Shore of Montreal, where they enjoy the rich blessings of an amazing Church community that is united by faith.
St-Hyacinthe Team
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Board of Directors
MARCY AMENDT, BOARD CHAIR
Marcy and her family moved from British Columbia in 2013, feeling called by God to serve in pregnancy care in Quebec. Though Marcy is the director of a pregnancy centre for youth in Chateauguay, she felt strongly that a new organization needed to be created to serve individuals facing unexpected pregnancy at any age. Since 2017, Marcy has passionately pursued the vision of a network of pregnancy centres, supported by an executive team, so that no one in Quebec would be left alone when facing unexpected pregnancy and its effects.
ASHLEIGH DECLET, VICE CHAIR AND SECRETARY
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GARY CROFT, TREASURER
Gary is the Director of Operations for Montreal Youth Unlimited, and since 2017, has served in a leadership role with MYU’s resource and pregnancy centre for youth in Chateauguay. It is with a vision to serve women who are outside of that centre’s demographical reach that Gary now sits on the BOD of Aide Grossesse, in order to give his expertise to this new startup project that he knows is so needed in Montreal. Gary is excited to work with other like-minded pregnancy care leaders, and establish a strong board that will oversee the new ministry growth of Aide Grossesse.
DONALD RODIER, DIRECTOR
Donald was pastor of Église Évangélique Baptiste de St-Hyacinthe for some 20 years, and is now chaplaincy coordinator in Quebec for the Fellowship and AEBEQ (Association d'Églises Baptistes Évangéliques au Québec). After 8 years as foster parents, Donald and his wife had the joy of adopting their 5th child in December 2023. Donald has long been keen to begin a ministry to help women and families facing unexpected pregnancy. With the support of his local church, he was working to develop such a ministry in St-Hyacinthe when he learned that a group in Montreal was doing the same. Seeing God's direction, Donald joined this group for the privilege of participating in the early days of Aide Grossesse Québec.
NATASHA LAPPOS, DIRECTOR
Natasha has many years of experience in the administration of various community and charitable organizations. She has volunteered as an event coordinator for the West Island Association for the Intellectually Handicapped; four years as an administrator for her church's youth group; over six years of broadcast ministry experience with WCHP Radio Champlain; and has served on the board of Revive Nations, an international ministry that plans and organizes conferences around the world. After a friend faced difficult circumstances related to an unexpected pregnancy, Natasha dreamed of opening a center that would help those similarly affected. Natasha believes that women must have access to resources, community support and unfailing love rather than turning the issue of unexpected pregnancy into a political debate or demonstration.
CÉCILE AUBUCHON, DIRECTOR
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Special Acknowledgements
CEM
The St-Hyacinthe church has long been committed to helping those in need. In fact, through its members, it started a charitable organization called the Centre d'Entraide Maskoutain (CEM). Recognized since 2007, this organization, which includes a food bank and a community store, is now well established in the city and contributes to the well-being of its community. This is where Aide Grossesse set up its head office and first center.
