Nancy MacDonald is the Executive Director of Family Service of Nova Scotia, Vice-Chair of Family Service Canada, and Chair of Family Service Atlantic. She is a mother of 4 young adults and is proud to call Nova Scotia her adopted home. Nancy has been working with her organization for 26 years and has been in her current role for over 14 years. She remains committed to working collaboratively with community and government partners to step into service delivery gaps both provincially and nationally. She is a strong advocate for the unique and creative work of Family Service Organizations and firmly believes that we are always better working together.

“Family Service Canada has always been immensely valuable to me. Early on as a Director, attending the annual COL conferences and hearing about the phenomenal programs other organizations were running always provided me with the incentive to continue enhancing and improving the programs we facilitated. As an ED, FSC has provided me with much-needed tools and resources to assist me along the way. These are big jobs that we rarely come completely trained for, and with my FSC membership, I have had the pleasure of accessing very knowledgeable EDs who have provided vital support and knowledge. As a Board member, I now have the privilege of working alongside one of the most outstanding groups of leaders I can think of, and I am challenged every meeting to reflect on how I can be better in my role in their presence”.