Get to know our team

Get to know our staff team at People's, and what powers their enthusiasm for making the law accessible and understandable.

What do you do here at People's?

My role is part strategy, part hands-on. I’m constantly thinking about how we can use technology to reach more people and better support them in working out legal problems. I also lead a talented group in creating content and serving it up on our digital platforms. And because we're a small (but agile) team, it also involves some hands-on work: editing content, troubleshooting technical issues, and chipping in to help answer the questions we get from people.

What is your current state of mind?

Optimistic. It’s been a challenging few years in many ways, with the pandemic and growing inequality and polarization in society. But the last few years have been amazing for our work: traffic on our websites has grown dramatically, we started offering webinars (which are hugely popular), and we helped more people than ever take action on their legal problems.

Which words or phrases do you most overuse?

Gosh, there are plenty. One is amazing. I gravitate to it so much that I’ve had a friend say I’m single handedly diluting the impact of the word. But there are others: 100 per cent. Off the charts. Next level. It’s possible I’m a little prone to hyperbole.

What country will you travel to next?

After an amazing trip last year biking in Kenya, this year we're going back to Europe. The plan is to partly bike and partly walk the Via Francigena, an ancient pilgrimage route from Canterbury, England to Rome. We don't expect to get all the way to Rome in one go. Our hope is to reach the Alps in Switzerland, and more specifically the Great St Bernard Pass.

What is your motto?

It’s all about contrast. I love leaning in to experiences that are in sharp contrast to other things. A lousy movie makes me appreciate the great ones more. A rough patch for my favourite sports team (ahem, Canucks) means that when they win it’s going to be even sweeter. A night of wild camping followed by staying at a luxury hotel makes both experiences more memorable.