Advisory Board
Mission Statement
Diversified Rehabilitation Group (Diversified) believes that through integrative professional care, individuals can overcome psychological and physical limitations to achieve a healthy and well-balanced lifestyle. Furthermore, we seek to understand and recognize the daily challenges of first responders, veterans, and their family members.
Philosophy
Diversified also acknowledges that there is always an opportunity for growth and innovation. Thus, Diversified established an Advisory Board to further understand its clients’ daily challenges and develop innovative and long-lasting solutions.
Advisory Board
The Advisory Board plays a crucial role in enhancing mental health programs and support offered by Diversified Rehabilitation Group (Diversified) to first responders, veterans, and their family members. By providing guidance, connecting to experts and research, and offering strategic input to the Diversified Leadership Team, the advisory board contributes significantly to the organization’s efforts.
Our Values
Consistently being ethical, honest, and transparent.
Trust
Being accountable to each other, our clients, partners, and the community.
Respect
Ensuring a supportive, collaborative, and courteous service environment.
Quality
Being committed to client-centered services, ongoing innovation, and best practices.
Board Members
Deputy Chief Lucie Tremblay
Deputy Chief Lucie Tremblay (Retired) has over 35 years of public safety experience at the federal government. Upon joining the VIA Rail Canada Police Service in 2016, she was entrusted with managing police operations and administration. She also supported the corporate security strategy, contributing to the safety and security of passengers, employees, infrastructure, and rail operations.
Steve Farina
Steve is a VP for the BC Professional Firefighters Association and is the vice-chair of the BCPFFA’s Mental Health Taskforce, as well as their Occupational Health & Safety Committee. He has over 30 years of experience in the fire service and was hired as a full-time firefighter in Coquitlam in 1997. Read More
Norman E. Taylor
Norm Taylor has been an independent advisor, educator, author and researcher for 40 years, concentrating his practice in the field of policing and public safety for the past 30 years. Between 2008-17, he spent much of his professional life in Saskatchewan as a Senior Advisor to the Deputy Ministry of Justice: Corrections and Policing. Read More
Commander Grant Edwards
Commander Grant Edwards (Ret) was a senior officer of the Australian Federal Police (AFP), with over 34 years of experience in law enforcement and security in protecting vulnerable people around the world. During his tenure with the AFP, he led several high-profile investigations and operations, in transnational organised crime, cybercrime, human trafficking and the exploitation of women and children. Read More
Alan Treddenick
Alan is the CEO of ATNOH Group, a Global Public Safety and Risk Consultancy. Prior to founding the company, Alan spent 32 years with the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), involved in extensive counter-terrorism operations within Canada and abroad. Read More
Phil Lancaster
Phil Lancaster’s extensive career in law enforcement combined with a passion for excellence and an aptitude for recognizing opportunity ultimately led to a successful career in business. As a former British police officer, Phil brings years of experience working internationally in VIP close protection, as well as service in British Overseas Territories. Throughout his career, Phil received several notable awards and has been recognized for his efforts in the UK and overseas. Read More
Amanda Newman Bio
Amanda Newman is a Supervisor with the RCMP Operational Communications Centre in Manitoba. Amanda has over 25 combined years of customer service experience in local government, food & beverage service as well as administrative service, including Human Resources, supervisory and management positions.
Amanda is passionate about workplace mental health and wellbeing and has developed a keen interest in helping and supporting others in their journey with PTSD, moral Injury & resiliency. Amanda has had her own lived experience with PTSD and moral Injury and through her journey with the program she was able to work through her triggers and struggles.
When Amanda is not working you can usually find her spending time with her family and two fur babies, cooking/baking, running or spending time with friends.
Amanda also has developed a renewed love for social engagements as well respecting her own downtime which usually includes some art project of sorts or spending time in nature.
Jadie Miller Bio
Jadie has almost two decades of experience as an active firefighter, serving in the past as a volunteer and now within a full-time career in Ontario Canada. She is the co-author of the proposed framework called ‘Firefighter Syndrome’ and CEO/Founder of PYROC Technologies Inc. Jadie is a subject matter expert that builds frameworks designed to detect risks and deficiencies within critical infrastructures.
The objectives within her frameworks are to empower Individuals to identify, mitigate and navigate the interdependencies and disruptions unique to each environment. Her specialty focuses on working within dynamic operational environments that require unified standards, however operate under independent strategic and tactical objectives.
She values and prioritizes the challenges that both Fire Chiefs and Firefighters face independently and collectively.
Joseph E. Troiani, MHA, MA, MSSI, Ph.D., CADC
Founding Director of Military Psychology at Adler University
Dr. Troiani is the Founding Director of Military Psychology Program @ Adler University and Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology at the Adler University he has taught since 1993. He is the founder and developer of both the Military Clinical Psychology Track, which is part of the Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology and the M.A. Online in Military Psychology. At the school he instructs courses in both the M.A. in Military Psychology program and in the Psy.D.’s Military Clinical Psychology track. At Adler University he is faculty advisor to the school’s Military Psychology Student Association.
His clinical experience has included working at the Veterans Administration Hospital with returning Vietnam veterans and military service members, which he brings to the classroom when instructing graduate students about working with those who are serving, have served, and their families. Currently, he lectures on the subject of “Mental Health and Substance Abuse Issues with returning Iraq and Afghan War Veterans” to the professional behavioral health community.
Updates from Advisory Board
Media, Press
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