Our Board of Directors
Jacquie Meyer
Executive Director
HER Victory was founded by Jacquie Meyer, who currently serves as Executive Director. Armed with an entrepreneurial spirit and a professional background in strategic business development, investment and commercial property management and owning/operating her own business for over 20 years, Jacquie has the unique knowledge, experience and empathy required to facilitate and enable HER Victory to make an impact in women’s lives.
Jacquie founded the organization with a driven, heartfelt commitment to restore and support individuals involved in sex work, being exploited and at risk of or currently being trafficked. Armed with strong leadership and a passion to see change and freedom restored, HER Victory has become a leading beacon of hope in assisting those being exploited.
Scott Smith
Chair
I grew up in St. Louis and I married my grade school sweetheart, Kim. After graduating with a BSc. in Petroleum Engineering, we moved to Alaska and worked with many amazing people and had two little Eskimos ourselves. Our two adult sons, both engineers, have wonderful families and live in Denver and Calgary, respectively. We have two grandkids that keep us young and spending time with them is pure joy. After 8 years in Alaska, we began homeschooling and traveling. One of our stops was Calgary & God let us know we should stick around awhile. Thirty years later we still love Calgary and call it home.
I have many passions; baseball, business, music, and spending time with family and friends but my heart is to build, serve, and laugh. I love the energy business and worked for Renaissance Energy before undertaking one of my life long goals of building a successful oil company from the ground up. It was a great adventure and my colleagues and I went on to do it several times as well as build a real estate company. Outside of work, I’ve coached a LOT of baseball (3 Youth World Series teams), been involved in several church plants, helped lead mission trips to Mexico, served on the board of the Victory Foundation, was part of converting the old Ogden hotel into a 60-man housing project, and now sponsoring a refugee family of six from Sudan – it’s pretty fun to watch kids experience a TV or refrigerator for the first time!
Carey Thiessen
Chief Financial Officer
As a young married couple, Carey & his wife, Shirley, took a transfer to Calgary in 1989 from Vancouver with his job at Canadian Airlines.
His career path took a variety of directions including Executive Director of Kerith Creek Retreat Centre. He developed and built a clergy care facility providing an 8-day intensive counselling program for our clergy clients. Currently, Focus on the Family is continuing the operation and vision of this ministry.
As the Exec Pastor at First Alliance, Carey served on the senior leadership team. He oversaw initiatives that resulted in major growth. Carey oversaw a large expansion of the facilities.
For four years, Carey was the controller for Expander Engineering Services managing up to 30 staff with projects totaling over $250 M.
In December 2021, Carey stepped into the position of Pastor of Operations at Centre St Church. He led in operational support of the church’s 5 campuses. With a desire to lean fully into grief ministry, Carey chose to resign in March 2023.
Currently, Carey is co-founder and CFO of CornerBend Grief Ministries. Grief literacy is the focus of their mission.
Carey is delighted to be a new grandfather. His grandson, Jameson belongs to daughter, Chantel, and her husband, Addison.
Carey’s son, Jordan, moved on to Heaven in 2012 and is responsible, in part, for Carey’s desire to compassionately support those who grieve.
Phyllis Brinkerhoff
Secretary
Phyllis was born and raised in Toledo, Ohio. At age 17, she ventured west; attracted by the Rocky Mountains and excited about the U. of Colorado’s progressive Bachelor of Sc. in Pharmacy program. It was during those years in Boulder that she met her Canadian husband-to-be, Bob.
Phyllis secured her license to practice pharmacy in Canada once they moved to Calgary. After having children (motherhood being her passion) she reduced her workload to part-time so that she could be home with her young children.
Her 25 year involvement within the non-profit sector has been with the Victory Outreach Foundation as Secretary, Fundraiser, and Board Member. In 1992, Phyllis and 4 girlfriends renovated and furnished VOF’s first Women’s Shelter in Victoria Park. The awareness she gained during the Vic Park project, made her acutely aware of her many blessings, and solidified her quest to help women in need.
Phyllis’s interests and accomplishments include; raising three successful daughters, a 53 year marriage, relishing in the joy of spending time with her 7 grandchildren, becoming a student of painting and figurative drawing, writing, and completing a 4 year circumnavigation with Bob.
Becky Bradbury
Director
Becky Bradbury is a Certified Trauma Professional with training in Traumatology, Suicidology, and Nursing. She comes to Her Victory with a history of walking alongside vulnerable people during her time at Next Step Ministries, before that, she worked as a nurse in a variety of roles. She is a wife, mother, and volunteers with her church and other organizations like Her Victory that are close to her heart.
Phil & Jackie
Reimer
Board Advisors
HER Victory is honoured to have Phil and Jackie Reimer serve as advisors to our ministry. They have devoted more than 20 years in their efforts to hep women exit sexual exploitation. Phil and Jackie were the founders of Next Step Ministries.
Donna Hastings
Board Advisor
Donna was previously CEO in Western Canada with the Heart & Stroke Foundation. She is now a Partner with Ideal Consulting providing coaching to boards and leaders. Donna brings over 30 years of leadership experience from local, national, and global organizations.