Melissa Jones serves as Chief Executive Officer of the Alberta Foster and Kinship Association, where she has driven substantial organizational change over the past two years. Her leadership philosophy centers on strength-based approaches, drawing on training in appreciative inquiry facilitation and professional coaching to build a culture of appreciation, empowerment, and continuous growth. She has guided the association through a strategic rebranding while keeping the needs of foster and kinship caregivers across the province at the center of the work.
Jones credits much of her approach to lessons drawn from her parents' resilience and steady support from her board, channeling that into a focus on meaningful community impact. She emphasizes developing her team's capabilities through mentorship, training, and recognition of individual strengths, and is currently focused on expanding public awareness of foster care realities across Alberta while building stronger relationships with child welfare and family support stakeholders.
