Our Team old — Our Recovery

On the front line

**Angie Clerc-Hawke, CEO and Founder**
Angie has a background in medical science, population health and health education. She is passionate about integrating health care and social care systems to support people throughout their health journeys. Angie has a lived experience with persistent pain.

**Stephen Chambers, Community Liaison**
As community liaison, Steve facilitates people landing in the community and journeying through the program. Steve has experience as a pain peer support worker and is passionate about the role of creative arts in health. Steve has a lived experience with persistent pain.

**Heather Bonnefond, Guide Liaison**
As Guide Liaison, Heather makes sure that all our amazing peer guides are supported so they can support others. Heather is an experienced pain peer support worker and comes from an event management background. She has a lived experience with persistent pain.

Research team

**Hemakumar Devan**
Hem is a researcher, pain educator, and physiotherapist. His primary research interest is to foster self-management support to empower people with chronic pain and their whānau (family and significant others). He is a passionate science communicator.

**Bronwyn Lennox Thompson**
Bronwyn is a researcher, occupational therapist and educator. Her research interests are in daily coping processes used by people living with persistent pain and clinical reasoning in persistent pain. Bronwyn has a lived experience with persistent pain.

**Colleen Johnston-Devin**
Colleen is a researcher and nurse. Her research interests and goals are enabling people with chronic pain to self-manage and informing health professionals’ knowledge around chronic pain. Colleen has a lived experience with persistent pain.

Our Advisors

Seanna Davidson, Systems thinking

Seanna is a leading system thinking teacher and practitioner. Her approach translates concepts into practice, to build capacity for systems thinking and systemic change.

Steve Kamper, Evidence-based care

Steve is an internationally renowned pain researcher, with a physiotherapist background. His focus area is evidence-based practice; how to apply evidence to create meaningful and impactful healthcare services.