Meet Our Team

President, Co-Founder 

With Over 25 years in the Industrial Resource Sector, Vawn has spent her career developing loss prevention programs now used globally. She investigated large scale industrial incidents including, fatalities and led a team of Loss Prevention professionals for over 19 years. She has worked with Indigenous business and communities across Canada to grow opportunity for Indigenous people. Vawn is a member of the English River First Nation located in Northern Saskatchewan  

Vice - President, Co-Founder 

Former RCMP Superintendent, Ward Clapham, is a sought after Author, Leadership Trainer and highly skilled and experienced investigator. Ward has spent his career focused on growing a culture of proactive policing and created the impactful “Positive Ticketing program”, which caught the eye of the Author of the Seven Habits of highly effective people, Dr. Stephen Covey prompting multiple collaborations. Ward is a true role model and works to build relationships with communities across Canada  t through to provide us with a better life.

Vice President, Justice and  Advocacy 

Retired RCMP Major Crime Detective, Don worked throughout Canada and the United States, coordinated with multiple municipal provincial and federal policing agencies.  Through Don's career he became an expert in the gathering of intelligence on subjects and operations. He coordinated investigations on Major Crimes, worked undercover and was instrumental in the arrests of the targets of the operations. Don's meticulous in document preparation in order to provide the best information to the courts where required as he has been called upon many times to give expert opinion/ evidence during trials. Over the years he became an exceptional leader coach mentor and friend to many.   

Investigations and Ground Search Team Leader 

A member of the Kehewin Cree Nation, Inuvialuiat, Ken served as an RCMP member, Louis Bull Police Officer, Hobbema Police Service, Dakota Ojibway Police Service and Kehewin law enforcement.

Ken works with emergency services and lands management within the Kehewin Territory and is an active volunteer for St. Paul Search and Rescue.

Ken has joined MMIP as a Family Advocate/Investigator and is the team leader responsible for the development and execution of the Ground Search program.  Ken coordinates with communities that are in need of search support and develops training for comminutes to build their capabilities.

Investigations, Cyber Crime/Missing and Exploited People 

 Brad Martin is an investigator with over three decades of police and private investigations experience. He was a Calgary City police officer for twenty-five years and a private investigator for a well known software company for sixteen years. 

Brad has extensive training in the examination of crime scenes, is a highly skilled interviewer and interrogator, and is very familiar with major crimes and organized crimes investigations. He has been a cyber crimes investigator for twenty-four years and has been a subject matter expert on Child Exploitation for well over two decades. 

Brad is well regarded as a passionate pursuer of justice and accountability, and lives with a heartfelt understanding and awareness of the issues of divergence and social injustice. 

Family Advocate/Investigator in Training

Pamela joined our team as an Investigator in Training, a Family Advocate and supports Ground Search programs.  She also delivers Healing with Horses to MMIP families.  Through this Healing Pillar Program, she helps victims of violence and their families work through trauma  experienced by all members of the family.

Through Pamela''s history working with Indigenous communities and her service in Corrections Canada she brings great compassion and caring to her role.  She has a deep connection to the plight of families suffering trauma related to the loss of a loved one.  She is committed to bringing her care and compassion to MMIP and our families.

Consultant, Investigation, Homicide and Major Crime

Retired RCMP Homicide Detective / Staff Sergeant 35 years. Sgt. Eastham was the lead Detective in the Wells Gray Provincial Park Murders and primary Law Enforcement Officer to initiate National Campaign to bring awareness to the Highway 16 Murders/Highway of Tears, 

His investigations into Missing and Murdered Women spanned more than the Highway of Tears from Prince Rupert to Prince George, and encompassed most of the Yellowhead highway from BC to Manitoba.

He’s is an author, an advocate for MMIWG and respected role model in Canadian Law enforcement.