ROYAL OTTAWA HEALTH CARE GROUP - Key Persons
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- Interim Vice President, Quality
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- Senior Manager
- Vice - Chair
- Vice President
- Foundation Board of Directors
Allan Malcomson is the vice president of United Malwood Merchants and senior manager for Canadian Tire in Kanata. Malwood is a family business, operating one of the largest Canadian Tire footprints in the country with nearly 200 front line employees. Consequently, Allan has become both an advocate and a champion for progressive mental health strategies in business and the community. The challenges of supporting such a large team in the demanding and competitive Canadian retail landscape has encouraged the Malcomson Family to support the Royal Ottawa Foundation for Mental Health as the presenting sponsor for the Leaders for Mental Health Breakfast, a contributor to the Inspiration Awards Gala and through Canadian Tire as the presenting sponsor of The Open, The Royal's Golf Tournament. In addition, Allan has been a consistent supporter of DIFD through merchandise sales, raffles and other awareness raising campaigns within the store.
In addition, Allan has contributed to Canadian Aid for Chernobyl making annual trips to Chaussy Belarus to facilitate a hockey school for an orphanage of one hundred students. Allan, through Canadian Tire, has been a longtime supporter of the Snowsuit Fund Ottawa, the Heart and Stroke Foundation and providing access to sports for underprivileged youth with Canadian Tire Jumpstart.
Allan embraces the need for both mental and physical wellness, trying to provide support to the organizations listed above as they focus on both of these strategies. Finally, Allan takes advantage of all opportunities to discuss mental health awareness and stigma, in both his professional and personal life.
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- Vice - President, Integrated Marketing, Communications & Impact
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- Research and Business Intelligence Officer
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- Advisor
- Member of the Board
- Board of Trustees
Anita Manley is a mental health advocate, advisor, fundraiser, blogger, and peer facilitator. At The Royal, she has volunteered as a peer supporter for the women's mental health program since 2012, was a member of the Client Advisory Council for five years, former editor of The Client's Voice newsletter and frequently shares her story with many audiences. Anita represented The Royal as co-chair of the Champlain LHIN PFAC and as a patient advisor for the resource development advisory group at Health Quality Ontario. Previously, Anita was a patient advisor for the Champlain Peer Network, The Ottawa Hospital Mental Health Community Advisory Committee, and a board member for Ottawa branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association.
Anita was recognized as one of the ‘Faces of Mental Illness' campaign with CAMIMH; a recipient of The Royal's 2015 Inspiration Award; a ‘Top 40 for 40' year anniversary of The Royal Foundation; and a notable ‘Adult Hero' on Silken Laumann's website, Unsinkable.
Anita is thrilled to be the first client representative on The Royal's board of trustees.
She holds a BA in communications from Carleton University and instructs public speaking and leadership courses with Christopher's Leadership in Ottawa.
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- Vice - President, Philanthropy and Partnerships
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- Member of the Board
- Chartered Professional Accountant
- IMHR Board of Directors
- Vice Chair, IMHR Board
On January 15, 2019, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the appointment of Bill Matthews to the position of Deputy Minister of Public Services and Procurement, effective January 28, 2019.
Previously, Mr. Matthews held the position of Senior Associate Deputy Minister of National Defence since October 2017, and from July 2014 to October 2017, he served as the Comptroller General of Canada. He has also held various senior-level positions within the Office of the Comptroller General and the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat with responsibilities in the areas of financial management policy, estimates, evaluation and expenditure management.
Mr. Matthews is a member of the board and chairs the Finance and Audit Committee of the University of Ottawa's Institute for Mental Health Research. He is also a member of the Consultative Advisory Group of the International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board and a former member of the Public Sector Accounting Board.
Mr. Matthews is a chartered professional accountant and was named a Fellow by the Chartered Professional Accountants in October 2016. He holds a bachelor of commerce from Dalhousie University.
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- Chief Financial Officer
- Chief Operating Officer
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- Member of the Board
- Founder and Managing Director of WindReach Consulting Services Inc
Carmen is the Founder and Managing Director of WindReach Consulting Services Inc. an Ottawa-based consultancy specializing in public sector accountability. For over 25 years, Carmen has been advising senior government leaders on public sector oversight and operational excellence. Her areas of specialty include governance, risk management and internal audit. The scope of her career has touched virtually all functions of government, although her professional emphasis is on organizations mandated with the advancement of knowledge and the protection of the public interest.
Carmen is deeply committed to building public trust, which she does through her professional practice and her board work. She is currently a member of the Board for Atomic Energy of Canada, Ltd. (AECL) where she is a member of the Audit Committee and the Chair of the Human Resources and Governance Committee. She is an elected Public Director of the Board for Colleges and Institutes Canada (CICan) where she is also a member of the Audit Committee. She is a former member of the Board for Immigrant Women Services Ottawa (IWSO) as well as the past Chair of the National Board for the Institute of Internal Auditors Canada. Carmen is a Chartered Director (C.Dir.), a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) and holds an Honours Bachelor of Arts Degree from McGill as well as a Master of Arts Degree in Public Administration from Carleton University.
Carmen and her husband Aaron live in Ottawa and are proud parents of three wonderful children.
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- President
- President, Foundation and Vice President, Brand & Marketing
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- Director, Campaign Operations & Business Intelligence
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- President
- IMHR Board of Directors
- VP of Research
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- Board of Trustees
- Interim Psychiatrist - in - Chief and Chief of Staff
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- Associate Professor at the University of Ottawa 's Telfer School of Management
- Board of Trustees
- Vice - President, External Relations at the University of Ottawa
Dr. Jacline Nyman was appointed vice-president, external relations at the University of Ottawa for a five-year term beginning August 13, 2018.
As vice-president, external relations, Jacline advances the goals of the University through a diverse portfolio of activities that focus on raising the University's profile, establishing strategic internal and external partnerships, fostering stakeholder engagement, and growing revenue to support the University in its research and teaching mission. In this role, she is responsible for the activities of the development office, the alumni relations office, the marketing & communications directorate, language services and advancement services.
Prior to joining the University of Ottawa, Jacline was the president and CEO of United Way Centraide Canada and worked with the Smith School of Business (Queen's University, Kingston) as executive director of development and alumni relations; as vice-president of fundraising and donor relations at the York University Foundation (Toronto); director of development and external relations at the University of Calgary's Haskayne School of Business (Calgary); and as director of advancement services and liaison manager for the University of Ottawa.
As a non-profit sector leader, Jacline engages frequently in public speaking and advocacy on a wide range of topics, including the charitable sector, organizational leadership, philanthropy and fundraising, transformational change and modernization. She appeared before the Senate of Canada's special committee on the charitable sector; spoke on the topic of "The Future of Generosity, Philanthropy and Artificial Intelligence"; on "The Future of Corporate Philanthropy and New Technologies" at the Economic Club of Canada; and at the Canada 2020 speakers series about "5 Big Ideas for the Future of Canada." She currently volunteers on a number of boards, namely as Chair of the Board for Elevate International and is a Trustee of the Board for the Royal Ottawa Hospital. Jacline actively mentors' young professionals as they navigate their careers.
Jacline is an associate professor at the University of Ottawa's Telfer School of Management and was formerly an assistant professor at Queen's School of Business (Queen's University) teaching marketing, marketing ethics and social responsibility. She actively researches in the fields of marketing, philanthropy and corporate social responsibility.
Jacline holds a Bachelor of Administration (University of Ottawa); an MBA (University of Calgary); a doctorate in Business Administration - Marketing (Cranfield University, U.K.). Jacline earned the ICD.D corporate governance designation from Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto in 2016.
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- Vice President, Innovation and Transformation
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- Board of Trustees
- IMHR Board of Directors
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- Associate Vice - President
- Member of the Board
- IMHR Board of Directors
Martine Lagacé was appointed Associate Vice-President, Research, Promotion & Development at University of Ottawa in August 2018 for a five-year term. She is a professor in the Department of Communication and is affiliated with the School of Psychology. Professor Lagacé was Vice-Dean, Governance of the Faculty of Arts from 2014 to 2018, and Director of the Department of Communication from 2011 to 2012. In addition to her administrative experience, she has extensive expertise in journalism, having worked at Radio-Canada for more than 10 years.
Professor Lagacé has contributed greatly to the advancement of knowledge on the psychosocial aspects of aging, particularly as they relate to discrimination based on age. She has led several field surveys in Canada and abroad, with workers as well as elderly patients to better understand the impact of age-based discrimination. In the francophone community, her academic work on ageism has been groundbreaking. She has edited two books on the topic and regularly publishes articles in academic journals, in both official languages.
Professor Lagacé contributes to several organizations, including the National Seniors Council, the Institut du savoir Montfort, the Bruyère Research Institute and the Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal. She has also forged several international research collaborations, particularly in France and Italy.
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- Associate Chief - Integrated Forensic Program
Dr. Florence Dzierszinski - President of the IMHR and VP of Research at The Royal
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- Member of the Board
- Retired Member of the Canadian Forces
- Senior Vice - President at Hill Knowlton Strategies
Elliott Gauthier has a close and personal connection to mental health, and mental health issues, and is committed to bringing his energy, passion, and expertise to the Foundation.
Elliott is a Senior Vice-President at Hill+Knowlton Strategies (H+K), one of world's leading communications firms. He is a member of H+K's Canadian Leadership Team, leads the reputation measurement practice in the Global Corporate Affairs + Advisory group, sits on H+K's Global Technology Solutions Committee and is a senior leader in the global Data + Analytics group.
With more than 15 years' experience in senior-level research positions in the communications industry Elliott leads the Canadian Data + Analytics team, a team of skilled researchers and measurement experts located in Ottawa, Toronto, and Vancouver.
An accomplished research methodologist, Elliott has particular expertise in segmentation models for brand and campaign work. He oversees hundreds of research assignments each year at H+K, providing robust analysis, detailed presentation of findings and strategic insights.
Elliott has extensive experience working with boards of directors and executive leadership teams to uncover the meaning of data insights while providing counsel on how to position the research in support of their objectives.
Elliott began his consulting career with an Ottawa-based research firm. During his time there, he successfully managed hundreds of research projects, including some of the largest research studies ever undertaken in Canada. Immediately prior to joining H+K, Elliott was co-founder and Chief Operations Officer of a leading Ottawa-based team of over a dozen full-time employees, along with hundreds of part-time employees.
In addition to his work at H+K, and his role on the Foundation Board, Elliott is also a Professor of Research in the Media Studies School at Algonquin College and a Board Director at Food Processing Skills Canada.
Elliott is a recently retired member of the Canadian Forces, serving with the Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa, Ottawa's Regiment, as an infantry soldier for 20 years and having been decorated with the Canadian Forces Decoration.
In 2016, Elliott was awarded the Forty Under 40 Award in Ottawa for innovation and entrepreneurship in his field as well as his community contributions.
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- Board of Trustees
- Vice President, Patient Care Services, Professional Practice and Chief Nursing Executive
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- Member of the Board
- Partner
Geneviève Bonin is a partner with McKinsey & Company.
She specializes in strategy and innovation and has managed a number of complex, transformational programs from strategy through to value realization. She has spent the majority of her career working very closely with the public sector at all levels of government, and also has experience in a number of other industries. Her international experience includes serving on global boards, and serving as a member of the Canadian Forces overseas.
Ms. Bonin is actively involved in the professional and broader public community and serves on a number of boards including the True Patriot Love Foundation, Toronto Global and The Royal's Institute for Mental Health Research. She is a member of the Young President Organization, the Treble Victor Group, the Royal Canadian Military Institute, CMC Canada and the Professional Association of Engineers of Ontario.
She is a thought leader and academic who has developed courses and taught at the undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate levels. She frequently speaks publicly on topics of leadership and diversity, and is a Fellow Certified Management Consultant (FCMC) and a Professional Engineer (P.Eng.).
In recognition of her philanthrophic work, Ms. Bonin has received the Telfer School of Management Philos award, and the Veterans Affairs Ministerial medal for distinctive contribution to society.
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- Member of the Board
- Chief Financial Officer of Hydro Ottawa Holdings Inc
Geoff Simpson is the Chief Financial Officer of Hydro Ottawa Holdings Inc. He leads the finance, treasury, regulatory and risk management groups and is the chief financial spokesperson for the organization. He is a key member of the Executive Management Team and advises them on matters relating to financial reporting, budget management, cost benefit analysis, forecasting needs and the securing of new funding.
Geoff has over 25 years of senior financial experience. Prior to joining Hydro Ottawa, Geoff was Directorate Leader of Finance and Materiel Management for the Ottawa Police Service, and prior to that the Manager of Financial Support for Transportation, Utilities, Public Works and Development Services at the City of Ottawa.
Geoff holds an Honours Bachelor of Commerce from Carleton University and is a C.P.A., C.G.A.
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- Member of the Board
- Chartered Professional Accountant
Inderpal Bal is a Chartered Professional Accountant with over 10 years of experience and in 2018, was named one of CPA Ontario's Emerging Leaders. Inderpal joined the Bank of Canada in 2016 as a Senior Consultant where he was responsible for ensuring sound financial reporting, policies, and procedures. Currently, he is the Special Assistant to the Chief Operating Officer, where he supports the COO and the Corporate Administration Leadership Team in executing its strategic objectives.
Prior to joining the Bank of Canada, Inderpal spent 7 years working in EY's audit practice in both Ottawa and the US primarily servicing clients in the life science, technology, and renewable energy sectors. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce specializing in Accounting, and a minor in Economics from Carleton University.
Inderpal has been involved with the Royal Ottawa Foundation for Mental Health for several years, serving on various sub-committees, and assisting in fundraising activities.
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- Director, Principle Giving
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- Retired Senior Executive With TD Bank
Jane Duchscher is a retired Senior Executive with TD Bank, with her last role as the Senior Vice President of the Branch Network for Ontario North and East Region, including Ottawa and the surrounding communities. With an MBA and many years in the Banking Sector she is well versed in finance, risk management and developing strategies for sustainability. Jane is committed to making an impact in the community in which she lives through mentoring and community service, demonstrated by her prior Board experiences as both a member and leader.
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- Senior Governance Manager & Executive Assistant
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- Board Member / Department
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- Management Consultant
- Treasurer
- Foundation Board of Directors
Jennifer is an experienced management consultant with a demonstrated history as a trusted advisor to CEOs and other leaders of high-growth, evolving organizations across Canada and the US, who are looking to recruit senior talent to their teams.
She is an entrepreneur, as well as the founder and chief executive officer of MondouxRollins Partners Inc., a retained executive search and human resources consulting firm, with offices in Ottawa and Toronto. As organizations go through the frustrations and triumphs of growth, Jennifer and her team partner with CEOs and other senior leaders of organizations to help them solve their toughest talent challenges - and to help them sleep better at night. The firm is also an Everything DiSC Authorized Partner and provides solutions and tools to help leadership teams build more effective working relationships together.
Prior to launching MondouxRollins Partners, Jennifer was the Managing Director at Waterstone Human Capital, where she was also Vice-Chair of Canada's Most Admired CEO Awards. She joined MacKay CEO Forums in 2015, as is a proud member of two peer groups - in Ottawa and Toronto.
Jennifer holds a Bachelor of Arts Honours degree in Political Studies from Queen's University and a Post-Graduate Degree in Journalism from Ryerson University. She attributes her skill in executive search in part to her journalism degree as it taught her how to dig, ask the right questions and get to the source - fast. A mom of two, Jen, as she is known to most, doesn't mind winter as she loves to ski (and, somewhat antithetical to her personality and to her DISC profile, she chooses the wide-open green runs). After a 20-year detour to Toronto, Jennifer and her family moved back to the Ottawa area (where she grew up) in 2014. She is fluently bilingual and is a Certified Everything DiSC Trainer.
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- Officer, Community Partnerships & Events
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- Director, Communications and Partnerships
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- Member of the Board
- Certified Specialist
Katherine is a certified specialist as a family law lawyer. In addition to her law practice, she holds senior leadership roles in Canada's largest national law firm, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP. She is the Regional Managing Partner of BLG's Ottawa office, and also sits on the firm's National Management Committee.
As she has become more senior in her career, Katherine's focus turned towards topics of leadership and specifically, women in leadership. Katherine is a passionate champion for women, encouraging and supporting them to be successful and to fly high within their own chosen professions. Katherine is a frequent speaker at Women in Leadership conferences, including an empowering TEDx Talk on "Tackling Fear and Unleashing the Full Potential of Women in Leadership". She has also created and chaired annual programs on Women in Leadership in Ottawa, which have become "the place" to be for local business leaders from all backgrounds. In 2018, she was elected to the International Women's Forum. She is the recipient of the Women's Business Network's Businesswoman of the Year 2019 Award, in the professional category, the "Good Bear Award" from the CHEO Foundation for her long-standing support of CHEO, and most recently the Order of Ottawa for her proven and outstanding commitment to the City of Ottawa.
As an involved member of the Ottawa community, she is a former member of the Board of the CHEO Foundation, is a member of the Ottawa Board of Trade's Capital Build Task Force, and is the Chair of Women for Mental Health at The Royal, as well as a member of the Leaders for Mental Health Breakfast Committee.
Katherine is also the proud mother of three university age children.
Kelly is a Partner with BDO Canada LLP working in the Ottawa office focusing on strategy and operations. Kelly has more than 20 years of experience providing clients, in the public, not-for-profit and private sectors, with strategic advice in the areas of strategic planning, governance, organizational effectiveness, benchmarking, and in performance, project, and portfolio management. Kelly excels at building and maintaining relationships. Kelly's strong communication, facilitation, problem-solving, and people skills, as well as her ability to obtain buy-in from senior management and stakeholders from all levels within organizations, have contributed to her career success. Kelly holds an MBA from McGill University, and a Bachelor of Science from the University of Waterloo. Kelly is a certified Project Management Professional.
Kelly is also involved in her community. In particular, she has served as Board Member of the Old Ottawa South Community Association, was a competitive soccer coach and a parent volunteer at Edelweiss Ski Club. Kelly and her husband, J-S, have three kids, love the outdoors and are enjoying the many options offered to them around Ottawa.
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- Director, Community Partnerships & Events
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- Member of the Board
- IMHR Board of Directors
On October 21, 2022, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the appointment of Kevin Brosseau as the Associate Deputy Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, effective November 14, 2022.
Previously, Mr. Brosseau was the Senior Assistant Deputy Minister at Transport Canada from January 2019, and held various senior positions with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Additionally, Mr. Brosseau practiced law in both Canada and the United States.
Mr. Brosseau was granted a Masters of Laws degree by the Harvard Law School in 2003, and is a former Fulbright Scholar. He is originally from Bonnyville, Alberta and is of Metis descent. He is married to Krista Brosseau, and they are proud parents of their son, Nicholas.
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- Officer, Community Partnerships & Events
Matt Skube anchors CTV News at Five and provides the daily forcast on CTV News at Six on CTV Ottawa. Matt is an Ottawa implant who loves the city and the diversity it offers. After growing up in Thunder Bay, he attended St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia before enrolling at the College of Sports Media in Toronto. That experience landed him his first broadcasting job in his hometown at Thunder Bay Television.
After two years of anchoring, reporting and enjoying the cozy life living at home, Matt got hired by CTV Ottawa as the weekend weather anchor in 2013. He's done a little bit of everything since then, including anchoring the CTV News at Six on the weekends, hosting a weekend radio show on CFRA and being on the sidelines for the REDBLACKS' inaugural season.
Matt has always been passionate about the community. Since moving to Ottawa, he's supported numerous events and causes, including CHEO, Ronald McDonald House, Kids Help Phone and especially the Toy Mountain campaign every Christmas season. He's also been known to sing the odd show tune and grace the stage every now and then. Above all, Matt loves spending time with his wife and two boys.
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- Communications Coordinator
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- Manager, Direct Marketing
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- Secretary
- Foundation Board of Directors
Mr. David Prime recently retired from his role as Risk Advisory Services Partner with BDO Canada LLP. David has over forty years of experience advising senior executives, chief audit executives and CFOs on governance, risk management and control. David is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, CA), Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), and holds a Certification in Risk Management Assurance (CRMA) and a Bachelor of Commerce Degree from Queen's University.
David has served on the Board of the Royal Ottawa Foundation for Mental Health since 2012, and is currently Board Secretary and Chair of the Audit Committee. David and his wife Linda, who have raised three sons and have recently become grand-parents, are avid skiers and cyclists, spending as much time as possible at their cottage in Quebec.
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- Officer, Marketing & Communications
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- Senior Development Writer
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- Member of the Board
- Chartered Professional Accountant
- Chief Financial Officer at the Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada
- Foundation Board of Directors
Paul Havey has a close and personal connection to mental health, and is passionate about playing a role in removing the stigma around mental health. Paul has over thirty years of strategy and senior financial experience within technology (telecommunications, cable, internet, software-as-a-service, start-ups) and non-profit sectors.
Paul is currently the Chief Financial Officer at the Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada (CPA Canada), one of the largest national accounting organizations in the world and a respected voice in the business, government, education and non-profit sectors. As a member of the executive team since 2021, he is responsible for strategy development and operational execution related to best practices and optimization of financial systems, processes, business planning, and reporting to ensure the organization's financial well-being. He oversees the development and implementation of the financial and business goals in conjunction with the executive and management committee members, with a mandate to drive transformative change and strengthen CPA Canada's financial position and performance along with third-party risk management, facilities and ESG sustainability. He acts as staff liaison to the Finance Audit and Risk Management Committee ("FAR"), the Professional Liability Insurance Committee ("PLIC") and is a member of the Pension Investment Management Committee ("PIMC").
Prior to joining CPA Canada, Paul was the Vice President, Corporate Services and Corporate Secretary at the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA, operator of .CA) for ten years, where he oversaw financial management; corporate budgeting and strategic planning; portfolio, project and risk management; legal, policy and compliance; human resource management; culture development; facilities and general administration. In this role, he facilitated the development of three strategic plans that transformed the organization, which led to significant product diversification within a non-profit environment, an assessment of underlying financial sustainability and mission impact of activities, and multi-year organizational recognition as a top employer in the AON Best Canadian Small & Medium Organization - Platinum and in the National Capital Region.
Paul was also previously the Chief Financial Officer of the Heart & Stroke Foundation for five years with oversight over finance, risk management, intellectual property (branding, licensing, sponsorship), legal, administrative and grant support for health research and support to the Corporate Sales and Program teams. Other non-profit and association experience was acquired during his employment at the Canadian Automobile Association (CAA), one of Canada's largest member organizations, and the Canadian Cable Television Association (CCTA).
Paul is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA,CA) and holds an Institute of Corporate Directors designation (ICD.D). He obtained his Bachelor of Commerce, Marketing degree from the University of Ottawa. Paul is proudly from the Ottawa Valley - Arnprior, has two wonderful daughters and is an avid sports enthusiast.
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- Interim Vice President, Patient Care Services and Community Mental Health
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- CEO
- Interim President
- Member of the Board
- Board of Trustees
Appointed as Interim President and CEO of The Royal in February 2023, Pierre has a wealth of experience as an executive leader in the health care sector spanning over 30 years. He recently retired after serving 16 years as the President and CEO of the Pembroke Regional Hospital, while concurrently serving as President and CEO of the Mattawa Hospital and Algonquin Nursing Home for the past five of those 16 years.
Prior to his work in Pembroke, Pierre was involved in leadership roles in hospitals and health service organizations across Ontario, in Ottawa, Sudbury, Toronto and Wellington County. Pierre was born and raised in Pembroke and feels privileged to have been able to spend the later part of his career in his home town in service to his community.
In accepting this interim leadership role at The Royal, Pierre is also, in a sense, returning home, as his first position in health care was as Director of Administrative Services at the Royal over 30 years ago.
Pierre has had a career-long involvement with the Ontario Hospital Association (OHA) culminating in his serving two full terms on the OHA Board and holding the position as its Chair from 2014 to 2016.
Pierre holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Carleton University (1985) and a Master in Health Administration from the University of Ottawa (1989). He is happily married to Penny, an elementary school teacher, and the proud father of two young adult sons.
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- Manager, Gift & Systems Administration
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- Manager, Community Partnerships and Events
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- ROHCG Board, Executive Administration
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- Member of the Board
- IMHR Board of Directors
- Vice President of Strategy, Marketing and Communications for Invest Ottawa
Sonya Shorey, Vice President of Strategy, Marketing and Communications for Invest Ottawa and Bayview Yards, is a communications executive and management consultant with more than 20 years of leadership experience with private and public organizations.
With expertise in regional, national and global technology, entrepreneurial, economic development and innovation-based organizations, she specializes in corporate and communications strategy development and execution. This includes investment strategies that secure new cash and in-kind contributions from public and private sources. Since 2005, Sonya has led, strategized, authored and/or made a significant contribution to successful multi-year funding proposals valued at more than $185 million from municipal, provincial, federal and international governments. This includes the Ottawa L5, the first integrated connected and autonomous test environment of its kind in North America; and the first Pan-Ontario Scale-Up Platform of its kind aimed at enabling and accelerating the scaleup and commercial success of more $100 million revenue-generating tech companies in Canada.
She also architected and leads Invest Ottawa's Female Founder and Womxn-Owned Business Strategy, and International Womxn's Week in the Capital. Sonya launched her career as the Manager of Communications and Member of the Vice-Presidential Cabinet with the 10G Organization of Optical Networks for Nortel from 1999 to 2002. She then served as the Director of Marketing Communications for CMC Microsystems until 2007. Building on a decade of experience, Sonya launched her own strategy company in 2008, addressing the needs of S&T organizations, innovation, entrepreneurship and economic development agencies across Canada, and their partners around the world.
She currently serves Vice President of Strategy, Marketing and Communications for Invest Ottawa, lead economic development agency for knowledge-based industries for Canada's Capital, and Bayview Yards, Ottawa's one-stop business acceleration shop. Sonya holds a Bachelor of Arts, Combined Honours in English and Political Science from Carleton University, and has won nine international awards for her work in communications.
Stephanie White practices labour and employment law as Counsel at the Department of Justice, Treasury Board Secretariat Legal Services Unit. In this capacity, she represents and advises federal government employers on a wide variety of labour and employment disputes including individual grievances pertaining to staffing and disciplinary issues, policy grievances, collective agreement interpretation, and discrimination claims under the Canada Human Rights Act. As part of her responsibilities, she also represents the government in related applications for judicial review before the Federal Court and the Federal Court of Appeal.
Prior to joining the Department of Justice, Ms. White maintained an active general litigation practice at McMillan LLP, and subsequently, at Warren Camacho LLP, with specializations in commercial litigation, product liability, employment law, and family law. She regularly provided strategic and substantive industry-specific legal advice to executives of local, national, and multinational corporations across a variety of sectors including product manufacturing, distribution, retail, insurance, construction, security, technology, food, health care, and telecommunications. She routinely engaged with companies to conduct corporate risk assessments and worked with them to pre-emptively revise policies and procedures to reduce the risk of litigation. In addition, she developed a specialized expertise in family law cases involving complex financial issues, constitutional challenges, and high conflict parenting situations and regularly represented clients in mediation and in court in this regard.
As a proponent of holistic lifelong learning, Ms. White has immersed herself in a variety of volunteer activities in support of her community. Most notably, over the last three years, she has been a Director on the Board of Directors and Co-Chair of the Governance Committee of the Youville Centre. In her role with Youville, she provides guidance on human resources, corporate governance, and general risk management to the Board and oversees all revisions to corporate by-laws and internal policies and procedures. She oversees the organization's operating budget and participates in the provincial accreditation and strategic planning processes.
Ms. White has been an active mentor and wellness advocate formally in the firms where she has worked and informally in her social community. She has taken every opportunity to act as a mentor to junior colleagues to ensure that they have the necessary supports to succeed in a demanding professional environment. Informally, she strives to create an open and safe space for her family, friends and colleagues to speak about their challenges and access to the resources they require to thrive.
As a child of first-generation East Indian immigrants, growing up in a female-led single-parent household, Ms. White is committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion. She welcomes the opportunity to break down cultural barriers that continue to impede timely access to mental health supports in racialized and marginalized communities.
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- Chairman of the Ottawa Innovation Centre Corporation at Bayview Yards
- Chairman, IMHR Board
- President of Westmax Group Inc
Steve West is President of Westmax Group Inc. and has been working in the Health Sciences sector since 2000. He was Chief Executive Officer of MDS & Nordion Inc. from 2010 and served as CEO until the company privatized in 2014. Steve is a Corporate Board director and a committee chair for TSO3 (TSO:TSX), a TSX listed company.
Previously, Mr. West was a Senior Partner at MDS Capital Corp. a $1.3 billion global Health Sciences venture capital fund, from 2000 until 2003. Prior to that, he was an executive board director of Unilever Canada. His background includes various corporate roles for Unilever and he had Chief Executive Officer assignments and as a Regional Vice-President, lived and worked in Asia and the Pacific Rim for eleven years. Mr. West was also head of global R@D for Diversey Corp. He has a degree in Zoology from London University (UK) and a Ph.D candidate in Biotechnology and for several years was a Brewmaster in the UK.
Mr. West is also a hands-on volunteer in the community with roles in leading business organizations and health care philanthropy. He joined The Ottawa Hospital Foundation Board in 2006 and was Chair from 2013-16. He is also past Chair of The Ottawa Hospital Gala and was Co-Chair of the Foundation's 20-20 Fund Raising Campaign; a campaign that raised $24 million in just 20 months to build a new Cancer Centre.
Mr. West has served as the Chair of the Ottawa Innovation Centre Corporation at Bayview Yards and was a Director of Invest Ottawa. He has also served as Board Chair of ISTPCanada and has been a director of the Canadian Science & Technology Museums Corporation Foundation. He was the co-Chair of the Ottawa Life Sciences Cluster Executive, was a board member of The Ottawa Partnership and from time to time has been an advisor to the Canadian Ministry of International Trade and has represented Canada at overseas business and trade events. He has served as a member of the Joint Committee for the Canada-India Science & Technology Agreement, was an executive board member of the Canadian Nuclear Association, a member of the Business Council of Canada and committee chair of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong.
Mr. West was recently awarded the Sovereigns Medal by the Governor General of Canada.
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- Member of the Board
- Foundation Board of Directors
Victor has more than 30 years of experience in the banking industry. Prior to his current appointment, he has held progressive management and executive positions in markets across Quebec, Ontario and Atlantic Provinces. He was most recently Regional President - Personal and Business Banking of Eastern, Central & Northern Ontario Region, and before that, Senior Vice-President - Personal and Business Banking of the Atlantic Provinces Region. Victor has distinguished himself through exceptional sales leadership throughout his career and has a strong track record of developing successful teams. He completed his BA from McGill University and obtained his MBA from Dalhousie University.
Victor has a strong community focus and has been engaged in multiple charitable boards over the years, including the Marie Enfant Hospital Foundation (Melio) in Montreal, and recently with the Royal Ottawa Foundation for Mental Health.
Job Titles:
- Regional President, Personal Banking for Quebec & Eastern Ontario Region
Vittorio Pellegrino is Regional President, Personal Banking for Quebec & Eastern Ontario Region. Based in Ottawa and Montreal, Victor leads the bank's personal banking activities, assuming responsibility for the performance of our professionals who serve customers through BMO Bank of Montreal's network across Quebec & Eastern Ontario.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board
- Foundation Board of Directors
Yann Robard founded Whitehorse in 2015 and has over 19 years of private equity and investment banking experience.
Prior to Whitehorse, Yann spent a cumulative 13 years at CPPIB, most recently as Managing Director, Head of Secondaries and Co-Investments. In this capacity, Yann was responsible for a team of 15 professionals investing in private equity secondaries and co-investments on a global basis. During his 13 years at CPPIB, Yann held several roles and positions, all focused on private equity, namely in its private equity funds, secondaries and co-investments activities, including roles on several investment committees of the firm. Yann joined CPPIB during the inception of its private equity investment program. In 2007, Yann was mandated to establish a principal secondary program within CPPIB, which was later expanded to include co-investments. Under Yann's leadership, the Secondaries and Co-Investments program invested over C$7.5 billion in 49 transactions, generated 21.6% gross IRR and 1.7x gross MoC and recruited a team of 15 professionals in Toronto and London. At the time of Yann's departure in 2015, CPPIB had become a globally recognized market leader in the private equity secondary market. While at CPPIB, Yann was a member of a number of investment committees which, at that time, oversaw all investments in private equity funds, secondaries and co-investments globally. Yann first joined CPPIB in 2001 at which time CPPIB was still in its formative years. During this time, the institution grew from 24 employees to over 1,200; from C$7 billion under management to over C$260 billion and from a single office in Toronto to six offices globally.
Prior to joining CPPIB, Yann spent time with Paul Capital as a Principal in its secondary fund, at JP Morgan in its credit operations and had an entrepreneurial experience building a retail store.
Yann holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Dalhousie University and is a Chartered Financial Analyst ("CFA") Charterholder.