QUEENSWAY CARLETON HOSPITAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2015/16 BIOGRAPHIES

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1 Dr. Sanjay Acharya President of the Medical Staff Dr. Acharya is an active member of the Department of Anaesthesia and the Department of Critical Care Medicine at QCH. He received his Bachelor of Medical Science and Medical Degree both from Memorial University of Newfoundland. He was a Canadian Armed Forces Medical Officer who served as a primary care physician in Petawawa and overseas many times as an anaesthesiologist. Dr. Acharya did his post graduate training in Anaesthesia at the University of Ottawa. Mr. Ken Alger Ken is a new addition to the QCH Board this year; and is transitioning from the QCH Foundation Board where he served 6 years including time as Chair of the Finance Committee - he knows the hospital well. A career with TD Bank Group as Vice President in the Ottawa market area allows Ken to bring business acumen, knowledge of the community and a passion for giving back to the community into his role on the Hospital Board. Living in the Ottawa west catchment area; QCH is 'his' Hospital and he is dedicated to delivering excellence in the ever changing health care landscape. Jim Alexander Jim has extensive experience in broad public sector program and service transformation and the applications of technology to accomplish such change. As an Associate Partner in KPMG s Advisory Practice he leads engagements for Canadian and other national governments along with provincial governments and some major municipalities across Canada. Jim has over 30 years of federal public sector experience with his most recent role being Assistant Secretary in Treasury Board Secretariat and Deputy Chief Information Officer for the Government of Canada, a position he left in early Jim serves on the board of Ontario 211 Services Corporation and also the board of his local church. Jim and his wife Margaret have 3 grown children and 5 grandchildren and have been happily settled in Kanata for the past 20 years. Judie Leach Bennett, LL.M. Judie Leach Bennett is Director of Canadian Blood Services Centre for Innovation, which facilitates research, development, and education to support a safe and effective system of blood and related biologics for Canada. A member of the Law Society of Upper Canada, Judie was previously CBS Executive Director, Legal & Risk Management. Originally practising with a Toronto law firm, Judie conducted litigation focused on product liability and health law matters, including HIV and HCV litigation at all levels of court. Judie received her law degree from the University of Western Ontario and Master of Laws from the University of Ottawa. She is accredited by the Law Society as a Certified Specialist in Health Law. In addition, Judie holds a Canadian Risk Management (CRM) designation and a Master s Certificate in Operational Risk Management, both from the Sprott School of Business at Carleton University. Judie and her husband have resided in Kanata since 1999, and three of their four children were born at QCH s Childbirth Centre.

2 Jim Brockbank James (Jim) is a retired Executive Leader with 30 years of Financial Institution experience with Export Development Canada (EDC). In 2011 Jim completed the Directors Education Program at the University of Toronto and associated qualification requirements of the Institute of Corporate Directors and is now a certified Corporate Director with the ICD.D designation. Jim currently serves on the Board of Governors of Algonquin College where he is a member of the Executive Committee and Chair of the Academic and Student Affairs Committee. For the past four years Jim served as a member of the Queensway Carleton Hospital Foundation Board of Directors the last two as Vice Chair. He is a past Director of the Board of Triathlon Ontario and also served on the Steering Committee that established the Business Improvement Area (BIA) for the Kanata North Business Park. Jim held a variety of senior leadership roles at EDC including: Vice President, Business Development; Vice President, Loan Transformation; Vice President and Chief Risk Officer (CRO); Vice President, Information Technologies Business Team; and General Manager, Export Financing Group. Through his career Jim led a number of Corporate Change Initiatives including the development and implementation of a strategic Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) framework and the implementation of LEAN process technology to the Financial Services of EDC. He served as Vice Chair of the Executive Risk Management Committee and worked extensively with the Board Risk Management Committee. Jim grew up in the west end of Ottawa and has been a Kanata resident for the last 35 years. He has always considered the Queensway Carleton his Hospital of choice since it s establishment. Jim is very proud to have served on the QCH Foundation Board through the completion of the Care Grows West Campaign and the current Advancing Care for All Ages Campaign. Quality health care is vital to the socio-economic well being of our Community and Jim looks forward to contributing in new ways to ensure the Queensway Carleton Hospital remains the preferred Health Care provider in our region. Janet Cosier Janet Cosier retired from the Bank of Canada in 2013 after a 30 year career. Janet was a former Adviser to the Governor of the Bank of Canada in Strategic Planning and Risk Management. She held senior level positions as the Chief Financial Officer, Chief Internal Auditor, and Chief Risk Officer. Janet currently chairs two international central banking seminars in strategic planning and risk management held in the United Kingdom. Janet has a Bachelor of Arts degree in mathematics and computer science from York University, and a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Windsor. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Professional Accountants (FCPA, FCMA). Janet has considerable Board governance experience, having served on several not-for-profit Boards of Directors including the Pinecrest-Queensway Health and Community Services, the Royal Ottawa Mental Health Center, the Society of Management Accountants of Ontario, the Financial Management Institute, Ottawa Chapter, and the Canadian Payments Association. Janet and her husband Tony are naturalists, and enjoy hiking and canoeing in the Rideau River system.

3 Michael D. Cullen, MBA, FCPA, FCMA Mike is the former Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer of General Dynamics Canada, a position he held for over 14 years. A senior executive with 30 years international market experience in the high tech, defense electronics and government sector, Mike is an experienced financial leader with a strong operational background. He remains active in a variety of capacities serving as a business coach for small to medium enterprises and is involved with his professional accounting organization and is an active alumnus with his university, focusing on leadership from both a development and delivery perspective. Mike is fluently bilingual and is a personable individual who is equally comfortable working one on one or in a larger group environment. Mike holds an MBA and Bachelor of Administration from the University of Ottawa and is a Fellow of the Chartered Professional Accountants. He has served on the boards of General Dynamics Canada, the Canadian Association of Defense and Security Industries (CADSI), and the Ottawa Chapter of the Society of Management Accountants of Ontario. Mike is a long-time Ottawa resident and he and his wife Nicole have been married for 36 years and have two children Kimberley and Brendan. Robert (Bob) Davis, C. Dir., H.R.C.C.C. Robert Davis retired from full time work following a 32 year career in the aviation industry with 30 years of this time working in the airline sector at the management and executive level. He was President & CEO of Bradley Air Services Ltd./First Air from 1997 to 2008, and prior to this was Executive Vice-President of Air Inuit Ltd. for 19 years. Mr. Davis has served as a Director on the Board of the Air Transport Association of Canada (ATAC) from 2000 to 2008 and the Northern Air Transport Association (NATA) from 1994 to He also served as Chair of the Board at both ATAC and NATA for a one and two year term respectively. From 1998 to 2003 Mr. Davis served as a Director on the Board of the Air Transport Security Corporation, the organization responsible for airport passenger screening prior to He also served as a Director on the Board of Air Inuit Ltd. from 1998 to Since 2009 Mr. Davis has served as a Director on the Board of Nav Canada, the organization that owns and operates Canada s civil air navigation service. He is a member of the Board s Audit & Finance Committee and serves as Chair of the Safety Committee. Mr. Davis is a graduate of the Centennial College Aviation Maintenance program (1975) and is also a graduate of the Directors College Chartered Director (2012) and Human Resources and Compensation Committee Certified (2014) programs. He has held a Transport Canada Aircraft Maintenance Engineers License since 1977 and was recognized as an Honorary Life Member of NATA in 2009 and ATAC in Dr. Andrew Falconer Andrew has been an Emergency Medicine Physician at the Queensway Carleton Hospital since 1988 and the QCH s Chief of Staff from 2008 to the present. He graduated from the University of Ottawa, School of Medicine in 1985 and completed his Family Medicine Residency at the University of Ottawa in Andrew has an interest in the improvement of patient safety and has attended several international patient safety conferences and completed the Canadian Patient Safety Institute s Patient Safety Instructor course. In addition, he has received his Advanced Healthcare Leadership Program certification and Financial Literacy certification from the Rotman School of Business.

4 Catherine Frederick Cathy is a Certified Human Resources Leader with extensive senior management and consulting experience in organizational performance and HR management. She has worked in multi-union environments and with executive teams in the design and implementation of integrated talent management strategies and programs, organizational reviews, strategic workforce planning, performance measurement and business transformation. She is currently the Vice-President, Human Resources at Algonquin College, prior to which she held senior management positions at the City of Ottawa, Deloitte Consulting, Ottawa Police and Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd.She is a graduate of Carleton University. Carey Garrett Carey Garrett has a Master s Degree in Physics from Dalhousie University. He was employed at JDS Uniphase Inc. from 1983 to 2001 in a variety of positions, chiefly associated with the design, manufacture and marketing of fiberoptic instruments and components. After retiring from JDS University in 2001, Carey completed the Diplôme de Cuisine at Le Cordon Bleu Ottawa Culinary Arts Institute. He later became co-owner of Café Henry Burger in Gatineau, PQ. In 2005, he joined the Board of the Queensway Carleton Hospital Foundation and held the position of Chair from He is currently a member of the QCH Board. Carey resides in Kanata with his wife, Nancy, and their two children, Ryan and Meaghan. They are very proud to have supported the opening of the Garrett Family Surgical Centre in the James Beach Health Care Centre in Linda Hunter Linda is an executive health care leader who works as the Chief Nursing Officer and VP of Resident Care at the Perley and Rideau Veterans Health Centre. She has also worked as a Senior LEAN Healthcare Consultant and Trainer for the Leading Edge Group. Her areas of expertise include organizational change, performance measurement, quality and process improvement, patient safety and group facilitation. Linda is a registered nurse with a Master s degree, with 30 years in the health sector. She completed her executive leadership training at Queen s University and finished the Champlain LHIN Senior Leadership Course. Linda is currently completing her PhD in the Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Nursing, at the University of Ottawa. She is focusing her research on leadership and process improvement and patient outcomes. Linda is a certified Patient Safety Officer, a Patient Safety Education Program facilitator/trainer and certified in both Root Cause Analysis and Failure Mode Effects Analysis and has her Green Belt in LEAN and her Yellow Belt in Six Sigma. She has held the position of Director of Quality and Patient Safety at The Ottawa Hospital. Prior to that, she worked at the Conference Board of Canada conducting research on enhancing interdisciplinary collaboration and worked with Accreditation Canada. Linda is passionate about quality, process improvement and patient safety. She entered the patient safety field over 20 years ago when her sister died as a result of a narcotic error at a hospital emergency department. Linda thrives on helping staff and organizations reach their outcome goals.

5 Tom Moss Tom is the former President and COO of Telecom Ottawa, a 5-year old telecommunications carrier company which was sold yielding to the City of Ottawa - the shareholder, a substantial investment return. An executive with over 35 years experience in the telecommunications, software and government sectors, both in Canada and in the United States, Tom has held senior executive positions with high profile public and private companies together with two local start-up companies. He is a seasoned professional who has an excellent performance record in the areas of sales, operations, regulatory affairs and finance and who has held strategic policy positions in the federal government at Treasury Board and Industry Canada (formerly Communications). Additionally Tom is the owner and operator of FIAMMA Restaurant in Barrhaven, is the Vice-Chairman of the Barrhaven Business Improvement Area, is the Vice President of the Nepean Museum Board of Trustees and is a member of the Council of Ottawa BIA s. Tom is married and he and his wife Brenda have lived in Nepean for over 30 years and together have a son Tyler who is a retired professional hockey player and currently working in the energy industry in Calgary. Tess Porter Tess Porter is a Full-time Professor and Second Year Coordinator at Algonquin College in the Police Foundations program and has coordinated the Forensic workshops that are offered through the School of Part-time studies. Prior to joining Algonquin College Ms. Porter was a member of the Ottawa Police Service for nine years. During her nine years Ms. Porter had worked in patrol services, as a school resource officer, and a trainer at the Professional Development Centre. She has facilitated several in-service training initiatives for police personnel, and was responsible for overseeing recruit training, and training days for patrol members. Ms. Porter is a graduate of the Canadian Institute for conflict Resolution, Third Party Neutral Conflict Resolution Course at St. Paul s University & a Graduate with honors of the Police Foundations program and Advanced Police Sciences Certificate Program at Algonquin College. As well she has successfully completed workshops on Community Development, Training for Community Police Liaison Officers, and Community Development Phase 2 Train-the trainers. Ms. Porter successfully completed a course on being an ethics trainer. Ms. Porter is a member of the Critical Incident Critical Situation Team in partnership with Ottawa Police. Ms. Porter serves on the Board of Directors for the Children s Aid Society and also the Board of academic appeals at Algonquin College. She lives in Nepean with her husband and has three children. Tom Schonberg Secretary Tom Schonberg is the President and Chief Executive Officer at Queensway Carleton Hospital (QCH), a position he has held since September Since 1998 to present, the Hospital has continually expanded, both physically and in program scope. QCH is now recognized as a regional and provincial leader. Previous positions held include CEO Bowmanville Memorial Hospital; Senior Vice President Riverdale Hospital (Toronto); Executive Director Workers Compensation Hospital (Toronto); and Vice President Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital. Mr. Schonberg holds a Bachelor in Medical Sciences from the University of Toronto, as well as a Masters in Health Administration from the University of Toronto. He is a member in both the Canadian College of Health Service Executives (CCHSE) and the American College of Health Care

6 Executives, and is a surveyor with Accreditation Canada. Mr. Schonberg serves as the Chair of the Regional Information Technology Steering Committee, which is dedicated to integrating patient information and systems across the continuum of care providers. He also chairs the Regional Orthopaedic Network, which has a mandate to coordinate and integrate all orthopaedic services across the Champlain LHIN. He has served on various committees and task groups provincially and is active in community fundraising activities. Dr. Elizabeth Shouldice Vice-President of the Medical Staff Dr. Shouldice is an active member of the Department of Emergency Medicine at QCH. After receiving her medical degree and family medicine residency from Dalhousie in Halifax, Elizabeth returned home to Ottawa to pursue a further residency in emergency medicine. She was very excited to join the staff of the QCH in the summer of With a keen interest in public health and health policy, she completed a Masters of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD in Alan Whitten QCH Foundation Board Chair Alan Whitten is the President of Huntington Properties, an Ottawa-based commercial real estate acquisition and management company. Huntington acquires and manages a portfolio of mid-sized office, retail and industrial properties in the National Capital Region. He has also been recognized as an Ontario Finalist for the 2013 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards, recognizing his role in Ottawa s vibrant commercial real estate industry. Alan has also been involved in numerous other community organizations, including serving as Board President of both the Kanata Chamber of Commerce and the Western Ottawa Community Resource Centre. July 2015