211 in Ontario is governed by Ontario 211 Services, a non-profit agency, and provides strategic direction and oversight.
2019/2020 Board of Directors
Barbara Kieley
President and Chair, Manotick
Barbara is a respected C-Suite level business advisor with deep experience in digital innovation, strategic planning and business transformation. She recently retired from Ernst & Young, after a 35+ year career with global consultancies. Barbara has also held VP-level positions in government organizations where she led complex service transformation initiatives. Barbara is passionate about business excellence and brings substantive corporate governance experience.
Allan Katz
1st Vice Chair, Kingston
Allan has held progressively senior leadership positions in Ontario’s health care sector. Currently, Allan is serving as Chair of the Stroke Network of Southeastern Ontario and is a Board Director of Shared Support Services Southeastern Ontario. He is the principal of an independent health system planning consultancy. Allan has served in senior leadership roles at Riverside Health Care (Fort Frances, Emo and Rainy River in Northwestern Ontario). South East Community Care Access Centre, Health Care Network of Southeastern Ontario, Deep River District Hospital, Northeastern Ontario Regional Cancer Centre and Muskoka/Parry Sound District Health Councils.
Donna Armstrong Segal
2nd Vice Chair, Kingston
Donna has held many leadership roles in Ontario’s health care sector over the last five decades after starting her career in nursing. Recently, Donna was the past Chair of the South East Local Health Integration Network, a Director with Kingston General Hospital and Executive Director of the Health Council of Canada. Donna has also held several leadership roles with the Government of Ontario with both the Ontario Family Health Network and Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care.
Alasdair Smith
Treasurer, London
Alasdair is the Vice President of Finance/Chief Financial Officer of Middlesex Hospital Alliance. He is an experienced Health Care Executive with over 20 years experience. He has the professional accounting designation CPA, CMA and Certified Health Leader. He is active in many health care committees and working groups in the South West Local Health Integration Network catchment area.
Alex Browning
Board Director, Stratford
Currently Alex is teaching part time at York University’s Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies. Alex is retired after almost 38 years at the LCBO, where he was the Senior Vice Present of Finance and Administration and CFO for 20 years. He is a fellow of both the Certified Professional Accountants (FCPA) and Society of Management Accountants (FCMA). He has an MBA from the Ivey School of Business and a Masters of Education from Brock. He currently serves on the boards of a financial institution, a Wine & Spirits Distribution company and a not for profit charity.
Lauren Calderwood
Board Director, Toronto
Lauren is the Manager of Duty Counsel at the North York Family Courthouse. She has worked as a family lawyer for Legal Aid Ontario since her call to the Ontario Bar. Lauren obtained her Juris Doctor from the University of Windsor-Faculty of Law, and has dedicated her career to serving low-income Ontarians.
Arnold (Arnie) Francis
Board Director, Almonte
Arnie is the Vice President of d4projek management inc., a governance consulting company based in the Ottawa area. Arnie also holds the CISA, CPM and CBM designations. His involvement in community leadership includes founding a local refugee resettlement initiative, exercising a 25-year commitment to advocacy for vulnerable persons, and the promotion of cultural values through community engagement projects.
Michael Lenczner
Board Director, Montreal/Toronto
Michael Lenczner works at the intersection of technology and the nonprofit sector. He splits his time between serving as the CEO of Ajah, a Montreal-based company that develops online tools for fundraisers, and being the Director of Powered by Data, a nonprofit initiative launched by Ajah that helps the nonprofit sector use data to increase its impact. Michael founded Île Sans Fil, a community wireless group now operating over 500 public hotspots in the Montreal area. Working in open data since 2005, he has co-founded national, provincial and municipal lobbying groups, as well as coordinated numerous hackathons. He co-founded Ajah in 2010 and in 2013, Ajah created Powered by Data. Michael is a frequent collaborator on academic-community partnerships and has published peer-reviewed articles.
Jack Leung
Board Director, Toronto
Jack is a management consultant at KPMG; he leads enterprise-wide transformation initiatives across different industries for investors and operators. He specializes in sustainable cost reduction, post-transaction integration, and commercial due diligence. Jack holds a Master of Laws at the London School of Economics and Political Science, and a Bachelor of Commerce at the University of British Columbia. He has served in many charitable organizations, including the Trinity Square Cafe in Toronto.
Genevieve Painchaud
Board Director, Ottawa
Geneviève Painchaud of Ottawa, is a bilingual communications and real estate professional. Over her career, she has had several senior marketing and communications roles, notably in the with Bell Express Vu and with Trimark Mutual Funds (Invesco Canada) and has also taught marketing at Collège La Cité in Ottawa. She is a licensed Realtor with Royal LePage Performance Realty. Geneviève is an active community volunteer and sits on the boards of the Law Society of Ontario, the Ontario Arts Council and the Law Commission of Ontario among others. She is an adjudicator with the appeals division of the Law Society of Ontario Tribunal. Geneviève holds a Bachelor of Commerce with a specialization in Marketing from the University of Windsor, a Bachelor of Social Sciences (Economics) from the University of Ottawa and is pursuing the Public Leadership Credential at the Harvard Kennedy School.
Stephen J. Van Valkenburg
Board Director, Kitchener-Waterloo
Stephen has almost four decades of experience in Emergency Medical Services in Southwestern Ontario. He is currently the Chief of Region of Waterloo Paramedic Services. He has also served in senior roles in Middlesex-London Paramedic Services, Niagara Emergency Medical Services, as well as Lambton Emergency Medical Services, Wallaceburg Central Ambulance Communications Centre and London Central Ambulance Services.
Graham Woodward
Board Director, Toronto
Graham has more than 25 years in health care planning, policy, research, evaluation and program management. Currently, he is Senior Vice President at CorHealth Ontario. He has also held a number of leadership positions within the Ontario’s health care system such as the Ontario Renal Network, Cancer Care Ontario, and the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care.
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