Our Board

Executive Committee


Bruce Galloway – Chair of the Board of Directors, Member of the Nominating Committee
Former Vice-Chairman, Royal Bank, Oakville, ON

Chris Thompson – Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors
Consultant, Toronto, ON

Josée Ann Maurais – Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors, Member of the Research Committee
Director, Commercial Development, Pfizer, New York, NY

Ann Watson – Secretary
Invista, Mississauga, ON

Tammy Brown – Treasurer
Partner, KPMG, Toronto, On

Ken Martin – Director at Large, Member of the Executive Committee and Nominating Committee
CEO, Pacific Blue Cross, Vancouver, BC

Eileen Beadle – Director at Large and Member of the Executive Committee
Principal, Health & Group Benefits Practice, Mercer Human Resources Consulting, Vancouver, BC

Elisabeth Ross – Chief Executive Officer, Member of the Executive Committee, Nominating Committee and Research Committee
Chief Executive Officer, Ovarian Cancer Canada, Toronto, ON

Barbara Murchie – Director at Large, Past Chair of the Board of Directors, Chair of the Nominating Committee and Member of the Research Committee
Lawyer, Bennett Jones LLP, Toronto, ON

Board Members


Dr. Barbara Vanderhyden – Chair of the Research Committee
Corinne Boyer Chair in Ovarian Cancer Research, Ottawa, ON
Senior Scientist, Cancer Therapeutics, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON
Professor, Cellular & Molecular Medicine, and Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON

David Livingston – Director at Large, Member of the Nominating Committee
President & CEO, Infrastructure Ontario, Toronto, ON

Dr. Wylam Faught – Director at Large, Member of the Research Committee
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Ottawa/Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON

Dr. Jack Laidlaw – Director at Large, Member of the Research Committee
Physician/Educator, Cancer Care Ontario, Toronto, ON

Anne Chase – Director at Large
Retired Nurse, Regina, SK

Karen Craik – Director at Large
Nurse, United Nurses of Alberta, Calgary, AB

Kathy Fitzgerald – Director at Large
Nurse, St. John's, NL

Dr. Valérie Garneau – Director at Large
President of the Association des CMDP and Chief of emergency health services at the CSSSTR
Coordinating physician for Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, QC

Elizabeth MacDonald – Director at Large
Vice President Marketing and Store Planning, Toys R Us Canada, Toronto, ON

Pat McDonald – Director at Large
Retired Nurse, Bedford, NS

Louise Panneton – Director at Large
Consultant, Ottawa, ON

Deborah Taylor – Director at Large
Partner, Lindsay Kenny LLP Barristers & Solictors, Vancouver, BC