LYNDA BOWLES, FCA
Lynda Bowles is a Deloitte audit partner in the Public Sector group. She has worked at Deloitte and its previous firms since 1979. She has been active at the firm in helping to create an atmosphere, which is flexible to the needs of the employees. Lynda was elected a FCA, (Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Ontario Division) in 1997 and won the YWCA Women of Distinction Award for Business in 1998. These awards and designations were in recognition of the efforts Lynda demonstrated in recruiting, promoting, mentoring and networking with other women professionals. In addition Lynda has served on boards of Hospitals and charitable organizations. She has an understanding of life as a Board member. Lynda co-authored the Deloitte publications “The effective Not for Profit Board” and “Terms of reference for a Not for Profit Audit Committee”
Certificate in Leading Board Committees
DAVID BROWN
David Brown is Canada’s leading thinker, speaker, writer and practitioner in corporate governance. Since 1995, David has co-founded the International Corporate Governance Centre in Montreal, the National Awards in Governance in Toronto, the Public Enterprise Governance Centre in Ottawa, and the Directors College in Niagara. David is the author of the definitive Canadian chapter in the international handbook of corporate governance. He is on the faculty of the University of Toronto’s St. Michael’s College and McMaster University’s Directors College, where he teaches corporate governance, corporate social responsibility, finance and risk oversight. David currently serves as a member of Enbridge Inc.’s Expert Advisory Committee on corporate social responsibility, the Community Foundation of Ottawa’s Vital Signs committee, and the Auditor General of Canada’s Annual Report Awards adjudication panel.
Building a Culture of Good Governance
ANNE CORBETT
Anne Corebett is a Senior Partner with the law firm of Borden Ladner Gervais LLP in Toronto where she specializes in the areas of corporate commercial law and health law with a special emphasis on corporate governance. Anne is involved in providing advice to boards of hospitals, hospital foundations, not-for-profit corporations and pension administrators with respect to governance issues. She has also been involved in several hospital amalgamations and restructurings and in transactions between hospitals and the private sector involving partnerships, outsourcing and joint venture arrangements. She provides advice to academic hospitals as well as to community hospitals and rural and northern hospitals. She is a frequent speaker for the OHA on topics related to directors, fiduciary duties, governance and accountability, including accountability agreements. Anne Corbett received her B.A. from the University of Windsor in 1976, her LL.B. from the University of Toronto in 1979 and was called to the Bar of Ontario in 1981.
- Certificate for Implementing the Guide to Good Governance
- Essentials Certificate in Health Care Governance for New Directors
- Board Secretaries Certificate in Good Governance
- Guide to Good Governance for Not-for-Profit & Charitable Organizations (Publication)
LYNNE GOLDING
Lynne Golding leads the firm's national Health Law Group at the law firm of Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP. Out of their Toronto office, she has an active corporate-commercial practice principally in the health industry, which involves transactions dealing with public and private corporations in both regulated and unregulated industries. Her own practice focuses on corporate law, particularly structuring contractual arrangements between hospitals and private sector service providers and providing governance advice.
- Advanced Certificate in Board Governance
DRAGICA GRBAVAC
Dragica Grbavac works with Boards and Management to create the right solutions to address risks to corporate objectives and strategies. She guides corporate resources in the development and implementation of sustainable risk management processes throughout all levels of operations; aligning and benchmarking risk management performance; and developing corporate resources through coaching and knowledge sharing.
Dragica enjoys working in an environment with complex strategic and operational challenges. She leads engagements that provide clients with the ability to benchmark their effectiveness, as their capabilities to manage emerging risks are maturing.
As the Executive Director at the International Centre for Operational Risk Management (ICORM), Dragica works with a broad client base, including the Schulich School of Business, Executive Education Centre, to oversee the development of risk programs.
- Certificate in Risk Management for Health Care Board of Directors
JANET HARDY
As a founding partner of Chrysalis Group, Janet brings in-depth expertise and smart solutions to the design and implementation of strategic rewards and performance management programs to clients. Janet focuses on developing pragmatic business approaches to client problems when existing reward or performance management programs aren’t working to their full potential or generating the desired results.
Prior to founding Chrysalis Group, Janet worked for many years at an international human-resource consulting firm and also as a Director of a Toronto-based change management firm.
Janet is on faculty at both the Rotman School of Business and the Centre for Industrial Relations as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Toronto. She teaches and speaks regularly about the unique power of strong pay and performance management programs to focus the energies and talents of people on the right business goals and create a great work environment. Janet has degrees from the Ivey School of Business, Dalhousie and Queens University.
- CEO Compensation and Evaluation
SANDRA HAYDON
Sandra Haydon is Senior Manager at Deloitte where she leads the Toronto health and public sector industries in the human capital practice.
Sandra has 15 years experience in consulting and has worked with clients across the broad public sector including government, hospitals, LHINs, CCACs and community organizations. She focuses on a broad range of human resource based services including governance, talent management and organization transformation.
Shannon MacDonald, CA, M.H.Sc, is a partner and the national healthcare leader at Deloitte where she is responsible for providing services to some of Deloitte‘s largest health care clients. Shannon MacDonald advises boards of directors, audit committees and corporate executives in the health care industry on governance, financial management and enterprise risk management related issues. She has presented to the health care industry in the areas of fraud, internal controls, financial instruments, and employee future benefits as well as taught at the University of Toronto's Masters in Health Science program.
- Leadership Certificate for Hospital Board Chairs
- Certificate in Leading Board Committees
PETER D. JACKSON
Peter Jackson, a founding principal of riskWaves, helps leaders to strengthen organizations’ risk management and corporate governance.
Based in Canada, riskWaves provides specialist consulting and training to clients across the globe. Peter leads projects to benchmark risk management capability and capacity, improve risk management processes, optimize response to threats and opportunities, and build internal resources. He also advises Boards of Directors on their risk responsibilities, and facilitates Board performance evaluation and development.
In addition to his consulting work, Peter teaches in the Directors’ College (McMaster University), CFO Development
Programs, and the Schulich School of Business (York University).
- Certificate in Risk Management for Health Care Board of Directors
SHANNON MACDONALD
Shannon MacDonald, CA, M.H.Sc, is a partner and the national healthcare leader at Deloitte where she is responsible for providing services to some of Deloitte‘s largest health care clients. Shannon MacDonald advises boards of directors, audit committees and corporate executives in the health care industry on governance, financial management and enterprise risk management related issues. She has presented to the health care industry in the areas of fraud, internal controls, financial instruments, and employee future benefits as well as taught at the University of Toronto's Masters in Health Science program.
- Leadership Certificate for Hospital Board Chairs
- Certificate in Leading Board Committees
JAMES M. MACKAY
Jim Mackay is the Managing Partner of the Berkeley Consulting Group. Berkeley Consulting Group with its network of associates and colleagues provides strategic planning, change management, organization effectiveness, and governance to private, public and not-for-profit sector clients. Whether conducting governance reviews, strategic planning retreats, organizational mergers and effectiveness projects or providing leadership coaching and feedback, Jim brings his own blend of strategic thinking, fresh ideas and a facilitative style. Jim is also an Adjunct Professor of Strategic Management at the Schulich School of Business, (York University) where, since 1985, he has taught in the MBA program. Jim received his B.A. from the University of Toronto (Hons. Economics), his MBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business (University of Western Ontario), and he is a Certified Management Consultant (CMC).
- Certificate for Implementing the Guide to Good Governance
- Essentials Certificate in Health Care Governance for New Directors
- Board Secretaries Certificate in Good Governance
- Essentials of Governance for Public Sector Boards
- Guide to Good Governance for Not-for-Profit & Charitable Organizations (Publication)
DR. ELAINE TODRES
President of Todres Leadership Counsel, Elaine has a wealth of leadership experience and creative ideas to share with organizations, their executives, and boards of directors who are looking for advice and support that is out of the ordinary. Todres Leadership Counsel specializes in Governance, Strategic Facilitation and Policy Development. Elaine has a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Pittsburg, and has been in leadership positions in both the public and private sectors before forming her consulting company. As a Deputy Minister, she held several key portfolios over a ten year period, and served for three different administrations in the Ontario public service. More recently, she was the President of the Baycrest Centre Foundation (1997 to 2000), and was a member of the senior management team of the Baycrest Centre.
Her clients include not-for-profit and for-profit organizations in health care, justice and education sectors.
- Advanced Certificate in Board Governance