COMMITTED TO EFFECTIVE GOVERNANCE

Sherry is the Chair of both the GSC Board of Directors and of the GSC Foundation. Sherry is the President of S.A. Taylor Holdings Inc., which provides consulting and professional pharmacy services.  Sherry is active in both professional associations and in her community, sitting on several Boards of Directors including the Canadian Pharmacists Association, Cambridge Memorial Hospital and the Advisory Council of the School of Pharmacy, University of Waterloo.

Steve is President and Chief Executive Officer of GSC and the GSC Foundation. Since joining the company in 1987 Steve has held progressively senior positions in finance and claims administration, and served in the key roles of Vice President, Claims and Administration from 1996-2004 and Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer from 2004-2009, and appointed President & CEO in January 2010.

Wayne is a former President and CEO of Green Shield Canada, and retired in 2004. During his tenure at GSC, Wayne held several senior positions and served as a Board Member for the Chrysler Motorco Credit Union and the Hospice of Windsor.

Bertrand is the chairman and co-owner of Galenova Inc. / Gentes & Bolduc, Pharmacists Inc.  He spent 16 years in the pharmaceutical industry as CEO of Mistral Pharma, COO of TGN Biotech and in other functions at Axcan Pharma, Biovail and Servier.  Bertrand is active on several boards including Urgences-Sante and Prevtec Microbia inc. Bertrand is a lecturer at HEC Montreal and Univeristy of Montreal.  Bertrand  was elected to the Board of Directors in June 2012.

Bob recently retired as Assistant to the CAW National President. Throughout his tenure, he was responsible for major collective bargaining in the union from the President’s office for Chrysler and Ford and several other sectors.  He was Vice-Chair of the Council for Automotive Human Resources (CAHR) as well as a member of the CAPC International Trade Working Group.  Bob has been a GSC Board member since November 2011.

Lynn is the President of her own consulting company, Monteverdi, and acts as an independent Director. Lynn retired from Foresters, as their Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer in 2009. Lynn is currently on the Consortium Board of International Agricultural Research Centers, the Public Sector Pension and Investment Board of Canada, Bank of India (Canada) and Somerville College Oxford University.

Dan is the CEO of Antibe Therapeutics Inc, biotech company exploiting a platform-level insight into the physiology of inflammation-based diseases. Originally trained as a lawyer and an Air Force pilot, he specializes in leading companies through challenging business transitions. Dan sits on the Strategic Advisory Board of the Farncombe Family Digestive Health Institute of McMaster University, as well as on the Boards of several private companies.

Mary Catherine recently retired as the Executive Director of the Council of Academic Hospitals of Ontario is also the former  Assistant Deputy Minister of Ontario, with responsibilities such as OHIP and Ontario Drug Program.  Mary Catherine is active on several boards and provincial government committees including Chair, Interim Board of Directors of Ontario’s New Retirement Home Regulatory Authority and Chair on the Patented Medicine Pricing Review Board (PMRRB).

Tazmin is the Founder, President, and Chief Scientific Officer of Drug Intelligence Inc. The company provides strategic consulting, insight and contract research capacities for enhanced decision-making for specialty drugs and emerging therapies.  Drug Intelligence Inc also develops and maintains its own proprietary databases on drug use and disease management.  Tazmin has previously held several senior positions in the hospital sector and also served on the Board of St John’s Hospital.

Esmail is the co-owner of three pharmacies in the Ottawa area and was the founder of two pharmacy health centres in North Bay. Esmail’s community and professional Board memberships include Trustee of Carleton Place Memorial Hospital Board, Past President of The Stittsville Lions Club and a Council member of The Ontario College of Pharmacists.

Harvey is a Partner of Minden Schipper & Associates and a Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto. He is recognized as clinician, health researcher, and strategic innovator. Harvey has held several executive positions including: Vice President at MDS; Professor of Medicine and Oncology at the University of Manitoba – Manitoba Cancer Foundation; Director of World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Quality of Life in Cancer Care and has been a GSC Board member since November 2011.
 

Ingrid is a Professor of the College of Pharmacy, School of Nursing, School of Health Services Administration , and the Department of Community Health and Epidemiology at Dalhousie University. Ingrid was recently appointed to the Health Council of Canada. She is also a fellow of the Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists and the American College of Clinical Pharmacy.

Mark is the President of Treadstone Associates Inc., a finance and technology consulting firm.  He has held numerous senior positions in the technology and finance sectors, including Vice President Investments, GrowthWorks Capital Ltd. and President, International Data Corporation (Canada).  He began his career as a theoretical physicist with NASA. Mark is the Secretary of the Board of Governors at Hillfield Strathallan College; Director of Septrotech Systems Inc., and a GSC Board member since November 2011.

Marita is President and Chief Executive Officer of Mezentco Inc. which operates Marchese Pharmacy, Marchese Health Care and MediLink CHS, providing service throughout Ontario. Marita sits on several community Boards including the Innovation Factory, Hamilton Community Foundation and the North Hamilton Community Health Centre.