| Board of Directors Lois Dent, our past president, has been a board member for over 10 years. She has a graduate degree in social work and worked in the mental health field and as a community geriatric social worker before retiring. She has a long-standing interest in advocacy and seniors' issues. Phyllis Hymmen, our current president, had a varied career in education where she was a teacher, counsellor, counsellor educator, and research consultant. During her first two roles in education, she earned a doctorate in counselling psychology. When she retired, Phyllis was an education officer in the Ministry of Education where she had policy responsibilities for teacher education programs and teacher certification. She has been a family council member and chair of the Nisbet Lodge Family Council, and chaired the Toronto Regional Family Councils Network. Currently, Phyllis chairs the Family Councils Program Advisory Committee. Sheila Latimer joined the board in 2000. She is a recently retired registered nurse with a graduate degree in education. Sheila's extensive experience working in various areas of the long-term care system in Ontario is a major asset to the board. Charmay Crane has a graduate degree in clinical psychology and has provided individual and group psychotherapy to outpatients. She has management experience as department head and also sat on the bioethics committee for a hospital. Char is part of our advocacy committee and heads our volunteer committee. Julie Fiorini brings 10 years of traditional and internet marketing techniques to the board. She is a past senior associate manager of internet fundraising with the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario. Joan Little is certified in psychiatric nursing. She formerly worked at Toronto's Sunnybrook Hospital and the Queen Street Mental Health Centre, as well as at Bendale Acres, a long-term care facility. She currently runs a home-based travel business. |