Board of Directors

The Board of Directors is responsible for the:

• Overall direction of Canadian Blood Services' affairs
• Appointment/dismissal of the Chief Executive Officer
• Alignment of blood system operations with the organization's Business Plan
• Development/implementation of organizational standards to supplement regulatory standards
• Development of corporate/operational policies consistent with statutory requirements

The Canadian Blood Services Board of Directors invites individuals or groups to make presentations at any of its Board meetings. Please submit presentation requests to feedback@blood.ca and a member of our staff will contact you immediately.

Board Minutes & Agendas

Open Board Meeting Guidelines

Appointed by Provincial and Territorial Ministers, the Directors are:

Chair

Ms. Leah Hollins, Chair of the Canadian Blood Services Board of Directors (Victoria, British Columbia)

• Member of the Board of British Columbia Health Benefits Operation
• Former chair of the Canadian Council for Donation and Transplantation
• Chair of the British Columbia Addictions Foundation
• Former Deputy Minister of Health in British Columbia
• Former member of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Institute for Health Information

Consumer Interest Representatives

Robert H. Teskey

• Board member, TEC Edmonton
• Chair, Advisory Board , Alberta Diabetes Institute
• Board member, Alberta Diabetes Foundation
• Vice-Chair, Taylor University College and Seminary
• University of Alberta Board of Governors Special Award – 2008
• Fourth Transplant Recipient, Clinical Islet Cell Transplant Program – University of Alberta
• Managing Partner, Fieldlaw 1985-2008

Dan Doran

• Service Agent (Canada Revenue Agency)
• President of Board of Directors (PEI Association for Newcomers to Canada)
• Past Supervisor of Operations, Citizenship & Immigration Canada (PEI)
• Former Director and Treasurer (Canadian Hemophilia Society)
• Co-chair Holy Redeemer Newcomer Committee

Medical, Scientific, Technical, Business and Public Health Representatives

Dr. M. Bernadette Garvey (Toronto, Ontario)

• Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Canada
• Head, Division of Haematology Laboratories, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto
• Professor Emeritus, Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto

Mr. Frank D. Jones Q.C. (Edmonton, Alberta)

• Professor and former Dean of Law, University of Alberta
• Member of the Alberta Bar
• Consultant, international tax field
• Member of the Canadian Tax Foundation
• Member of the International Fiscal Association

Medical, Scientific, Technical, Business and Public Health Representatives

Mr. W. John Dawson (Vancouver, British Columbia)

• Chartered Accountant and Corporate Director
• ellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of BC
• Former Partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
• Former President of the BC Institute of Chartered Accountants Council
• Former Chair of CA School of Business in Western Canada
• Former Board Member and Chair of the Finance Committee of the Canadian Cancer Society (BC and Yukon Division)

Dr. Gary Glavin (Headingley, Manitoba)

• Deputy Scientific Director, Public Health Agency of Canada, National Microbiology Laboratory
• Professor, University of Manitoba
• Board member, Canada Foundation for Innovation
• Board member, Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation
• Former Board member, St. Boniface General Hospital Research Enterprise Committee.

Shirley Raab FCA

• President and CEO, Group Medical Services & GMS Insurance Inc
• Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, South Central Health District
• Past Chair, Vice-Chair, Board of Directors, Canadian Mental Health Association, Regina Chapter
• Past Chair, Board of Directors, Financial Executive International, Regina Chapter
• Member of Nominations Committee, Past Member, Board of Directors, Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association
• Former Treasurer, Hospitals of Regina Foundation Council
• Former Treasurer, Board of Directors, United Way of Regina

Mr. Thomas Warner (Toronto, Ontario)

• Vice-President and Registrar of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario
• Former Ontario Human Rights Commissioner
• Fellow and former President, Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators in Canada
• Founding member and spokesperson, Coalition for Lesbian and Gay Rights in Ontario

Regional Representatives

ATLANTIC

Mr. Kenneth Wayne Ezeard (Rustico, Prince Edward Island)

• Former Chief Executive Officer, West Prince Health Region, P.E.I.
• Former Director of Administrative Services, P.E.I. Health and Community Services Agency
• Former Executive Director, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Charlottetown P.E.I.
• Past Chairman, Canadian Council on Health Services Accreditation
• CEO, Health Association of Prince Edward Island

ALBERTA, SASKATCHEWAN, MANITOBA, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES & NUNAVUT

Marilyn Robinson (Winnipeg, Manitoba)

• Nursing Faculty Recruitment Consultant, University College of the North
• Vice President, Administration and Finance, Canadian Deafblind and Rubella Association National Board of Directors
• Chair, Manitoba Chapter, Canadian Deafblind and Rubella Association
• Chair, Manitoba Chapter, Canadian College of Health Service Executives
• Member, Board of Directors, Foundation for Registered Nurses of Manitoba
• Former CEO Fred Douglas Society
• Former member, Board of Trustees, Healthcare Employees Pension Plan
• Former member Winnipeg Hospital Authority
• Past President, Manitoba Association of Registered Nurses (College of Registered Nurses of Manitoba)

BRITISH COLUMBIA & YUKON

Joy Illington

• Former independent Merit Commissioner, officer of the Legislative Assembly of B.C.
• Former deputy minister of Cabinet Operations and of the Ministry of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation
• Former Chair of the Medical Services Commission
• Awarded the Lieutenant Governor’s Silver Medal by IPAC (Institute of Public Administration of Canada) Victoria in 2005
• Member of the Victoria regional IPAC Board of Directors
• Sessional teacher for “Law, Public Policy and Dispute Resolution” at the University of Victoria’s Faculty of Law
• Chairs Advisory Committee to University of Victoria’s School of Public Administration