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, Departmental Audit Committee, Veterans' Affairs Canada
• Chair, Board of Directors, Maximus, BC, Inc.
• Former Chair, Canadian Council for Donation and Transplantation
• Former Chair, British Columbia Addictions Foundation
• Former Deputy Minister of Health, British Columbia
• Former Member, Board of Directors, Canadian Institute for Health Information

Consumer Interest Representatives

Robert H. Teskey (Edmonton, Alberta)

• Board member, TEC Edmonton
• Member Board of Governors, University of Alberta
• Chair, Advisory Board , Alberta Diabetes Institute
• Board member, Alberta Diabetes Foundation
• Chair-elect Taylor 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

Rabbi Dr. Reuven P. Bulka (Ottawa, Ontario)

• Rabbi, Congregation Machzikei Hadas, Ottawa - 1967 to Present
• Chair, Trillium Gift of Life Network
• Co-President, Canadian Jewish Congress - 2007-2009
• Honourary Chair, Ottawa Regional Cancer Centre Courage Campaign
• Honourary Chair, Organ Donation Committee of the Kidney Foundation of Canada, Eastern Ontario Region
• Former Member, Canadian Council on Donation and Transplantation (CCDT)
• Founder and Chair of Ottawa Kindness Week

Medical, Scientific, Technical, Business and Public Health Representatives

Dr. Christopher Carruthers (Ottawa, Ontario)

• Health Care Consultant
• Former Chief of Staff, The Ottawa Hospital
• Board Member; Accreditation Canada, Ottawa International Airport Authority, Ashbury College Foundation (Chair), Canadian Society of Physician Executives, Mach-Gaensslen Foundation, Community for Excellence in Health Governance
• Former Board Member, The Ottawa Hospital, The Ottawa Hospital Foundation, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ontario Hospital Association

R. Wayne Gladstone (Port Perry, Ontario)

• Consultant, Corporate financial operations and financial strategy
• Chair, Canadian Executive Service Organization (CESO)
• Former Board Treasurer and Chair of the Finance and Member Executive Committees, Lakeridge Health Services
• Current Board Member and Chair of the Audit Committee, Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP)
• Former Senior Vice-President of Finance & Administration at OMERS (Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System) and Former Member of the Board of Directors of a Number of its Subsidiaries

Dr. Gary Glavin (Headingley, Manitoba)

• Associate Vice-President (Medical), University of Manitoba
• Professor, University of Manitoba
• Board member, CancerCare Manitoba
• Board member, Manitoba Institute of Child Health
• Former Board member, Canada Foundation for Innovation, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation, Manitoba Health Research Foundation, St. Boniface General Hospital Research Enterprise Committee

Shirley Raab FCA (Regina, Saskatchewan)

• 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

ONTARIO

Henry J. Pankratz FCA (Cobourg, Ontario)

• Corporate Director
• Former Deputy Chair, Ernst and Young Canada
• Board Member, Northumberland Hills Hospital
• Former Chair, Toronto Port Authority
• Former Chair, Canadian Association of Management Consultant
• Former Chair, National Ballet of Canada
• Honorary Doctorate of Laws, Wilfrid Laurier University

ATLANTIC

The Honourable Denis Losier (Cap Pelé, New Brunswick)

• President, Chief Executive Officer, Assumption Mutual Life Insurance Company
• Chairman of the Board - Louisbourg Investment
• Member of the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly, held several cabinet positions - 1988 - 1994
• Board Member, Canadian National, NAV Canada, Enbridge Gas NB, PlazaCorp Retail Property Ltd., Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association
• Member, Security and Intelligence Review Committee of Canada (SIRC)
• Member, Privy Council of Canada
• Former Executive Director and President, Société des Acadiens du Nouveau-Brunswick
• Former Director and Chair of Atlantic Cancer Research Institute
• Former Director Atlantic Provinces Economic Council

BRITISH COLUMBIA & YUKON

Joy Illington (Victoria, British Columbia)

• Former independent Merit Commissioner, officer of the Legislative Assembly of B.C.
• Former Deputy Minister of Cabinet Operations and Former Associate Deputy Minister for 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