Board of Directors

The Board of Directors governs the affairs of the South West Community Care Access Centre. The Board is accountable, in accordance with the Community Care Access Corporations Act, 2001, to the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care through the South West Local Health Integration Network. Board Members are volunteers recruited from the community and elected by the Members.

Ed De Decker Previously with the Oxford CCAC Board has worked in the field of education for thirty-one years holding such positions as Minor Head of Mathematics and Head of Science. His past community involvement includes serving as Director and Vice-President of Tri-County Credit Union and founder and member of Tillsonburg Minor Soccer. In addition Ed has about 25 years involvement in OSSTF local leadership mostly as a negotiator. He is currently a Relay for Life volunteer and active in the Knights of Columbus.

Glen Elliott From Sauble Beach, was a member of the Grey-Bruce CCAC Board. He was a Banker for 40 years during which time he held Senior Management positions in Human Resources and Administrative Financial Management. This involved Province-wide responsibilities in British Columbia, Manitoba, and North Western Ontario, as well as at Head Offices in Montreal and Toronto. In retirement, he volunteers on a number of Boards with emphasis in the area of Finance/Audit/ Investments.

Donald Keillor Previously the Chair of the Board of the CCAC for Huron as part of the co-managed Huron and Perth CCAC. He is a Site Reviewer and Team Leader for CMHO Accreditation of Children’s Mental Health Centres across the province. Previously, he was CEO of the Huron-Perth Centres for Children and Youth and has held various positions in education at York University and in Special Education at the Etobicoke Board of Education.

Dr. Claude P. Lanfranconi From London, B.Comm Loyola (Concordia), M.B.A. McMaster, Ph.D. University of Western Ontario, was a member of both the Ontario Institute of Chartered Accountants and the Quebec Ordre of Chartered Accountants. He was also on the board of CCAC of London and Middlesex serving as Treasurer. He is currently a Professor Emeritus University of Western Ontario after teaching for more than twenty-five years at the Richard Ivey School of Business. His academic interests, teaching, research and publications were in the field of accounting, in particular in the area of corporate financial reporting. While at the Richard Ivey School of Business he also taught on and directed various executive education programs. He has been actively involved in various community services in London. His current community services include a recent appointment to the Board of Childreach London.

Mary Lapaine Board Vice Chair, from Goderich, holds a Bachelors Degree from Michigan State University. She owned and operated a family hotel and motel business in Goderich for many years and was Chairman of the Ontario Hotel Motel and Restaurant Association during this period. She was on the local hospital board in Goderich for 20 years serving as Chair twice and was Regional Chair for the Ontario Hospital Association serving on that provincial board for seven years. While on the Ontario Hospital Association Board, she was appointed to the Peter George Commission which looked into medical manpower in Ontario, especially for doctors and nurses, which influenced enrolment numbers and incentives for both disciplines. In addition to serving as Chairman of the Ontario Hospital Association, she went on to the Canadian Healthcare Association Board where she also served as Chair.

Bonnie Monteith Previously with the Perth County CCAC Board. She was a Professor in the Nursing Faculty at Conestoga College in Kitchener. During this period, she was a member of the Collaborative Curriculum Committee and played a role in the development of a common nursing curriculum when the McMaster, Mohawk, Conestoga Collaborative Nursing Programme was established. Prior to this, she was a General Duty Nurse at Stratford General Hospital. She has been actively involved for many years as a volunteer member on various Boards and special interest groups in the Stratford community.

Jean Peacock From London, has spent her career in medical research within the Neurosciences and has held positions with the Mayo Clinic, Robarts Research Institute, UWO Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, and UWO Department of Family Medicine. Her past community involvement includes volunteering in varied positions through her church, a member of the May Court Club of London, and as Chairperson of the Central Volunteer Bureau.

Andy Werner From Stratford, has spent his career in education as a secondary school Business Studies teacher, Director of Business Studies, Business Studies Co-Ordinator, Vice-Principal, and Manager of Computer Services for the Perth County Board of Education and its successor, Avon Maitland District School Board. Andy is presently a Senator of the Stratford Shakespeare Festival and Vice-President and Property Chair for The Discovery Centre. Past community involvement includes serving as: Governor of the Stratford Shakespeare Festival on the Audit, Nominating, Hospitality and Capital Campaign Committees and chairing the Continuity and Property Committees; Chair of the Mayor’s Comm ittee for the Administration of Justice; board member of Stratford District Volunteers in Corrections; board member of Optimism Place (battered women’s shelter); and President of Stratford Friends of the Festival. Although not a member of the Stratford Kiwanis Club, he received their highest recognition – the Mel Osborne Fellow.