Boards of Directors
HOSPICE CARE AVON MAITLAND (HCAM) GOVERNANCE
2026-2027 Board of Directors
Pamela Maki, Chair
Pamela resides in Perth East. She is a retired senior executive in palliative and cancer care.
Jim Newell, Treasurer & Vice Chair
Jim resides in Stratford. He is a CPA CA and a retired senior financial executive.
Cate McCorquodale, Secretary
Cate resides in Stratford. She is a lawyer with Monteith Ritsma Phillips Professional Corporation.
Catherine Adams, Past Chair
Catherine resides in Stratford. She is a retired financial services executive.
Fred Verboom, Director
Fred resides in Tavistock. He is a former grief training facilitator and director of information technology.
Dr. Kelley Jacobs, Director
Kelley resides in Sebringville. She is a partner at Romeo Optometry Ltd.
Janice McIntyre, Director
Janice resides in Stratford. She has worked as a Registered Nurse for over 40 years and is presently semi-retired.
Tracey Ivanyshyn, Director
Tracey resides in Stratford. She is a grief educator and death doula. She has worked in hospital and long-term care for part of her career and also ran a private sector business in Stratford for 25 years.
Teri Shackleton, Director
Teri resides in South Perth. She is a retired registered Occupational Therapist with health care leadership experience in the hospital sector and in provincial health profession regulation.
STRATFORD PERTH HOSPICE FOUNDATION (SPHF) GOVERNANCE
2026-2027 Board of Directors
Teri Shackleton, Chair
Teri resides in South Perth. She is a retired registered Occupational Therapist with health care leadership experience in the hospital sector and in provincial health profession regulation.
Wayne Douglas, Vice Chair
Wayne resides in Stratford. He is the Chief Financial Officer at St. Joseph's Health Care Foundation of London.
Jason Lott, Treasurer
Jason resides in Stratford. He is the finance manager for the Huron Perth Healthcare Alliance.
Katie Van Nynatten, Secretary
Katie resides in Gads Hill. She is a manager at McCutchen & Pearce Professional Corporation.
John Brightwell, Past Chair
John resides in Stratford. He is a business leader and consultant.
Leanne Perreault, Director
Leanne resides in Stratford. She is the director of campaign planning and advancement communications at the University of Waterloo.
Katherine Hahn, Director
Katherine Hahn resides in Perth East. She is a professional photo organizer and a proud Rotarian.
Pamela Maki, Director
Pamela resides in Perth East. She is a retired senior executive in palliative and cancer care.
Staff
Louise Lepp, Executive Director
t. 519.508.4900 ext. 710
Stacey Hallahan, Director of Resident Care
t. 519.508.4900 ext. 551
c. 226.921.8798
Katie O'Donovan, Coordinator of Volunteers
t. 519.508.4900 ext. 730
c. 226.921.0646
Chelsey Gilchrist, Community Hospice Outreach Coordinator
c. 226.921.7314
Social Work and Bereavement
Melissa McManus, MSW, RSW
Hospice Residence Social Worker
t. 519.508.4900 ext. 740
e. melissam@rotaryhospice.ca or
Jaclyn Turpin, MSW, RSW
Community Outreach Social Worker
t. 519.508.4900 ext. 740
Kate Cook, MSW, RSW
Grief & Bereavement Counsellor
t. 519.508.4900 ext. 740
e. katec@rotaryhospice.ca or
Stratford Perth Hospice Foundation
Lucie Stuart, Director of Fund Development & Stewardship
t. 519.508.4900 ext. 720
c. 226.751.2468
Amanda Jackman, Fund Development &
Donor Relations Coordinator
t. 519.408.4900 ext. 701
Pippa Elliott, Marketing & Communications Coordinator
t. 519.508.4900 ext. 702
Norma Reese, Donor Services Associate

