Board of Directors

Ted Freedman served as President and Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chair of Mount Sinai Hospital and continues as Emeritus Director. He brings considerable senior management and governance experience to the Board through his continuing involvement as a Director on several leading health care Boards, including Chair of Bridgepoint Health, as well as past and continuing experience as a Director of several Canadian public and private mining companies.

Ron Yamada co-founded MDS Inc in 1969. He served on its Board of Directors for 33 years, and held senior operating and executive positions until his retirement in 2004. Prior to MDS, he was the head of the IBM Medical Team working with leading North American academic health science centers to develop applications for computers in medicine. In addition to his role with Saint Elizabeth Health Care, he serves on the founding Board of Directors of the Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion, is an Executive in Residence for Health and Life Science Strategy at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto, and serves on the Cancer Care Ontario Planning, Performance, and Research Committee of the Board.

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Janet Holder was appointed President of Enbridge Gas Distribution in January 2008. She is responsible for the overall leadership and operations of Enbridge Gas Distribution, Canada’s largest natural gas utility with 1.9 million residential, commercial and industrial customers in communities including Toronto, Ottawa, Niagara Falls and Barrie. Ms. Holder is also a member of Calgary-based Enbridge Inc.’s Corporate Leadership Team. Ms. Holder serves on the boards of the Canadian Gas Association, the Ontario Energy Association, Saint Elizabeth Health Care Foundation (Chair) and the West Park Healthcare Centre Foundation and is the Chair of the Natural Resource Division United Way Toronto Campaign Cabinet. Ms. Holder holds a bachelor of science in Chemical Engineering from the University of New Brunswick and a masters of business administration from McMaster University.

Don is an international policy advisor with Gowlings, one of Canada’s leading firms. Don has extensive international experience working with government and related agencies, including the IMF, the World Bank and the OECD. A former senior official at the Canadian Department of Finance, Don is a director of St. Jerome's University, the McMichael Canadian Art Foundation, and the Couchiching Institute of Public Policy. He is a past president of the Canadian Association of Income Funds, and a former director of Transparency International - Canada, the McMichael Canadian Art Collection and the Empire Club of Canada. Don was educated at the University of Waterloo and University of Toronto.

Betty Steinhauer has a long history of community service. In 1983, she founded Betty Steinhauer & Associates Ltd. a consulting firm where, for twenty-five years, she used her unique abilities to act as a catalyst, facilitator and advisor to both the private and public sectors in forging relationships between organizations and/or individuals for mutually advantageous outcomes. She founded the People Bridge Charitable Foundation in 1997 whose mandate is to facilitate important changes in the lives of ordinary people through small-scale charitable projects. To date, the Foundation has undertaken over 100 projects worldwide.

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