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BOARD OF DIRECTORS |
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President
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Bobbye Goldenberg
(Cambridge) |
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Bobbye is the Executive Director of Family Counselling Centre
of Cambridge and North Dumfries. She has a Bachelor of Science
degree, and a Master of Arts degree in Adult Education from
Appalachian State University. |
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Vice -
President |
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Alex
MacDougall (Cornwall) |
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Alex is the current president of the Board of Directors of the
Family Counselling Centre of Cornwall and United Counties, where
he has been a Board member for the past 5 years. He is a
engineer by trade and is recently retired from an executive
position with Domtar Inc. |
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Past-President |
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Karen Zanutto (Fonthill) |
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Karen is a Human Resource professional with her own consulting
practice. Her experience and
training includes both the design and management of Human
Resource Management Systems and training/facilitation of
individuals and groups in management skills such as team
building, conflict resolution, strategic planning, etc. Karen is a former Board member and President of Family and
Children's Services, Niagara in St. Catharines. |
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Linda Dayler (Hamilton)
Linda is the Executive Director of Catholic Family Services
of Hamilton-Wentworth. She has experience as a Director of
Nursing and continues to instruct at the McMaster School of
Nursing.
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Diane Walker (Thunder Bay) |
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Diane is a program manager at a Children's Mental Health
agency. Diane brings an in depth knowledge of Policy Governance
to FSO, the governance model in use since 1999. She is a former
Board chair of Family Services Thunder Bay. |
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Susan
McCawley (Toronto) |
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Susan is a retired lawyer, who specialized in family law.
She was the president of the Board of Directors of Family
Services of Peel and remains involved with one of their Board
committees. Susan is also a member of the FSO
Accreditation Committee and was its' Chair from 2001 to 2004. |
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Leslie Josling
(Townsend) |
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Leslie is the Executive Director of K-W Counselling Services in
Kitchener. Formerly, she was the Family Services Manager
at Haldimand-Norfolk R.E.A.C.H. She had overseen the
delivery of counselling services in the Haldimand-Norfolk community for over a
decade. Leslie has particular expertise in the area of
domestic violence, and has been an active advocate at both the
local and provincial level. |
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Elisha Laker
(Newmarket) |
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Elisha is the Executive Director of Family Services York Region.
He has been very supportive of FSO's government relations work
and he is especially interested in the success of the Families
and Schools Together program. |
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Connie McLeod (Thunder Bay) |
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Connie is a retired school principal from Thunder Bay who has
also worked as a program manager in the children’s mental health
field. She has also served as president of the Board of
Directors of the Thunder Bay Counselling
Centre.Connie
has been in leadership positions in both her professional and
volunteer life, which includes Artisans Northwest, the
Children’s Centre of Thunder Bay and Caring Hearts
Thunder Bay. |
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STAFF |
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Executive Director |
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John Ellis, M.S.W., R.S.W. |
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John has more than 25
years experience in association management.
John was the Executive Director of the
Alzheimer Society of
Ontario
from 1990 to 2003. Prior to that he spent 9 years as Executive
Director with the Epilepsy Association of Metro Toronto. These
positions afforded him the opportunity to play a leadership role
both at the local and provincial levels.
A native of
Toronto, John holds a Master of Social
Work degree from the
University of
Toronto.
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Accreditation Coordinator |
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Bonnie Hoppe, M.S.W., R.S.W.
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Bonnie joined Family Service Ontario in 1992 and has since
coordinated all the activities of the Accreditation program.
Prior to her work for Family Service Ontario Bonnie was a Policy
Analyst for the Children's Services Unit, Policy Development
Branch, Ministry of Community and Social Services. Bonnie received her Master's of Social Work Degree from the
University of Toronto. |
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Administrative
Assistant |
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Klodia Guma B.A.,
Certified Executive Assistant |
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Klodia
has been with Family Service Ontario since
January 2009, in the role of Administrative
Assistant. Klodia provides a valuable support to the Board,
Executive Director and other staff members and handles all
administrative duties in the office.
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