Dan Ross
Board Chair
Elected 2018
Retired Lawyer
Robert Furneaux
Vice-Chair
Elected 2022
CEO, romaco+associates
Peter van der Westen
Past Board Chair
Elected 2017
Retired President, VRM Engineering
Karen Davies
Appointed 2012
President and CEO
Jeff Armstrong
Appointed 2020
President, Professional Staff and Surgeon
Dennis Timbrell
Elected 2024
Former Ontario Cabinet Minister
Amy Dale
Elected 2018
Lawyer, Harrison Pensa, St. Thomas Office
Waleed Chehadi
Appointed 2016
Chief of Staff, Intensivist
Rebecca Kapogiannis
Appointed in 2024
STEGH Foundation Board Chair
Meaghan Vreman
Elected in 2020
Chartered Professional
Accountant
David Harvey
Elected 2019
Former Chief, Alzheimer Society Ontario
Former Manager, Ministry of Health
and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC)
Chris Phibbs
Elected 2023
Retired Political Advisor
Craig Watkin
Appointed 2021
Vice President and Chief Nursing Executive
Colleen Row
Elected in 2023
Retired Finance Director
Former Government Councilor
Alan Wildeman
Elected in 2023
Former President & Vice-Chancellor, Windsor University
Karen Palmer
Appointed in 2023
Quality Improvement Coach
STEGH Patient Experience Council Chair
The affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by a Board of up to eighteen (18) Directors as follows:
- Seven (7) non-voting ex-officio Directors shall be:
- the President of the Professional Staff;
- Vice-President of the Professional Staff;
- the Chief of Staff;
- the President and CEO
- the Chief Nursing Executive; and
- the Board Chair of the St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital Foundation
- the Chair of the Patient Experience Council
- Two (2) Directors at large who shall be elected at the annual meeting of the Corporation and whose election may not be limited by geographic restrictions;
- The remaining nine (9) Directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of the Corporation as follows:(i) Nine (9) Directors shall be elected from those nominated by the Governance Committee all of whom shall be residents or have a substantial presence in the City of St. Thomas or within the County of Elgin.