![Dan Ross](https://www.stegh.on.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/xDan-Ross_FinalWEB.jpg.pagespeed.ic.yWlSCeytG8.jpg)
Dan Ross
Board Chair
Elected 2018
Retired Lawyer
![Robert Furneaux](https://www.stegh.on.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Robert-Furneaux.jpg.pagespeed.ce.UGbI_Mbx9I.jpg)
Robert Furneaux
Vice-Chair
Elected 2022
CEO, romaco+associates
![Peter van der Westen](https://www.stegh.on.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/xPeter-van-der-Westen.jpg.pagespeed.ic.g70-7cQL0b.jpg)
Peter van der Westen
Past Board Chair
Elected 2017
Retired President, VRM Engineering
![Karen Davies](https://www.stegh.on.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Davies-2024-scaled.jpg.pagespeed.ce.KdYq-6EiEX.jpg)
Karen Davies
Appointed 2012
President and CEO
![Jeff Armstrong](https://www.stegh.on.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/xJeff-Armstrong.jpg.pagespeed.ic.1q3NMoKq4l.jpg)
Jeff Armstrong
Appointed 2020
President, Professional Staff and Surgeon
![Sally Martyn](https://www.stegh.on.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/xSally-Martyn.jpg.pagespeed.ic.Js3VlLsgVz.jpg)
Sally Martyn
Elected 2017
Retired Educator
![Amy Dale](https://www.stegh.on.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/xAmy-Dale_FinalWEB.jpg.pagespeed.ic.uflN9J3S7m.jpg)
Amy Dale
Elected 2018
Lawyer, Harrison Pensa, St. Thomas Office
![Waleed Chehadi](https://www.stegh.on.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/xWaleed-Chehadi.jpg.pagespeed.ic.vQhYVfCC6q.jpg)
Waleed Chehadi
Appointed 2016
Chief of Staff, Intensivist
![Danial Dale](https://www.stegh.on.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Danial-Dale-Foundation-Board-Chair-2022.jpg.pagespeed.ce.dsuh17Lgf1.jpg)
Danial Dale
Appointed in 2022
Retired Director of Planning and Corporate Services Town of Aylmer
STEGH Foundation Board Chair
![Meaghan Vreman](https://www.stegh.on.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/xMeaghan-Vreman-Board-of-Directors_0.jpg.pagespeed.ic.wO5LUDBk25.jpg)
Meaghan Vreman
Elected in 2020
Chartered Professional
Accountant
![David Harvey](https://www.stegh.on.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/xDavid-Harvey-DSC_1986_FinalWEB.jpg.pagespeed.ic.xgWgSI4TGC.jpg)
David Harvey
Elected 2019
Former Chief, Alzheimer Society Ontario
Former Manager, Ministry of Health
and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC)
![Chris Phibbs](https://www.stegh.on.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Chris-Phibbs.jpg.pagespeed.ce.kH9Ws0-HF7.jpg)
Chris Phibbs
Elected 2023
Retired Political Advisor
![Craig Watkin](https://www.stegh.on.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/xET-Craig-website.png.pagespeed.ic.mwoC9OXXTc.jpg)
Craig Watkin
Appointed 2021
Vice President and Chief Nursing Executive
![Colleen Row](https://www.stegh.on.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Colleen-Row.jpeg.pagespeed.ce.ET2HyINT-P.jpg)
Colleen Row
Elected in 2023
Retired Finance Director
Former Government Councilor
![Alan Wildeman](https://www.stegh.on.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Alan-Wildeman.jpeg.pagespeed.ce.DPiC6UkL9I.jpg)
Alan Wildeman
Elected in 2023
Former President & Vice-Chancellor, Windsor University
![Karen Palmer](https://www.stegh.on.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Karen1.jpg.pagespeed.ce.ZjYDGHh1gc.jpg)
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.