Board Membership

Dan Ross

Dan Ross
Board Chair
Elected 2018
Retired Lawyer

Robert Furneaux

Robert Furneaux
Vice-Chair
Elected 2022
CEO, romaco+associates

Peter van der Westen

Peter van der Westen
Past Board Chair
Elected 2017
Retired President, VRM Engineering

Karen Davies

Karen Davies
Appointed 2012
President and CEO

Jeff Armstrong

Jeff Armstrong
Appointed 2020
President, Professional Staff and Surgeon

Sally Martyn

Sally Martyn
Elected 2017
Retired Educator

Amy Dale

Amy Dale
Elected 2018
Lawyer, Harrison Pensa, St. Thomas Office

Waleed Chehadi

Waleed Chehadi
Appointed 2016
Chief of Staff, Intensivist

Danial Dale

Danial Dale
Appointed in 2022
Retired Director of Planning and Corporate Services Town of Aylmer
STEGH Foundation Board Chair

Meaghan Vreman

Meaghan Vreman
Elected in 2020
Chartered Professional
Accountant

David Harvey

David Harvey
Elected 2019
Former Chief, Alzheimer Society Ontario
Former Manager, Ministry of Health
and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC)

Chris Phibbs

Chris Phibbs
Elected 2023
Retired Political Advisor

Craig Watkin

Craig Watkin
Appointed 2021
Vice President and Chief Nursing Executive

Colleen Row

Colleen Row
Elected in 2023
Retired Finance Director
Former Government Councilor

Alan Wildeman

Alan Wildeman
Elected in 2023
Former President & Vice-Chancellor, Windsor University

Karen Palmer

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:

  1. Seven (7) non-voting ex-officio Directors shall be:
    1. the President of the Professional Staff;
    2. Vice-President of the Professional Staff;
    3. the Chief of Staff;
    4. the President and CEO
    5. the Chief Nursing Executive; and
    6. the Board Chair of the St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital Foundation
    7. the Chair of the Patient Experience Council
  2. 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;
  3. 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.