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REGISTERED CHARITABLE NUMBER 11882 6299 RR0001
The Cambridge Memorial Hospital Foundation (CMHF) is a registered public Charitable Foundation that raises funds for medical equipment, infrastructure and continuing education at Cambridge Memorial Hospital.
Since it was established in 1982, the Foundation has raised more than 33 million dollars in support of Cambridge Memorial Hospital (CMH).
MISSION
The CMHF is a team of dedicated volunteers and professional staff who are passionately committed to raising friends and funds for the CMH in order to provide the best possible health care to our community.
VISION
The CMHF will be one of the premier per-capita fundraising hospital foundations in Ontario.
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Susan Brown - Chair
Naveen Rakkar - Vice Chair
Natalie Bodnar - Treasurer/Secretary
Robert Cunningham
Barry Kennedy
Bev Martin
Sam Purdy
Surekha Shenoy
Mike Takacs
Ken Zelazny
Angelo Loberto - Hospital Board Rep
Patrick Gaskin - Hospital President & CEO
Dr. Michael Lawrie - Chief of Staff
Board/Volunteer Application Form
(Extended profiles for each of our Directors are located below.)
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Susan Brown - Chair
Ms. Brown is Senior Vice President, Ontario Regional Division, BMO Bank of Montreal. In this position, she is responsible for the full range of financial services the Bank provides to its personal and commercial customers at BMO’s 236 branches throughout Ontario Region. Ms. Brown brings 23 years of experience in the banking industry to her position, much of which has been spent in the commercial banking business, providing diverse financial services to businesses in a wide range of industries. Susan joined BMO Bank of Montreal in 1994 in Edmonton. Susan also has extensive public and private sector business experience, including consulting for small businesses, seminar leadership, and financial management. Susan Brown was born and raised in Western Canada, and attended the University of Manitoba, where she completed both a Bachelor of Commerce degree and an MBA. She is very active in the community, having served on many boards in the communities in which she has lived over the years.
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Naveen Rakkar - Vice Chair
Naveen Rakkar is Director, Human Resources at COM DEV International. With 16 years of experience in human resources at large Canadian corporations, Naveen brings a breadth and depth of HR knowledge. Naveen's education includes an Honours B.A. from the University of Toronto, a post-graduate diploma in Human Resources Management from Humber College and a certificate in Advanced HR Management from Rotman School of Business. She also holds designations as Certified Human Resources Professional (CHRP) and Certified Compensation Professional (CCP). Most recently, Naveen is a member of the 2010 class of Leadership Waterloo Region’s Community Leadership Development Program. In her role at COM DEV, Naveen manages the donations and sponsorship portfolio and leads/participates in numerous community relations initiatives. Raised in Cambridge, she lived in the GTA for 13 years before returning in 2008. Naveen currently resides in Hespeler with her husband and two sons.
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Natalie Bodnar - Treasurer/Secretary
Natalie is a Chartered Accountant working at Research in Motion Ltd as a Finance Manager on the Pricing and Contracts team. She is actively involved in the community, serving as a volunteer for both the United Way and Habitat for Humanity. Natalie enjoys interacting with youth by participating in community events to educate local high school students on the CA profession. She has also volunteered as an advisor and evaluator of competitions for university student entrepreneurs with new venture creations. As a former Senior Staff Accountant at Ernst & Young LLP, Natalie has remained involved in teaching case writing and debriefing techniques to Ernst & Young CA candidates.
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Robert (Bob) Cunningham
Bob is a long term resident of Cambridge and is a recently retired senior business executive with extensive management experience and responsibility for marketing and sales, human relations and industrial relations, supply management, transportation, business planning and strategic development, public relations and communications, information technology, counter trade/offset and risk analysis. A former Executive Director, Operations Administration with Babcock and Wilcox, Bob has served on various boards, task forces, and committees, including as Chair, and is currently on the Cambridge Memorial Hospital Board of Governors.
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Barry Kennedy
Barry Kennedy is Senior Vice President, of Gore Mutual Insurance Company. He has been actively involved in his community serving as a former volunteer Director of the K-W Symphony, President of the Conservative Business Association of Waterloo Region, Fund Raising Chair of the Fredericton United Way and Director of the ROW International Airport Business Advisory Council. Barry was educated, primarily in Woodstock ON and received his apprenticeship in insurance while working at Lloyds, in London England. Barry, and wife Gillian, have two children, one grand child and live in Waterloo. |
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Bev Martin
Bev is a Senior Account Executive with Corus Entertainment operating as 91.5 The Beat and 107.5 Dave FM. She is actively involved in the community volunteering for Junior Achievement, United Way, The Terry Fox Run and Run for the Cure. Bev is the past fundraising chair of the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Foundation. Bev lives in Hespeler with her husband Reg and 2 children. |
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Robert (Sam) Purdy
Sam is a well known Cambridge community leader having worked with a variety of not-for-profit groups. Of particular note is Sam’s current Directorship with the Cambridge and North Dumfries Chamber of Commerce, a group which he was formerly Chair with. Sam is a former member of the Waterloo Regional Police and the former General Manager of Cambridge-based Ryobi Technologies.
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Surekha Shenoy
Surekha Shenoy is an Executive with varied experience in Credit Risk Management, with 4 years of experience at TD Canada Trust as the Associate Vice President of Business Banking. Surekha's education includes a Bachelor of Engineering Gulbarga University, MSc in Industrial Systems Engineering University of Regina, and an MBA, Finance & Operations from Wilfrid Laurier University. Surekha was actively involved in advancing the Diversity file within TD for Visible Minorities & the Aboriginal Peoples; she has been a TRIEC Mentor (Toronto Region Immigrant Employment Council); a community volunteer at the Cambridge Self-Help Food Bank; also a volunteer for the Grand River Malayee Association (GRMA), Saginaw Public School and the March of Dimes. Surekha lives in Cambridge with her husband.
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Mike Takacs
Mike Takacs is currently President & General Manager of African Lion Safari & Game Farm Ltd., one of Ontario’s largest privately owned attractions, and one of Canada’s largest accredited zoological parks. Mike lives in Cambridge with his wife Karen O’Grady and their three children. Mike is a past president of the Canadian Association of Zoos & Aquariums, and has been a long term member of the CMH Foundation Spring Golf Classic Committee.
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Ken Zelazny
Ken Zelazny is President of Lifestyle Business Solutions Inc. o/a ActionCOACH business coaching. In his role as certified Business Coach, Executive Coach, Master Coach and Global Trainer, Ken has led Regional businesses to improved levels of performance since 2000. Ken's 20 years of corporate experience extended to the international stage at a senior level in high technology industries with Government, Commercial, and Defense agenciessuch as L3 Communications Wescam, and Com Dev International. Ken is an Executive Member of the Cambridge Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors and the Economic Development Advisory Committee for the city of Cambridge. Married for 28 years, Ken has lived in the Kitchener/Waterloo, Cambridge Region since 1983 with his wife Judi. |
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Angelo Loberto - Hospital Board Rep
Angelo Loberto is Senior Director, Corporate Operations at Research in Motion (RIM). He joined RIM in August 1997 as Director, Finance and has held various roles and responsibilities at the company including Financial Planning and Analysis, Treasury, and Strategic Alliances (M&A) activities. In his current role in corporate operations, Angelo travels extensively throughout North America, Europe and Asia heading up the acquisitions of real estate, management of facilities and overseeing the building design and construction group. Angelo serves on the Board of Governors for Cambridge Memorial Hospital. He also sists on the hospital's Finance and Audit Committee and the Planning and Building Sub-Committtee. Angelo is a Chartered Accountant and has a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Wilfrid Laurier University. |
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Patrick Gaskin- Hospital President & CEO
For a message from Patrick and his contact information, please click this link.
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Dr. Michael Lawrie - CMH Chief of Staff
Dr. Lawrie, MD, CCFP, FCFP has been actively and extensively involved in advancement of his medical profession and in the community of Cambridge since 1977. He is a preceptor for the Rural Ontario Medical Program since 2005 and continues to mentor medical students. He is a certified small group facilitator and Teaching Associate of Medicine at McMaster University. Dr. Lawrie is the Team Physician of Junior B Hockey Team “The Winterhawks” and Cambridge Figure Skating Club. He is also Medical Director of Short Track Speed Skating Championships (Worlds, 1994 and North American, 2004). Dr. Lawrie is an extensive community volunteer and has served such positions as President, Rotary Club of Cambridge Sunrise; and Chair, United Way of Cambridge and North Dumfries Campaign Cabinet. |
We are seeking energetic community leaders to share their skills and enthusiasm on the Foundation Board of Directors. If you would like to share your passion for this community and your enthusiasm to make it even better, please consider joining our Board of Directors. For more information email foundation@cmh.org or call 519-740-4966.
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