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Central LHIN Board of Directors Biographies

	Kenneth A. Morrison, Chair Tenure: June 2, 2005 — June 1, 2011 Location: Newmarket Committee/Work Group Responsibilities: • LHIN Officer • Palliative/End-of-Life • Governance Councils • LHIN Chairs Group • Audit Committee • Community Nomination Committee Ken Morrison is president of R.V. Anderson Associates Limited, a consulting firm engaged in the provision of professional engineering, operations and management services for infrastructure and environmental projects. Prior to joining the Central LHIN Board, Mr. Morrison had a long association with the North York General Hospital. He joined the hospital’s foundation board of governors in 1991, serving as chair of the planned giving committee, and then as treasurer and finance committee chair. In 1994, Morrison joined the hospital’s board of governors and served as Vice-Chair from 1996 to 2000, before being elected to serve as Chair from 2000 to 2005. He was appointed as the Chairman of the Central LHIN Board of Directors in 2005.
	Arthur W. Walker, FCA, Vice-Chair Tenure: June 2, 2005 — June 1, 2011 Location: Bradford Committee/Work Group Responsibilities: • Accountability Agreements • Knowledge Transfer • Performance Framework • Local Scorecard • CLHIN/IHSP Scorecard • Funding – Decision Framework for Strategic Investment • HSP Budgets and Agreements • MLAA (LHIN-Wide) • Wait Times • Audit Committee Arthur Walker continues a long-established senior governance role in the delivery of health care in the Province of Ontario. He is a former Governor and Treasurer of the Brantford General Hospital; a former Governor and Chairman of Toronto’s North York General Hospital; a former Chairman of the North York General Hospital Foundation; and prior to his appointment as Vice-Chair of Central LHIN was Director of the Southlake Regional Health Centre and of the Southlake Residential Care Village in Newmarket, Ontario. He has had broad experience as Chair, CEO, Director of numerous public and private companies - currently serving as Chairman of the Board of Calyx Transportation Group Inc., Chairman of the Board of Creditz Inc., and as a Director of CEO America Inc., CEO UK Inc. and Creation Technologies GP Corporation.
	Sandy Keshen, Board Secretary Tenure: June 2, 2005 — June 1, 2011 Location: Richmond Hill Committee/Work Group Responsibilities: • Long-Term Care (incl. Wait Times and Alternate Levels of Care) • Mental Health and Addictions • Health Human Resources • Diversity and Equity • Aboriginal • Vaughan Capital Project Planning Sandy Keshen is President and CEO of Reena, a social services agency that supports individuals with developmental disabilities and their families to be fully integrated into the community. Keshen is Co-Chair of the Ontario Partnership on Aging and Developmental Disabilities. She has served as Chair of the Metro Agencies Representative Council and Chair of the Ontario Association on Developmental Disabilities. Keshen was also a board member at Whitby Psychiatric Hospital, and a member of the Vaughan Hospital Task Force.
	Colin Benjamin Tenure: January 5, 2006— January 4, 2011 Location: North York Committee/Work Group Responsibilities: • Seniors and Specialized Geriatric Services • Long-Term Care (incl. Wait Times and Alternate Levels of Care) • Access and Coordination • Audit Committee • IHSP 2010-2013 Colin Benjamin is currently the Chair of CareWatch Toronto, a voluntary organization dedicated to ensuring the quality of community-based long-term care. Prior to his retirement, he served as Assistant Vice-President, Research Administration at the University HealthNetwork. He holds a Masters of Health Services Administration from University of Kings College/Canadian School of Management. He is a member of the Canadian College of Health Executives and the Society of Research Administrators. He has served on the City of North York Board of Health and North York Community Care Access Centre Board of Directors.
	Raksha M. Bhayana Tenure: May 17, 2006 — May 16, 2011 Location: Thornhill Committee/Work Group Responsibilities: • Aging at Home • Alternate Level of Care • Diversity and Equity • Health System Needs Assessment and Gap Analysis • Quality Raksha Bhayana is Principal of Bhayana Management and is responsible for managing investment portfolios of related companies. Prior to this, she was Director of Business Development and Information Systems at Inscape, Director of Professional Services at Family Service Association of Toronto and held various positions at Dellcrest Children’s Centre, including Director of the Child and Family Clinic. Bhayana currently sits on the Board of Trustees for the United Way of Greater Toronto. She has recently been nominated to the Board of Unicef Canada. She is an Associate Member of the International Forum for Child Welfare. She has served as a community member of the Operations Committee for York Central Hospital, Toronto Steering Committee for the Ontario Early Years Centres and on the boards of the Family Service Association, Surrey Place Centre and the Ontario Association of Professional Social Workers. She holds a Master of Social Work from the University of Delhi (India).
	Constantine Georganas Tenure: June 17, 2010 - June 17, 2013 Location: Richmond Hill Constantine Georganas has undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in economics and finance, is a Fellow of the Institute of Canadian Bankers, and has a Chartered Director certification from Directors College (McMaster University / The Conference Board of Canada). During his 30-year banking career he was a Vice President and Director, Commercial Banking CIBC. He currently provides business consulting services through his own firm. Mr. Georganas has had extensive community involvement, including executive Board roles with Hellenic Inc. (an international charitable organization), the Athens Villa Non-Profit Housing Corp. of Toronto (subsidized social housing in East Toronto), and the Hellenic Home for the Aged long-term care facility.
	John M. Langs Tenure: September 24, 2008 - September 23, 2011 Location: Toronto Committee/Work Group Responsibilities: • Integration Decisions • Wait Times • IHSP 2010-2013 John Langs is a partner in the law firm of Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP. John is a former Governor of North York General Hospital Foundation having joined that Board in 1991. He was a member of the Foundation’s Executive Committee and served as Secretary. He joined the board of North York General Hospital in 1995 and served in several capacities including Secretary, Vice-Chair and as the Chair of the Hospital’s Governance Committee. John retired from the Hospital Board in 2007. John is a director of a number of private corporation boards and is currently on the Board of the ROI Fund, a labour-sponsored investment fund.
	Maneesh Mehta Tenure: June 17, 2010 - June 17, 2013 Location: Unionville Maneesh Mehta has undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in electrical engineering and applied science from the University of Waterloo, and has also been trained in the Directors Education Program at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto. He is the co-founder and senior managing director of The Black Box Institute, a management consulting business providing advice to businesses. Prior to starting this firm, he had a 19 year history with Deloitte, as a partner, managing partner and managing director for various management consulting portfolios in Toronto and New York.
	John Rogers Tenure: March 10, 2010 - March 10, 2013 Location: Keswick John Rogers is a graduate of law from the University of Ottawa. Admitted to the bar in 1974, since that time he has worked as a lawyer, in private practice as well as for the Town of Newmarket. He was also the Chief Administrative Officer for the Town of East Gwillimbury, and more recently the Town of Aurora. John has a long history of community involvement in York Region. In addition to many years of service in various charitable and community development roles, he has served as the Mayor of the Town of Georgina, and a member of York Region Council. John is also Past Chair of the Board of Directors of the United Way of York Region, and recently was the co-chair of the Central LHIN Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Group.