Governance

The YMCA of Greater Halifax/Dartmouth is governed by a Board of Directors who are members of our community, volunteering their talents and committed to serve on the Board and its Committees.

The YMCA Board of Directors hold meetings monthly, scheduled on the last Tuesday of the month with one month off during the summer months. There is at least one joint meeting annually of The YMCA Board of Directors and The YMCA Board of Trustees. The Annual General Meeting is held in the spring.

The Chair for The YMCA Board of Directors also serves as Chair for The YMCA Board of Trustees.

2011-2012 YMCA Board of Directors

• Chair: Robert Richardson, Executive Vice President and CFO, Killam Properties Inc.
• Vice Chair: Stuart MacLean, Acting CEO, Worker's Compensation Board of Nova Scotia
• Past Chair: Mary Ellen Gurnham, Chief Nursing Officer, Capital District Health Authority
• Lydia Bugden, Lawyer, Stewart McKelvey
• Stephen Cochrane, Partner, Grant Thornton
• Allan Cocksedge, Community Volunteer
• Anne Cogdon, Director, Primary Health, IWK Health Centre
• Jon Dyer, Manager of Health Initiatives, The Lung Association of Nova Scotia
• Rick Emberley, Senior Counsel, M5 Group
• Sonya Fraser - Partner, Ernst & Young LLP
• Helena Lotherington, Senior Manager, Assurance and Business Advisory Services, Grant Thornton
• Jeanette MacDonald, Senior Account Manager, Corporate Finance Atlantic Division, BMO Bank of Montreal
• John McCarthy, Board Development Officer, Capital Health Board of Directors
• Paul Miller, Regional Vice President, Private Banking Atlantic, RBC Royal Bank
• Neil Ritchie, CEO, The Patient Safety Company in Canada
• Ian Wilkie, CFO, Unique Ltd.

The YMCA Board of Trustees are former Directors who continue to support and provide counsel to The YMCA and which meets annually in a joint meeting with The YMCA Board of Directors.

2010-2011 YMCA Board of Trustees

• Chair: Robert Richardson, B.Comm., C.A., FCA
• Gregory D. Auld, LLB
• Douglas Boyd
• Daniel M. Campbell, Q.C.
• Paul F. Campbell, C.A.
• Wesley G. Campbell
• Peter M. Conrod, C.M.A.
• Paul J. Dyer
• Peter G. Fardy
• Peter G. Green, Q.C.
• Mary Ellen Gurnham
• R.F. Healy, CLU
• Fred Honsberger
• Wilfred Jackson
• John Jay
• John W. Lindsay
• Dougald MacDougall
• James M. MacGowan, C.A.
• R.A. McCulloch, FCA
• Kirk McIntyre, FCIA, FSA
• Don C. Mills
• L. Robert Shaw
• George Waye, C.A.

Patron of the Association

With our appreciation, we wish to acknowledge our Patron,
The Honourable Mayann E. Francis
Lieutenant Governor of The Province of Nova Scotia