Our leadership

To keep our administrative and operating costs low and to ensure that donor dollars are used efficiently and have the greatest impact possible, CCS is run on a nationwide model. Our Executive Leadership team and staff across the country are held accountable to a national volunteer board of directors. The board’s responsibilities include governance, leadership, public accountability, establishing our nation-wide priorities and acting as trustees on behalf of Canadians.

We also have regional offices that represent British Columbia/Yukon, the Prairies and the Northwest Territories, Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes. Each regional office is led by an executive director, who is held accountable to a regional advisory board.

• Board of Directors

  Robert Lawrie (Chair) Toronto, ON	Wayne McDonald Riverview, NB
  Rob Assimakopoulos Toronto, ON	Nancy McKay Fredericton, NB
  John Boynton Toronto, ON	Dr John Mercer Edmonton, AB
  Susan Ewanick West Kelowna, BC	James Moore Port Moody, BC
  Dr David Huntsman Vancouver, BC	Patricia North Toronto, ON
  Dr Michael Jewett Toronto, ON	Bruce Rothney Toronto, ON
  Shachi Kurl Vancouver, BC	Gail Rudderham Chernin Sydney, NS
  Dr David Malkin Toronto, ON	Yves A Sicard Saint-Lambert, QC
  Bretta Maloff Calgary, AB	Dr Michael Woods St. John's, NL
  Valerie Steele Toronto, ON

• A message from the Chair of our Board of Directors
  

  2017-18 was historic for the Canadian Cancer Society (CCS). Our merger with the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation brought together 2 of the largest health charities in Canada in a bold move which provided resources more efficiently to deliver on our combined mission.

  Knowing nearly half of Canadians will be diagnosed with cancer in our lifetimes and forecasting the incidence of the disease to rise dramatically by 2030, CCS needed to address this surge with new strategies. While we will continue to be the largest charitable underwriter of cancer research and to offer trusted and compassionate information and support to patients and their clinical and personal supporters, we are also embarking on several new initiatives seeking to prevent cancer by conducting research into healthier living and advocating those choices directly and through public policies.

  More than ever, CCS is contributing to the eradication of cancer through research and prevention. Until then, we will make every effort to assist those of us whose lives are impacted – patients, families, supporting caregivers, clinicians and researchers.

  On behalf of the Board of Directors, thank you to our leadership, donors and volunteers. This transformative year could not have happened without your support.

  Robert Lawrie

• Executive Leadership Team

  Andrea Seale Interim Chief Executive Officer	Paula Roberts Executive Vice-President, Marketing and Communications
  Sara Oates Executive Vice-President, Finance and Operations	Debbie Singh Executive Vice-President, People and Culture
  Jeff Cornett Executive Director, Ontario	Sandra Krueckl Vice President, Cancer Control, Chair of Mission
  Denis Lalonde Executive Director, Quebec	Jane Parsons Regional Executive Director, Atlantic
  Dan Holinda Regional Executive Director, Prairies	Andrea Seale Regional Executive Director, BC/Yukon Faye Wightman Interim Executive Director, British Columbia and Yukon

  Contact a member of our senior leadership team at connect@cancer.ca.

• PEI Advisory Board

  Charles Keliher (Chair) Charlottetown, PE	Ben Parsons Charlottetown, PE
  Liz Dobbin Little York, PE	Arlene Rose Souris, PE
  Barbara Scales Charlottetown, PE	Mark Simmons Summerside, PE
  Jessica Gillis Charlottetown, PE	Barbara E. Smith Charlottetown, PE
  Glenn Trueman Charlottetown, PE	Shauna Sullivan-Curley Charlottetown, PE
  Dianne Nabuurs Cardigan, PE	Joe Rowledge Charlottetown, PE
  Peter McCrady Cornwall, PE