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Board of Directors

Philip A. Russel - President
Managing Director of Integracare Inc., a company dedicated to providing private, high quality nursing care and professional development education to the health care industry; past President of The Rotary Club of Toronto-Leaside, past president of the Leaside Rotary Charitable Foundation and past Commander of the Toronto Commandery of the Order of Saint Lazarus and Trustee for the Governor General's Horse Guard Foundation.

David A. Jarvis - Vice President
A  partner in the law firm of  Beard Winter LLP, practicing since 1978; former member of The Ontario Board of Management for the Canadian National Institute for the Blind, and the Toronto District Advisory Board; Vice-Commander of the Toronto Commandery of the Order of Saint Lazarus; the Haliburton Club (Boy Scouts), and Ridley College Association

Glen E. Timney - Secretary - Treasurer
Director of Development, Mount Pleasant Group of Cemeteries; past president of the Ontario Association of Cemetery & Funeral Professionals; past President of The Rotary Club of Toronto-Leaside, past president of the Leaside Rotary Charitable Foundation; Treasurer of the Toronto Commandery of The Order of Saint Lazarus.

Martha S. Russel - Director
As a nurse, educator and currently Managing Director of Integracare Inc., Martha brings her knowledge of Hospice/Palliative Care to the Foundation.  Her experience working in the Ministry of Health, and her work on more than 20 community, provincial, national and international boards and working committees has given her a vast experience from which to draw.  Within the Order of Saint Lazarus, Martha serves as the Hospitaller for the Toronto Commandery and the Vice-Chair of the National Palliative Care Project Committee.

Jacqueline A. Wood - Director
Hospitaller of the Toronto Commandery of the Order of Saint Lazarus, Jacqueline has been active in the Hospice field for over 20 years. She began as a volunteer at King Hospice in 1983. She was a Board member and volunteer at Mountain Area Hospice, in Asheville, North Carolina from 1990-1994, a Board member and volunteer at Hospice St John in Denver from 1994 to 1999, and has been active in fund raising for the financial support of Toronto area hospices by the Order of St Lazarus in Toronto from 1999 to the present time. She is a member of the Order of St. Lazarus and   the Hospitaller's Committee of the Order, and is a Director of The Toronto Commandery Foundation Inc. Jacqueline is also a Dame in the Order of St. Lazarus.

Col. Keith Lawrence - Director
Currently the Commanding Officer of the 3rd Canadian Ranger Patrol Group, based at Canadian Forces Base Borden.  He has extensive operational experience in Canada, Europe, the Middle East and Africa.  A member various organization such as the Royal Canadian Legion, the Royal Canadian Military Institute, he has completed over twelve years service with The Order of St. John and is actively involved within his own community.  He is currently the Commander of the Toronto Commandery, the Order or Saint Lazarus