Board of Directors

Chair – Georgina Thompson, (Belleville)
Term - 2008 - 2011

Georgina Thompson is the founder and past president of All Care Health Services Limited. She also served as a nursing consultant with Plainfield Community Homes, an emergency department nurse at Trenton Memorial Hospital, and was a nurse at Belleville General Hospital.

She served as a Councilor with the Municipality of Thurlow and with the City of Belleville. Thompson has also served on a number of community boards, too numerous to mention. She was awarded the premier’s Award for her achievements in the field of health Science in the College system (1993), was awarded Business Women of the Year Award for Hastings & Prince Edward Counties in 2002 and received the Harry Jerome Award in 2003.  

Georgina has recently obtained certification as a Certified Health Executive (CHE) with the Canadian College of Health Services Executives May 2010 and graduated from the Directors’ Education Program at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto May 2010.

Board Member - Leslie Benecki (Kingston)
Term 2008 - 2011

Leslie Benecki has spent her career in the health care sector.  Her experience includes progressive managerial roles at Alberta Health, executive director of a Community Health Centre, manager in a health care research centre, and private consulting.  Leslie is the program committee chair of the Canadian Chapter of the ACHE, a healthcare leadership organization, as well as a member of the Canadian College of Health Services Executives.  A long-time community volunteer, Leslie is currently a Scout leader and on the board of a Kingston-based not for profit organization. 

She holds a Bachelor of Science (dietetics) from Purdue Unviersity and has an MBA and MHSA degree from the University of Michigan.  Leslie lives in Kingston with her husband and teenage son. 

Board Member - Jyoti Kotecha (Kingston)
Term 2010-2013

Mrs. Jyoti Kotecha is the Research & Programs Manager for the Centre for Studies in Primary Care at Queen’s University, Department of Family Medicine. Jyoti has over 18 years of experience in health care research and management at both the national and international level.

Her research interests include clinical trials, models of care that support healthy aging at home, age related mobility disability and chronic disease management. Jyoti is currently a member of the Kingston and Frontenac Council of Aging (COA) and was a former member of the Health Science Research Ethics Board (REB) at Queen’s University, as well as a tri-chair for Limestone District School Board for two years. 

Jyoti has a Master in Public Administration from Queen's University and has been awarded the title of Chartered Chemist by the Royal Society of Chemists, UK., and a PhD candidate in the School of Rehabilitation at Queen’s University. Jyoti is married and has one son.

Board Member - Wynn Turner (Perth)
Term 2009-2012
Wynn Turner has worked at the Executive Director/Administrator level in organizations with many different governance structures including provincial, municipal and not-for-profit organizations, across a variety of sectors including long-term care, developmental services, young offender’s services, mental health and child welfare.

She was the Administrator of the Rideau Regional Centre from 1986 – 1997 after a successful ‘first career’ in juvenile offender services. During her tenure at RRC, over 300 residents moved to the community. She served as interim Executive Director of two non-profit agencies and most recently was the interim Administrator of Lanark Lodge, a municipal long-term care home.

Wynn has extensive knowledge of the health care, social service and young offender service systems, and broad experience in leading a variety of services and organizations. Wynn is known for developing strong strategic partnerships to enhance efficient, effective and human service delivery systems across sectors. Currently, she is the Chair of Tayside Community Options (TCO) in Perth that provides community-based developmental services, child care and subsidized housing. She is the proud mother of four adult children and one grandchild – all who astound her every day.

Board Member - Andreas von Cramon  (Kingston)
Term 2010 - 2013

Andreas von Cramon is a lawyer.  He is employed by Legal Aid Ontario as Supervisory Duty Counsel for the United Counties of Leeds & Grenville where his practice is divided between family and criminal law.  He has been a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada since 1991, after graduating from Osgoode Hall Law School with an L.L.B.  Until 1998, Andreas had a general law practice in Brockville, during which he served for a period as a part-time member of the Ontario Consent and Capacity Board.  

He became a full-time member of the Ontario Rental Housing Tribunal in 1998 and continued work there until he joined Legal Aid Ontario in 2003.  Andreas has volunteered extensively in his community for many years, including terms on the boards of the Brockville YMCA-YWCA, the Brockville and District Association for Community Involvement, and the Brockville Downtown Board of Management.  

He has recently finished 8 years of service on the Board of Governors at the Brockville General Hospital, during which he was board chairperson for 2 years.  Andreas is married and has 3 children.

Board Member - W. Arthur Ronald Term 2010 - 2013 (Napanee)

Mr. Ronald was appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council to a three year term which began August 10^th, 2010.
Born and educated in Scotland, Mr. Ronald has had a long and distinguished career in health care. From 1968 until 1978 he managed the departments of Laboratory Hematology and Diagnostic Imaging at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto.

In 1978 he was appointed Executive Director of the Lennox and Addington County General Hospital in Napanee, a position he held until his retirement in December 2008. During that time he helped guide the hospital through a period of significant change culminating in the completion of a major redevelopment of that facility.

Arthur is a strong believer in the imperative of integrating the delivery of health services at both the regional and local levels, and has served on many community Boards and Committees.  As a founding member of Lennox and Addington Seniors Outreach Services, and past Board Chair of that organization, he has advocated strenuously for the recognition of community support services as an essential element of an effective health care delivery system.
He was also instrumental in the creation of the Lennox and Addington Health and Community Services Coalition, an organization of local health service providers committed to collaborative planning of service delivery. He served as the first Chair of that organization.

Arthur is active in the community as a member of the Napanee Rotary Club and as a member of the Canadian College of Health Service Executives, holding the designation as a Certified Health Care Executive (CHE).
In commenting on his appointment Arthur says, “I hope to be able to use my community experience in the development of an integrated approach to the delivery of health services to assist the Board of the SE LHIN to advance its priority of system improvement through Boards working together”.