Ernest has served as a Simcoe County Separate School Board trustee, serving as Board Chair and Chair of the French Language Section during his tenure. He was also the founding board chair of Centre de santé communautaire CHIGAMIK Community Health Centre, founding member and chair of La Clé d’la Baie, and an inaugural board member of College des Grands Lacs, the first Francophone community college in south-central Ontario.

Ernie has extensive knowledge of local and provincial Francophone communities and their agencies and from 1989 to 2010, served as the Simcoe County French Language Services Coordinator with the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. Prior to retirement in 2014, Ernie was the North Simcoe Muskoka LHIN’s French Language Services Coordinator and Aboriginal Liaison. Ernie continues to be an active volunteer in the Francophone community.

He has enjoyed careers in the mining industry, and more recently private and public corporate finance. Through his private consultancy, he advises companies on capital and business strategy.

Steve graduated with a BSc from Queen’s University and an MSc from the University of Western Ontario. He received the Canada 125 medal for his work on behalf of northern mining communities.

Steve is part of a family that includes multiple members involved in local health care and business development. He strongly believes in contributing to the local community. He lives and works in the Midland-Penetanguishine area, where he has been a seasonal resident since childhood.

She was a lawyer in the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, General Counsel and Executive Vice-President at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, and interim CEO for organizations in the primary care, supportive housing, and mental health sectors. She served recently as CEO of Addictions and Mental Health Ontario, the provincial association of mental health and addiction organizations, and continues to be involved with Fred Victor in downtown Toronto, a community-based organization devoted to ending homelessness. Gail has an MA in Psychology from Wilfrid Laurier University and a JD from the University of Toronto.

Being a member of the Waypoint Board is an exciting new volunteer role for Gail who has served on various provincial and local Councils and committees.

Prior to joining the YMCA Jill was responsible for planning, funding, integrating and accountability of over 60 health service provider organizations as the Chief Executive Officer for the former North Simcoe/Muskoka Local Health Integration Network ((LHIN). In this role, and prior roles as a senior director for health system performance, integration and planning, she was involved in various regional mental health services improvements including walk-in clinics and the design and implementation of the Simcoe Muskoka Opioid Strategy.

Jill is a strategic senior executive known for leading transformational change and achieving results in complex health and social service environments. She advocates for high-quality, integrated systems that balance the patient experience with better value and better health. She holds a Master’s degree in Health Sciences from the University of Toronto.

During her tenure on the Board, Ms. Shirriff was a Chair of the Development Committee, Vice-Chair of the Ethics Committee, and a member of the Resource and Governance Committees. She is a past member of the former Penetanguishene General Hospital Board of Directors, and the MHCP Community Advisory, Community Living Huronia, and North Simcoe Catholic Family Life Centre Boards. Mrs. Shirriff has completed the Ontario Hospital Association Advanced Certificate in Board Governance course. She is a certified member of the Canadian Health Services Executive (retired).

Mrs. Shirriff received a Bachelor of Arts in Health Services Administration through the Canadian School of Management. In 1962, she was employed at the Penetanguishene General Hospital where she held various positions; in 1996, she became Chief Executive Officer until her retirement in 2003. She has an extensive portfolio with previous involvement in numerous committees both regionally and provincially, including member and Vice-Chair of the Simcoe County and Simcoe/York District Health Council, and Simcoe-Muskoka Health Network.

Trisha is an agile leader trained in finance, management, science, and innovation. She previously completed the JNJ Leadership Program in Innovation at Harvard Business School, holds a Master of Science from the Medical Institutes—School of Hygiene and Public Health at Johns Hopkins University, and holds a Bachelor of Arts with High Distinction from the University of Toronto—Trinity College.

In addition to her professional accomplishments, Trisha has living experience as a parent of a youth experiencing mental illness, which inspires her to guide and support our work.

Soumya works as Partner-Financial Services at IBM. Before the IBM role,  Soumya worked for AWS as leader of SI/GSI partner portfolio and prior to that he was employed with Capgemini for 15 years where he most recently held the role of VP and Canada FS market unit head.

Soumya held several board positions for over the past 10 years in not-for-profit organizations primarily in the healthcare space – Pine River Institute, Waypoint Center of Mental Health, OCINet and Alpha-Plus.

Soumya holds a Bachelor of Engineering from the Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST), India, and an MBA from the University of Massachusetts, US. Soumya also recently completed an Executive Leadership program at Booth School of Business.

With many years of commitment to community service, George previously served as Director on the Penetanguishene General Hospital Board for nine years, bringing governance experience as part of a Catholic health-sponsored hospital. He is also a Rotarian and serves on the Boards of Directors for the Midland Basketball Association, the Midland Sports Hall of Fame, and the Barrie and District Association of Basketball Officials.

George holds a Master of Public Administration (Local Government) from the University of Western Ontario, and an Honours Bachelor of Environmental Studies in Urban and Regional Planning with a minor in Political Science from the University of Waterloo. He is also a member of the Ontario Municipal Administrators Association, the Association of Municipal Clerks, Treasures and Managers, the Ontario Municipal Management Institute, and the Ontario Professional Planners Institute.

His last term was from 2018-2020. He previously served as Chair of the former Mental Health Centre Penetanguishene and then Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care from 2008 until 2010.

He was a Director/Vice-Chair and Chair of the Board of Directors for the Penetanguishene General Hospital from 2003 to 2008 years.

As well, he served as Chair of the Board of Directors for the Martyrs’ Shrine in Midland from 2003 – 2005 and again from 2012 – 2016. During this time, he was also a Director on the Drayton Entertainment Board of Directors for a period of 8 months.

John has chaired Waypoint’s Executive, Governance, Resource, Property, and Joint Conference committees, and has served on the Planning, and Public Library committees for the Town of Penetanguishene.

John graduated from Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington with a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and English. John’s career path included teaching high school at Loyola High School in Montreal, working for the Toronto YMCA as a Detached Street Worker and Counsellor, and The City of North York as a Manager of Youth Programs. John was appointed General Manager for the Huronia Historical Parks, Ontario Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Recreation, responsible for two Ontario historic tourist attractions: Saint Marie Among the Hurons in Midland and Discovery Harbour in Penetanguishene. John held this position for 18 years until his retirement in 2001.