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Robert Andrews
Barbara Cribb
Dr. Peter R. Ford
Sharon Forsey
Bill McCann
Sister Sheila O’Dea
Leslie O’Reilly, Chair
Shirley Rose
Frank Ryan
Maurice Tuff

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Leslie O’Reilly, Chair
Leslie O’Reilly has served as a member of the Eastern Health Board of Trustees since October 2013, having served on the Finance, Quality and Safety, and Credentials and Privileges committees. He is also a current member of the Board of Directors for the Health Care Foundation. Mr. O’Reilly has over 30 years of experience in leadership in health care, marine communications and safety and emergency and ocean technology. He is currently the president and principal consultant with O’Reilly and Associates, a professional services consultancy focused on sector strategy and business development. He has previously served as executive director and CEO of Marine Institute of Memorial University and executive director of Oceans Advance Inc., the Newfoundland and Labrador Ocean technology Innovation Cluster where he strengthened alignment across research, institutions and industry and built consensus for a collaborative strategic agenda. Throughout his career, he has chaired and participated in numerous boards, advisory councils, and partnered on various projects in education, training and research. Accomplishments include national and international strategic initiatives in advanced training and applied research centers in marine communications, marine simulation, marine safety and emergency and ocean technology. He also led “Vision 2020”, the strategic agenda which continues to guide the long-term development plan of the Marine Institute of Memorial University.
Frank Ryan, Vice-Chair
Frank J. Ryan was born in St. John’s and educated at Memorial University of Newfoundland graduating in 1965 with a Bachelor of Commerce Degree. Since 1965, he has worked continuously in the private sector. In 1977, he formed Atlantic Leasing Limited to redevelop the Murray Premises, a collection of historic mercantile buildings in downtown St. John’s. The project received the Governor General of Canada Heritage Conservation Award. Atlantic Leasing Company continues as a residential apartment owner and land development company in St. John’s. In 1980, Mr. Ryan became a founding shareholder, director and President of Cabot Development Corporation Limited. This company developed the Cabot Place project in downtown St. John’s which includes the Delta Hotel. Mr. Ryan served on the Board of Directors of Canadian National Railway Company and, in 1994, was appointed chairman of the C.N. audit committee. He served as a member of the first Board of Management of the Waterford Hospital, serving for a period of nine years. Mr. Ryan is currently President of Atlantic Leasing Limited and Torbay Estates Limited. He is also a Director of Paradise Development Corporation and Bristol Development Corporation.
Mr. Robert B. Andrews
Bob Andrews has practiced law in St. John’s since 1974. A Dalhousie University Law Graduate, Bob also received a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) from Memorial University in 1971. He has been appointed as Queen’s Counsel and a Master of the Supreme Court. Business is the focus of his practice, specifically in areas of Corporate/Commercial Law, Real Estate Development and Financing, Labour and Employment and Business, Construction and Labour Litigation. Bob has been very active in community service as a past president of several organizations including the Rotary Club of St. John’s and the Canadian Mental Health Association (National and Provincial) and as a member and supporter of other community and professional organizations. He has about 16 years of prior health board service with the Waterford Hospital (Chair) and the Healthcare Corporation of St. John’s. In 2012, Bob was a recipient of the Queen’s Jubilee Medal for his community service.
Ms. Barbara Cribb
Ms. Cribb has over 40 years’ experience in business planning, interviewing and counseling. She is currently employed with CIBC Mortages as a mortgage advisor in Marystown. Prior to this, Ms. Cribb was with the Department of Innovation, Trade and Rural Development and CitiFinancial in Marystown. Ms. Cribb has spent many years as a volunteer with the Children’s Wish Foundation, the Janeway Children’s Hospital fundraisers, as a team member of Relay for Life, the Burin Peninsula Health Care Golf Tournament and is currently Chair of the Board of the CBDC Board of Directors.
Dr. Peter R. Ford
Dr. Peter R. Ford is the owner/pharmacist of Ford's Family Pharmacy and Wellness Centre in Moncton, NB. Ford’s is a family owned full service pharmacy offering traditional, compounded and full consulting services. Dr. Ford is a graduate of the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy where he obtained his Bachelor of Pharmacy as well as his Certificate in Radiopharmacy in 1982. He obtained his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Shenandoah University in Winchester, VA in 2006. Professionally, he was the past President of the Pharmacy Examining Board of Canada (1987-1988) and the New Brunswick Pharmaceutical Society (1989 - 1991). Most recently, he was involved in the development of the new Pharmacy Act of New Brunswick (2011). Locally, Dr. Ford was a member of Moncton City Council from 1988-2002. He has also been a member of various community groups throughout the Greater Moncton area including Ability Transit, Resurgo, Action 2000 and the Moncton Rotary Club.
Sharon Forsey, FCPA, FCA
Sharon Forsey is a Fellow of the Chartered Professional Accountants of Newfoundland and Labrador. She graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce Honors (Co-operative) in 1982, and received her Chartered Accountant (CA) designation in 1984. In recognition of her dedicated service to the Institute, the profession and the community she was appointed a Fellow of the Institute in 2013. Ms. Forsey is currently Director of Taxation with Inmarsat, a multinational satellite telecommunications company where she is responsible for tax compliance and planning for the worldwide organization. Prior to her position with Inmarsat, she was Director of Tax for CHC Helicopter Corporation. Ms. Forsey also held a variety of positions with Bell Aliant predecessor companies in Newfoundland (both NewTel Enterprises and Newfoundland Telephone). She articled with Deloitte and was a Partner in the Tax practice prior to leaving to pursue her career in industry. Sharon has been very active as a volunteer having served as Chair of the CA Education Foundation and as a Director of the Board of Chartered Accountants of Newfoundland as well as Chair of several other committees of the Institute of CA’s. She has also volunteered extensively with school and sports committees and in a variety of roles in her church community.
Bill McCann
Mr. McCann was appointed to the Eastern Health Board of Trustees in December 2013. He is a native of Gull Island, NL and a graduate of the College of Trades and Technology in St. John’s, NL. He is a certified automotive mechanic and was self-employed for many years. Mr. McCann was also employed with Syncrude Canada Ltd. as a heavy duty crane mechanic and crane crew supervisor. Mr. McCann has formerly volunteered with Some Other Solutions (S.O.S.), Rotary Bus and Big Brothers.
Sister Sheila Marie O'Dea
Sister Sheila Marie O'Dea, a member of the Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy of Newfoundland completed her BA and BA(Ed) at Memorial University of Newfoundland and taught in Newfoundland for several years. She completed the degree of MA in Liturgical Studies from the University of Notre Dame, Indiana and the degree of MA in Pastoral Studies from St. Paul University in Ottawa. In 1995, Sister O’Dea completed the degree of Doctor of Ministry with a concentration in Liturgy from Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. Sister O’Dea has served as Archdiocesan Director of Liturgy in the Archdiocese of St. John's, Associate Director of Continuing Education at Regis College in Toronto and Associate Director of The North American Forum on the Catechumenate. Sister O’Dea also became Director of Liturgy and Lecturer at All Hallows College, Dublin, Ireland, during which time she served on the Dublin Diocesan Liturgical Commission and was a member of the Anglo-Irish Oblate Planning Council. Currently, Sister O’Dea is on the Boards of Gathering Place and of the Mercy Centre for Ecology and Justice. She is also a member of the Community Sector Council Working Group and a board member of Turnings.
Ms. Shirley Rose
Shirley Rose is a recently retired registered nurse. Her last position was nurse manager for long-term and ambulatory care services in Grand Bank - a position she held for 17 years. Ms. Rose has served on various school, community and church committees. Presently, Ms. Rose is a facilitator for the Grand Bank-Fortune Cancer Support group, and is a new member of the Grand Bank Lions Club.
Maurice Tuff
Maurice Tuff is the CEO and founder of Lemur Vehicle Monitors, a technology company based in Mount Pearl that provides solutions to automotive and telematics industries around the globe. Prior to founding Lemur in 2006, he started Blue Line Innovations Inc. in 2003 to create products to help home owners reduce their energy use and in turn have a positive impact on the environment. Mr. Tuff has five issued patents, including three with Lemur relating to vehicle sensing technology and two with Blue Line related to energy monitoring. His products are now used by hundreds of thousands of people worldwide. He is a big believer that the key to a company’s success is to focus exclusively on the customer experience and satisfaction and work backwards from there. Maurice spent his youth in both Goose Bay, Labrador and Witless Bay, NL. He graduated from Memorial University with a Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical), and now resides with his wife and two children in Mount Pearl.

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