Rabbi Dr. Reuven P. Bulka (Chair) was appointed to Trillium Gift of Life Network’s (TGLN) Board on December 1, 2004 and has been the Board Chair since 2007. His current term on the TGLN Board will expire on May 31, 2016.

Rabbi Dr. Reuven P. Bulka received his rabbinic ordination from the Rabbi Jacob Joseph Rabbinical Seminary in New York in 1965 and his Ph.D. degree from the University of Ottawa in 1971, concentrating on the Logotherapy of Viktor Frankl. He has been the Rabbi of Congregation Machzikei Hadas in Ottawa since 1967.

Rabbi Bulka was the host of the TV series, In Good Faith, from 1970 to 2006. He is a regular columnist with the Ottawa Citizen for the “Ask the Religion Experts” feature since 1995 and has authored and/or edited more than 35 books. His prolific literary career highlights also include founding the “Journal of Psychology and Judaism” in 1976. He has also been the host of the weekly Radio call-in program “Sunday Night with Rabbi Bulka” on CFRA since 1994.

Rabbi Bulka is actively involved in his community. He is immediate past co-president of the Canadian Jewish Congress, Honorary Chaplain of the Dominion Command of the Royal Canadian Legion, and a member of the Interfaith Committee on Canadian Military Chaplaincy. He is also deeply involved with many organizations including the Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation, United Way/Centraide of Ottawa-Carleton and founder of Ottawa Kindness Week, as well as being a blood donor over 345 times.

Karen Belaire was appointed to Trillium Gift of Life Network’s (TGLN) Board on January 4, 2011. She is the Chair of the Finance and Audit Committee and the Vice-Chair of the Quality Committee. Her current term on the TGLN Board will expire on January 4, 2014.

Karen is currently the Chief Operating Officer at the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research. Karen has held such roles as the Chief Operating Officer for London Health Sciences Centre and St. Joseph's Health Care London, the Vice President Administration for McMaster University and the Vice President of Finance and Administration for St Joseph’s Healthcare in Hamilton and Credit Valley Hospital in Mississauga.

Karen holds a CGA designation and an MBA.

Karen values governance and the role of the Board. Having completed the Conference Board of Canada/DeGroote School of Business Directors College, she is a Chartered Director and her board experience includes Horizon Utilities, Theatre Aquarius, St. Peters Hospital, McMaster Innovation Park, Gore District Land Trust, McMaster Museum of Art, and CAA Southwestern Ontario.

Christine Clark Lafleur was appointed to the Trillium Gift of Life Network’s (TGLN) Board on December 3, 2008. She is a member of the Finance and Audit and Governance Committees of the Board. Her current term on the TGLN Board will expire on September 2, 2015.

A graduate of Carleton University, Christine Clark has 30 years experience in the field of public affairs, stakeholder engagement and corporate communications with more than 20 years as a leading communications professional in the healthcare sector. Christine is the Chief Administrative Director at Brock University serving in the Office of the President. In June 2011, Christine was appointed Chair of the Ontario Trillium Foundation – Niagara Grant Review Team. In 2008, Christine received two national awards for communications excellence from the Health Care Public Relations Association. In May 2004, she received a coveted Woman of Distinction Award from the YWCA for her exemplary leadership in the field of Public Affairs and Communications. In 1999, she served as the Chief Communications Director for the 1999 World Rowing Championships. She is a past Board member of Goodwill Industries Niagara. She currently serves on the Ontario Trillium Foundation Niagara Grants Committee.

A life-long resident of Niagara, Christine and her husband Ted Lafleur reside with their two young sons in Fort Erie.

Diane Craig was appointed to Trillium Gift of Life Network’s (TGLN) Board on December 8, 2004. She is the Vice-Chair of the Governance Committee and a member of the Quality Committees of the Board. Her current term on the TGLN Board will expire on December 7, 2013.

Diane is a graduate of the Protocol School of Washington, and she holds a Certificate in Intercultural Studies from the University of British Columbia. She also provides expert training and consultation in national and international business etiquette.

Diane is an alumna of L’Académie des Hauts Couturiers Canadiens, and was an instructor at the Richard Robinson School of Fashion Design in Ottawa. Her extensive training in style and fashion, combined with several years of experience working with professionals and politicians, has earned her a top spot as an image consultant.

Over the past 10 years, Diane has been recognized for her volunteer work on organ and tissue donation. Her passion is to save the lives of thousands of Canadians who die needlessly waiting for a transplant. Diane’s daughter Sandrine was tragically killed at the age of 11 in a school bus accident on May 26, 1999. Diane launched a national organ donor awareness campaign at Ottawa’s Scotiabank Place in January 2000. Don Cherry, honorary co-chair of Sandrine’s Gift of Life, joined Diane for a nationally televised ceremony. Diane was a member of the Kidney Foundation of Eastern Ontario Organ and Tissue Donation committee from 1999 to 2004.

Grant Hagerty was appointed to Trillium Gift of Life Network's (TGLN) Board on November 14, 2012. He is a member of the Governance Committee of the Board. His current term on the TGLN Board will expire on November 13, 2013.

Having received a life saving bilateral lung transplant on August 6, 2006, Grant is a living testament to the miracles fostered through the Trillium Gift of Life Network. Grant remains ever mindful of the courage and compassion of the donor family's decision that has allowed him to return to a life of dignity and purpose.

A product of the Urban Geography Program at Wilfrid Laurier University, Grant is a past Director of the Kitchener Waterloo Real Estate Board, the City of Waterloo Economic Development Advisory Council and is a member of the Commercial and Investment Council of the Canadian Real Estate Association. Notwithstanding health challenges, Grant cultivated a successful commercial real estate practice serving as Vice President of Client Advisory Services with DTZ Barnicke until March of 2012. Grant continues to service his client base with CMA Realty in the Region of Waterloo.

Grant takes great pride in professional accomplishments but is equally committed to community outreach. Grant is actively involved in advocacy initiatives for the Trillium Gift of Life Network, Wilfrid Laurier University Athletics, Ontario Track-3 Association and the Canadian Ski Instructors Alliance.

Fazilah Hussain was appointed to Trillium Gift of Life Network’s (TGLN) Board on May 4, 2011. She is the Chair of the Governance Committee of the Board. Her current term on the TGLN Board will expire on May 4, 2014.

Fazilah received her B.Sc. (Hons) from the University of Waterloo in 2004, and her Juris Doctorate (JD) from Queen's University in 2008. During the summer of 2006, Fazilah completed the Public International Law program at the Queen's International Study Centre outside of London, England. Fazilah was called to the Bar in 2009 by the Law Society of Upper Canada.

Fazilah is currently an Employee Relations Business Advisor at the BMO Financial Group. She has held an associate lawyer position at McCarthy Tetrault LLP in the Labour and Employment group, where she represented management in a variety of labour and employment issues, including employment standards, wrongful dismissal, labour arbitrations, occupational health and safety, human rights and labour and employment issues arising in corporate transactions.

Fazilah has completed a number of internship programs including in the summer of 2005 at the Aga Khan University Hospital in Karachi, Pakistan where she conducted studies on patient wait times and clinic efficiencies. In the summer of 2007, Fazilah interned at the United Nations Secretariat, in its Department of Political Affairs, in New York City. Specifically, Fazilah worked with the Focal Point for Democracy and Rule of Law to draft the 2007 report for the Secretary-General on the department's Democracy initiatives.

Dr. Kenneth Pritzker, M.D., BSc (Med), FRCPC, was appointed to Trillium Gift of Life Network’s (TGLN) Board on March 3, 2010. He is the Vice-Chair of the Board, Chair of the Quality Committee and the Vice-Chair of the Finance and Audit Committee of the Board. His current term on the TGLN Board will expire on March 2, 2014.

Ken is currently Managing Director, York Medtech Partners Inc, and, President and CEO, Rna Diagnostics Inc. Ken is a pathologist at Mount Sinai Hospital Toronto and a Professor in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, and Department of Surgery, University of Toronto.

Ken served as Chief, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto from 1986 to 2008 and subsequently as founder of Mount Sinai Services, a laboratory service outreach vehicle for the biomedical research and innovation sector. With over 240 scientific publications, Ken is a recognized leader internationally in the fields of arthritis, biomaterials, genomics and nanotechnology.

Throughout his career, Ken has served in leadership and advisory positions to national and international professional societies, research institutes and healthcare organizations. Ken brings over thirty years experience as a consultant in the areas of strategic and operational advice for leading universities, healthcare institutions, pharmaceutical, diagnostics and biotechnology corporations. Ken is widely recognized as an innovator in clinical laboratory organization and management directed towards advancing patient-centered clinical laboratory practice.

Ken is a graduate in Medicine from the University of Toronto from which he also has a Bachelor of Science (Medicine) degree in Pharmacology. He received post graduate education in pathology at McGill University. He is a fellow of The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in Anatomical Pathology.

James Martin Ritchie, CA, MBA, MSc, was appointed to the Trillium Gift of Life Network’s (TGLN) Board on January 9, 2013. He is a member of the Finance and Audit Committee of the Board. His current term on the TGLN Board will expire on January 8, 2014.

A co-founder of JCM Capital, Martin is responsible for managing the financial affairs of the company. Martin oversees JCM’s internal financial reporting and plays a key role in managing the finances for JCM’s project investments. Martin also provides strategic management direction to the company. Martin has an active role in managing development capital investor relations and is responsible for raising funds for individual projects as needed. Martin has also taken an active role in project management, ensuring the successful development of JCM’s flagship 62.5MW Ecuador project. From relationships forged in this region, he assists in expanding JCM’s business development pipeline of opportunities in South America.

Martin was previously the Chief Financial Officer for Greta Energy, a Canadian renewable energy development company focused on wind energy in emerging markets such as Vietnam, Estonia, Bosnia and Russia. Prior to this, he was a leading forensic accountant and fraud investigator for an international risk consulting firm. Martin is an honours graduate of Queens University and holds an MBA from the University of Toronto and a MSc. in Finance from the London School of Economics. He is also a Chartered Accountant and was recently the recipient of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario (ICAO) Award of Distinction honouring those Chartered Accountants' who have made an early impact, bringing distinction to themselves and to their profession through leadership and achievement in their professional, community and/or personal lives.