Chair
Patrick Kenny
Director of Marketing and Communications-InvestOttawa, Bayview Yards and Area X.
A strategic trusted senior leader, Patrick is a marketer for leading organizations, associations,multi-media campaigns, proactive economic agencies and international events. Withover 20 years of marketing and communications consultation, and a unique blend of public relations, stakeholder relations and partnership servicing expertise, Patrick has supported diverse objectives for world-renowned sports celebrities, IPO CEOs, Board of Directors and Canadian and international media around the world.
Having joined Invest Ottawa in 2018, Patrick is currently the Director of Marketing and Communications for Invest Ottawa, Bayview Yards and Area X.O, having moved into the position in 2019. Patrick also currently lends his expertise to various marketing and communications advisory committees, including acting as Chair for the Marketing and Communications Advisory Committee for Wrestling Canada as well as being named Communications Lead for Team Canada for the 2022 Commonwealth Games. Previous roles have included Director of Marketing and Communications for the Canada Games Council, member of the Team Canada communications team for past Commonwealth, Pan-Am and Olympic Games and public relations consultant for some of Ottawa and the country's largest firms.
Vice Chair
Shauna Almas
Shauna Almas is a purpose-motivated Business Development professional. She has
been driving revenue growth and profitability across commercial, public and not-for-profit industries for 13 years and counting.
As a student, Shauna put herself through her undergraduate degree as an
entrepreneur. During her MBA she worked in East Africa to address the
need for better rural access to quality health care. In the early days of her
career in the pharmaceutical industry she was involved with one of the most
successful Canadian launches of a new pharmaceutical product in its class.
Specializing in fostering innovative relationships and identifying new business
opportunities, Shauna is inspired by a favourite African proverb – “Alone, we go faster. Together, we go further.”
Currently, Shauna is establishing a new Business Development department as a member of the Leadership Team at the Canadian Cardiovascular Society.
Shauna lives in Carleton place with her family and in her spare time she likes to be outdoors gardening, taking on sizeable DIY projects at home, and experimenting in the kitchen - sporadically successful at best, but certainly a lot of fun.
Directors
Linda McGreevy
Linda has been a resident of Carleton Place for over 25 years and a passionate advocate for quality health care and the value of community hospitals. Linda is a fundraising specialist with a career that spans 30 years. She believes strongly that successful fundraising is dependent on an organization’s ability to inspire others to invest through a compelling marketing and communications strategy.
Linda is the former Executive Director of three hospital Foundations, including the Ottawa Regional Cancer Centre Foundation and the Sudbury Memorial Hospital Foundation, as well as Interim Executive Director of the Winchester and District Memorial Hospital Foundation.
Linda has vast knowledge in all aspects of fundraising including capital campaigns, event planning, annual and planned giving programs, direct mail, as well as communications and marketing. She honed her direct mail expertise as the National Director of Direct Mail Fundraising for the Liberal Party of Canada. Linda’s background in health care fundraising also includes two national organizations, the Canadian Paraplegic Association and Independent Living Canada. These positions involved spearheading a national corporate campaign as well as creating the tools and training for grassroots fundraising programs. Linda is also experienced in strategic planning, operational assessments, board development, and feasibility studies.
Following retirement from full-time work in 2008, Linda worked as a fundraising consultant with a wide variety of organizations, including the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, Almonte General Hospital and Fairview Manor Foundation and the Toy Counsel of Canada. Linda retired from consulting in January 2017 but has remained active in her community. A lifetime volunteer, Linda has been on the board of directors of ten organizations, primarily in the area of healthcare.
Peter Schaffer
Peter Schaffer joined the Military at the age of 17 and spent 29 years in service to his Country. Peter joined as an Infantryman and served with the Royal Canadian Regiment and the Canadian Airborne Regiment for the first 12 years of his career. He chose to further challenge himself and after completing selection, he became a member of Joint Task Force Two, Canada’s Elite Counter Terrorist Unit where he spent another 17 years until he retired as the Senior Sergeant Major of this Unit, which now falls under Canadian Special Operations Command.
Throughout his military career Peter was deployed in multiple tours overseas including, Somalia, Bosnia - Yugoslavia, Eritrea - Ethiopia and Afghanistan. Peter became a member of the Executive of the Royal Canadian Legion-Captain A. Roy Brown Branch 192 in 2015 assuming the role of Sgt. At Arms until 2017 when he was elected to his current position of Branch President. Peter is also a proud Life Member of the Branch.
Peter has lived in Carleton Place for the last 24 years and since his retirement from the military he felt motivated to become further involved within his community. Joining the Foundation Board provided that opportunity as the Carleton Place & District Memorial Hospital Foundation has been involved with veterans since its inception. As President of Branch 192, Peter feels that this partnership with the Carleton Place Catch the Ace fundraiser and his position on the board will serve to further maintain and strengthen this relationship. Facta, Non Verba- “Deeds, not words.”
Dilhari Fernando
Dilhari Fernando is a sustainability/ESG professional with a 25-year career that includes leadership roles in the public, not-for-profit and commercial sectors.
During her public service career, Dilhari contributed to strategic policy in over six federal government departments and agencies, primary focusing on the environment. She also served as the Executive Director of the Invasive Species Centre, a non-profit nature-based organization. Being passionate about helping businesses to become more environmentally and socially aware, Dilhari joined Canada Post where she led the organization’s environmental, climate and accessibility strategies. She then joined the PSP Investment Board to contribute to its climate and sustainable finance strategies, and to embed sustainability and ESG into the firm’s brand and corporate communications. Dilhari is the current founder and Chief Sustainability Officer of Sitka Group, a boutique consultancy that helps companies to develop and execute sustainability and ESG strategies and communications.
Dilhari holds degrees from Western University, University of New Brunswick and the Telfer School of Management (University of Ottawa), in addition to graduate certificates in sustainability and a Board designation in ESG. Dilhari has previously served on the Boards of the Bateman Foundation and the Rideau Trail Association.
Dilhari has lived in Ottawa for over 25 years, primarily in Kanata and Stitsville, where she and her husband raised three wonderful children and a beautiful Golden Retriever.
Dilhari jointed the Carleton Place and District Memorial Hospital Foundation Board in 2023.
Catherine Schoular
Rob Eves
Based in Lanark County, Rob brings extensive executive leadership and strategic planning experience from his roles as CEO of the Lanark Community Alliance and, previously, Carebridge Community Support. He has a deep understanding of community development and coalition-building, with a proven ability to bring diverse partners together to address local needs. His skills in governance, stakeholder engagement, and program innovation—combined with his strong track record in enhancing services for seniors, housing, and vulnerable populations—will be a tremendous asset to the Foundation as we continue to strengthen healthcare close to home.
Rob serves on the CPDMH Foundation's Governance and Finance Committees.
Perry Simpson
Originally from the Ottawa Valley, this CPDMH Foundation Board member built a career in writing, specializing in public sector solicitations, grant, and technical writing since 2003. With degrees in political science, law, and accounting, and professional designations as a Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified Foundation – Association of Proposal Management Professionals, and LEED Green Associate, he brings strong analytical and communication skills to the Board.
As the owner of a successful writing and consulting business established in 2016 (incorporated in 2019), he has helped clients secure more than $17.5 billion in contracts. His background also includes extensive volunteer experience during university—as an orientation supervisor, peer counsellor, and student government representative—and an ongoing commitment to community involvement inspired by his wife’s volunteerism at the local food bank.
Having lived in Carleton Place for six years after many summers camping there, he now contributes his business acumen, grant-writing expertise, and attention to detail to help advance the Foundation’s mission. He is particularly passionate about increasing community awareness of how essential donor funding is to hospital equipment and services, emphasizing that many assume government fully funds these needs.
Perry serves on the CPDMH Foundation's Finance and Fundraising, Communications, and Marketing Committees, where his federal reporting, accounting, and legal background provide strong support. His short-term goals include growing the donor base, sharing patient success stories, and helping fund critical equipment. Long term, he aims to contribute to the hospital’s continued growth and success, ensuring that care close to home remains strong.
Hospital Representatives
Brad Harrington
MRHA President & CEO
Brad was the former Vice President, Finance & Operations at Oak Valley Health, Markham Stouffville & Uxbridge hospitals. Brad is also the former Vice President & Chief Financial Officer at the Quinte Healthcare Corporation and the inaugural Chief Financial\Information Officer at the Sherbourne Health Centre in southeast Toronto. Brad has also held numerous other roles with Ontario hospitals and has consulted in an Information Systems capacity during his career.
Brad has extensive healthcare re-development experience, having played roles with the redevelopment of the Sherbourne Health Centre in southeast Toronto, the Community Health Centres in Oshawa and Belleville, Emergency and Surgical suite redevelopment in Quinte, and new hospital in Prince Edward County.
Brad has always given back to the communities in which he has worked and resided and has volunteered on numerous health care boards; including being a former Board Director with the Canadian Mental Health Association – York & Simcoe and being the Chair of the Board for Belleville Quinte West Community Health Centre and Personal Attendant Care in Whitby.
Michael Maidment
MRHA Board Representative
Born in Thompson, Manitoba and raised in Newfoundland and Labrador, Michael has called Ashton home for the past 7 years.
Michael has spent most of his career in the not-for-profit sector and is currently the President and CEO of the Ottawa Community Foundation. Michael was previously the CEO of the Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation and the Ottawa Food Bank.
Michael has done significant work in the areas of policy development and government relations throughout his career. Michael was a member of the roundtable that helped develop Canada’s National Strategy Against Human Trafficking and added the trafficking of persons offence to Canada’s Criminal Code. He has presented to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights, the Standing Senate Committee on Human Rights and the Standing Senate Committee on Finance.
Michael has served on several boards including OrKidstra, the Ottawa Grace Manor long-term care facility, Crossroads Children’s Mental Health Centre, and served as board chair of Feed Ontario and the City of Ottawa Poverty Issues Advisory Committee.
Keeping Michael grounded are his wife Leanne, the Director General of Communications with Public Safety Canada, children Emmanuelle and Gabriel, and the life-long pursuit of a sub-80 golf score. When not trying to fix his golf game, Michael can usually be found canoeing in Algonquin Provincial Park.