Board of Directors

Kim English, Chair (2023-present)

Kim English is a Registered Nurse who holds a Master's Degree of Nursing (University of Toronto), a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing (Toronto Metropolitan University) and a nursing diploma (George Brown College). Kim is currently a Doctoral student at William Howard Taft University, woking towards her doctorate in Education Leadership with a focus on Educational Technology. Kim’s research focuses on rural and remote nursing practice and the provision of nursing education through the use of virtual simulation. She also has an interest on the impact of inclusive, anti-racist and anti-oppressive approaches to education and in addressing racism in healthcare and ways to serve as allies to Indigenous populations. Kim has worked as a professor of nursing at the undergraduate and post-graduate level since 2002. In 2020, she received the Trent University Award for Excellence in Online Teaching. Kim has a clinical background in acute care and has worked as a locum RN in remote Northern Ontario and will be engaging in a project to support nurses working in Nunavut. Kim lives in Warkworth with her family where she enjoys swimming, gardening and birdwatching. Kim served as Co-Chair of the THFHT Board of Directors from 2018 to 2023 before becoming the Chair.

Mark O'Dell, Treasurer (2018-present)

Mark O'Dell has been the Director and Chair of the Finance Committee since 2019. Mark is a Fellow of the Association of Certified Chartered Accountants. He has held executive leadership positions for global and national companies throughout his career. Recently he was the Chief Financial Officer for Campbellford Memorial Hospital. Mark is a voluntary member of the board who specializes in Finance. He has lived in Campbellford since 2017 with his wife and 3 dogs where he loves to travel, hike and play golf.

Delayne Donald, Secretary (2006-present)

Delayne Donald holds certificates and degrees from Reeves Business College, Loyalist College and York University. Delayne has been the THFHT Executive Director since its inception in 2005. She has worked in healthcare for over 40 years holding positions in administration, business management and leadership. Delayne was born and raised in Campbellford where she still lives. She has two adult children and enjoys hiking, golf, kayaking, painting and crocheting in her free time.

George Gordon, Community Member (2018-present)

George holds a Retail & Services Management Certificate (Toronto Metropolitan University) and a Visual and Creative Arts Diploma (Fleming College-Haliburton). He has served on many environmental and community boards including the Northumberland United Way, the St. Andrews-Niagara Housing Development Corporation, and currently sits on the board of the Northumberland Land Trust. After a 30-year career in retail, George specializes in business management and strategic planning. He lives in Hastings with his wife Marg and cat-in-charge Joey. He enjoys curling and being outdoors.

Dr. Emilie Beyls, Physician (2018-present)

Dr. Emilie Beyls graduated from the University of Toronto’s Family Medicine Residency program in 2017. During her training, she spent her rural rotations in Campbellford and began practicing full time at the Trent Hills Family Health Team upon graduation. She has special interests in hospitalist medicine, palliative care, dementia care, injections and procedures. With academic appointments at Queen’s University and the University of Toronto, she enjoys sharing her clinical interests with medical learners.

Dr. Paul Williams, Physician & physician consultant (2006-present)

Dr. Paul Williams came to Campbellford in 2000 after finishing his medical training at the University of Toronto. Since that time, he has worked at both Campbellford Memorial Hospital (CMH) and the Trent Hills Family Health Team (THFHT) in many leadership roles including; President of Medical Staff (CMH), Chief of Staff (CMH), Chair of the Board (THFHT), and Medical Director for THFHT. Dr. Williams has also supervised Family Medicine Residents in Campbellford for twenty years. He lives with his wife, MC, and two daughters in Campbellford and enjoys outdoor activities of hiking and paddling.

NP Anna Sherlock, Nurse Practitioner (2024-present)

Anna Sherlock is a Primary Care Nurse Practitioner who has been practicing at the Belleville & Quinte West Community Health Centre since 2015. She completed her Bachelor of Nursing Science at Queen’s University and then earned her Master of Business Administration at Athabasca University. In 2014, she returned to Queen’s University to complete her Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Certification. Throughout her 25-year nursing career Anna has gained extensive experience in primary care reform, electronic medical record (EMR) adoption, change management, and quality improvement in the provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, British Columbia, and Ontario.

THFHT formally recognizes the traditional keepers of this land and, specifically our neighbours of the Alderville First Nation, with a formal territorial acknowledgement. We reside on the Gunshot Treaty Lands of 1788. On these lands and on the shores of the big lake, the Mississauga Anishinabeg

(A-NISH-IN-NAW-BEK) met with the Crown to facilitate the opening of these lands for settlement. Let us be reminded of the responsibility we all have in making sure that we respect these lands and waters that give us life and sustain our livelihoods.

Trent Hills Family Health Team

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