Leadership Teams
Senior Leadership Team
Led by our CEO, the Senior Leadership Team is responsible to implement the Board’s vision and provide strategic direction and management as it relates to day-to-day operations.
R.J. (Bob) Gallagher, MPA
President and CEO
Morgan Bello, MIR, MBA, CHRP
Vice President, People & Culture
Jeremy Roberts, MBA, CFA , CPA, CMA
CFO and Vice President, Corporate Services
Cathy Turnbull
Vice President, Child Care, Housing, Employment and Newcomer Services
Board of Directors
The YMCA-YWCA of the National Capital Region is governed by a Board of Directors. This group of dedicated and committed volunteers is comprised of professionals who lend their expertise in providing vision, strategic leadership, policy directives and stewardship for the association.
Jean Laurin, CPA, CA
Chair
CEO (Retired), ENCON Group Inc.
Anne Butler
Secretary
Chief Legal Officer and Vice President,
Research and Policy, Payments Canada
Susannah Crabtree
Treasurer
Partner and Career Business Leader - Eastern Canada,
Mercer
Dr. Lisa Chillingworth Watson
Co-founder/Workplace Strategist,
Agile Work Evolutions Inc.
Colleen Kelley
Vice President and Practice Lead, Strategy and Business Operations,
Stratford Managers Corporation
Anna Laurence
Senior Manager Atlantic Canada,
Government Affairs,
Rogers Communications
Jacques Paquette, ASC
Senior Assistant Deputy Minister (retired),
Department of Employment and Social Development Canada
Gary Simonsen
Chief Executive Officer (retired),
The Canadian Real Estate Association
Louise Tardif, ICD.D
Corporate Director
Mark Taylor
Vice President Resource Development,
United Way/Centraide Eastern Ontario
Caroline Xavier
Associate Deputy Minister,
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada