CapitalCare

Iris Neumann is the Acting Chair of the ICCER Steering Committee and Chief Executive Officer of CapitalCare, a wholly owned subsidiary of Alberta Health Services. Iris has been a health care leader for many years in a variety of settings including acute care and continuing care. She has a Master of Science in Health Administration and a Bachelor of Science in Nutrition from the University of Alberta. Her areas of interest and specialization include dementia care, ethics, and management.

Thorsten Duebel is Administrator, Kipnes Centre for Veterans.

Excel Society

Sharon Read joined Excel as President and CEO in 2001. A third generation southern Albertan Sharon has extensive experience working in the health and social service sectors. Known for her "We can get there!" attitude, she has two adult sons and skis year round on both water and snow. She has been very active at encouraging staff involvement in strategic planning and program development.

Bethany Society

Don McLeod has served Vice President, Organization Effectiveness, Bethany Care Society since September 2009. He has over 25 years experience providing leadership in not for profit, public and faith based organizations. For 15 years Don served as a senior consultant and facilitator supporting public and not for profit organizations in the area of organization development, public consultation and strategic planning.
Don also brings a systems perspective from his involvement in a number of governance roles within the Alberta health system. He provided advice to the Minister of Health during Alberta's transition to integrated health regions first as a member of the Health Restructuring Steering Committee and then as a member of the Provincial Health Council. This Council advised the Minister on a citizens' view of the progress of health reform in Alberta. Subsequently he was elected to the Calgary Health Region Board, and following that term, served for three years as a Senior Advisor, building relationships between First Nations and the Calgary Health Region.

Alberta Health Services

Lynne Mansell is Executive Director, Clinical Compliance for the Seniors Health provincial strategy team, Alberta Health services. Over the last 30 years, Lynne's career interests have primarily focused on planning and developing high quality community based programs and services for adults and seniors.
Lynne has a Bachelor's Degree in Pharmacy with Distinction and a Masters in Health Services Administration, both from the University of Alberta. She is a Certified Health Executive with CCHSE and a Surveyor for Accreditation Canada.

Queenie Choo is the Executive Director, Continuing Care Integrated Services, Seniors Health, with Alberta Health Services. Previous to this position, Queenie was the Director of Home Living Programs within the Community Care Services of Alberta Health Services (Edmonton). Queenie has held many significant leadership positions during her career and she currently sits on the Board of Canadian Home Care Association.
Queenie holds both Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Nursing with specialization in gerontology at the University of Alberta. She is very active in the academic community and has offered presentations at provincial and national conferences. As well, she was the recipient for the "Excellence in Nursing Leadership" Award in 2006 from the College and Association of Registered Nurses in Alberta (CARNA).

University of Alberta

Albert Cook is Professor of Speech Pathology and Audiology in the Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine and Special Advisor to the Provost at the University of Alberta. He is also Associate Dean, Research in the faculty of Extension, University of Alberta. He served as Dean of the Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine from 1994 to 2007, and chair of the health Sciences Council from 2000-2007. Dr. Cook has worked with interdisciplinary teams to develop assistive devices and to assess the effectiveness of technology being used by persons with disabilities and is associated with the I CAN Centre the Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital. He received his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering at the University of Colorado, a Masters in Bioengineering and his doctorate from the University of Wyoming. In addition to sitting on the ICCER Steering Committee, Dr. Cook is currently a member of the Senior Advisory Council of Alberta. Past-President and Fellow of RESNA, a major professional society for assistive technology practitioners in North America.

Adrian Wagg MB BS FRCP FHEA qualified from the London Hospital Medical College in 1988. He trained in General and Geriatric medicine in and around London and was appointed as a Senior Lecturer and Consultant in General Internal and Geriatric Medicine to University College London Hospitals in 1997. In 2010 he was appointed as Professor of Healthy Ageing and Divisional Director for Geriatric Medicine st the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada.
He has an academic and clinical interest in urinary incontinence and has published many peer reviewed publications, chapters and reviews on the subject, spoken widely and is nationally and internationally recognised. His interests are in incontinence in the elderly, the effects of medication and co-morbidity on continence status and the epidemiology and aetiology of incontinence in the elderly. He was until recently an Associate Director of the Clinical Effectiveness and Evaluation Unit of the Royal College of Physicians, where he led the continence in older people programme and the national audit of continence care. He is a Trustee of the International Continence Society.

NorQuest College

Presently serving as Vice-President, Teaching and Learning, Norma Schneider joined NorQuest College in 2004 as the Dean of Academics for Careers and Employment, and in 2005 began her role as Dean of Business and Community Studies. Norma's experience in program growth and development in both the secondary and post-secondary systems - complemented by a master's degree in Adult Education - have proven integral to launching new growth initiatives in her previous and current portfolios. A proponent of lifelong learning, she is currently pursuing her PhD in Business Administration. Norma shares her leadership abilities by assisting not-for-profit organizations in leadership development.

Jason Dunne has been a Nurse for over 11 years and has worked both as staff nurse, and in nursing management. Currently, Jason is the Dean of Health Studies at NorQuest College in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Jason's educational background includes a Bachelor's degree in Nursing, a Certificate in Advanced Studies in Critical Care Nursing and a Master's degree in Nursing. Jason is enrolled in a Doctor of Philosophy in Education program with a specialization in Higher Educational Leadership and plans to complete the doctoral degree within the next few years.