The Board of Directors is comprised of a volunteer group of bladder cancer patients, caregivers and skilled professionals from across Canada. The Board is responsible for governing the activities of the organization, overseeing the budget, strategic planning and goal setting. This dynamic team collaborates to fulfill the mission and vision of Bladder Cancer Canada.
DIRECTORS
FERG DEVINS
(Toronto)
Chair
Ferg Devins is a corporate affairs and communications professional who retired from Molson Coors Canada, after 30 years ...Read More
KEN BAGSHAW
(COBOURG)
Director and Past ChairKen Bagshaw, as a partner of a major national law firm, had a 40-year legal career in a corporate/commercial practice in...Read More
ROBERT PURVES
(TORONTO)
Vice Chair and Treasurer Now semi-retired, Robert has spent much of his career in the insurance industry; with specialization in transportation, ...Read More
DOROTHY BARRETT
(HALIFAX)
Director
Dorothy first contacted BCC in 2013 through a reference from her urologist to find out about volunteering with us. Shor...Read More
DALE BOIDMAN
(MONTREAL)
Director
Dale was born in Brooklyn, New York and moved to Montreal in 1950. She is married with three children and four grand ch...Read More
TONY CORNACCHIA
(TORONTO)
Director
Tony is a metastatic bladder cancer survivor, first diagnosed in 2014. After 4 TURBT’s and a number of different treat...Read More
KATE EVERETT
(WINNIPEG)
Director
Kate Everett is President of two Winnipeg businesses, Corpell’s Water and Domo Gasoline Corporation Ltd.
Kate was dia...Read More
VALERIE MACLEOD
(CALGARY)
Director
Valerie was first diagnosed with bladder cancer in 2008. She had two small tumours removed and six weeks of BCG and then...Read More
ELLIOTT RIVKIN
(Toronto)
Director Elliott was retired with time on his hands when he met Bladder Cancer Canada Chair David Guttman.
"He suggested worki...Read More
RANDY SMITH
(TRENT HILLS,ON)
Director
Randy is the Founder and Managing Director of Resilience Continuity Solutions (RCS) a full-service business continuity a...Read More
MICHELE ZIELINSKI (Edmonton)
Managing Director (Staff)Michele Zielinski is a bladder cancer survivor - and the proud owner of a neobladder! She has been an active BCC volunt...Read More
DAVID GUTTMAN
(TORONTO)
Honorary Board Member/Co-founder
David was diagnosed with bladder cancer in 1994; he was only 54 years old. Over the next 10 years, he had TURBT’s, BCG...Read More
GREG NEELY
(Markham)
In Memoriam
In September 2015, Bladder Cancer Canada lost a passionate member of the Board with the passing of Greg Neely, Vice-Pres...Read More
