Board of Directors

Philip Pauls, Board Chair
Vice President, Law, Reimer World Corp.

Phil is the Vice-Chair of the Board and serves on the Executive Committee in that capacity and also as legal advisor. Phil is also Chair of the Faith & Ethics Committee.

He brings over 25 years of legal and corporate governance experience in a wide range of settings and industries, both for profit and nonprofit.

Rod Harder, CPA, ICD.D, Vice Chair
West End Radiators

Rod is a professional CPA and business leader with additional training in Board Leadership, Lean Ideology and Marketing. Rod is a seasoned implemented of ERP systems, strategic initiatives and reporting systems. Rod has attained the International Corporate Director Designation ICD.D.

Rod is a long-time member of The Meeting Place Church – Mennonite Brethren Conference.

Betty Holsten Boyer, B Comm. (Hons), CPA CA
Betty serves on the Executive Committee as well as the Finance and Stewardship Committee.

Betty is a senior financial leader with over 30 years experience in the private and public sector. Her career has included large and complex, multi-issue and multi-stakeholder environments, most recently with municipal and federal governments. She has served on numerous Boards and Committees, pursuing effective governance and overseeing strategic change in challenging times.

Teresa Dukes

Laura Kalmar

Laura brings more than 20 years of experience in communications and marketing in the nonprofit sector. She is a skilled communicator and compassionate leader, having served as a pastor, magazine editor and director of communications and marketing for a global relief and development agency.

Laura is an active member of Eastview Community Church. 

Bradley Klassen
CPA,CA Partner, Fort Group Chartered Professional Accounts

Bradley is the Secretary-Treasurer of the Executive Committee and Chair of the Finance & Stewardship Committee.

Bradley brings accounting and finance experience. Bradley has also served in various leadership capacities in his Church, McIvor Avenue Mennonite Brethren, and on many community boards.

Ron Koslowsky

Ron is a business leader with various roles (Manitoba and BC) in, construction, insurance, business consulting, and manufacturing spending 20 years at Palliser (VP Human Resources) and supporting their growth to 5,000 employees.

His board experiences include Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters (CME – MB and Canada), Workers Compensation Board, Red River College, Apprenticeship Manitoba, Workplace Education Manitoba, and Composite Innovation Centre.

Until retirement this year, Ron led CME Manitoba since 2007, representing and supporting the manufacturing sector and expanded CME’s services leading a team of over 50 dedicated to the mission of helping manufacturers grow.

He enjoys participating in public policy and improving the business environment, education, health care, and other areas applying a continuous improvement approach. Reading and innovative discussions help him shape best practices.

Ron is married and has 4 children and 7 grandchildren.

Jon Labun, SAFe SPC

Jon has transformed organizations from traditional waterfall planning to full enterprise agility. His experience includes changing governance structures to align agile teams to value streams, implementing Lean Portfolio Management, shifting from annual planning to rolling wave planning and creating enterprise-wide alignment from the executive team down to the delivery teams. He understands the complexities of linking strategy to execution, the value of strong leadership and the role of organizational change management in successful outcomes.

Jon believes that we cannot achieve anything of significance on our own and that the only way to succeed is to help others succeed.  Jon’s background of leading teams and departments, along with his extensive hands-on transformation experience make him an excellent leader. Jon is an actively involved father and long-time member of River East MB Church and, more recently, North Kildonan MB Church.

Heather Tabin, MSc Digital Health, PMP

President, HDM Consulting Service Inc.

Heather is a Board Member who serves on the Patient Safety & Quality Improvement Committee and the Nominating Committee.

She is a senior leader who brings 25 years of Digital Health experience leading teams within the Manitoba healthcare system. She has held several Senior Director level positions and is currently an independent change and project manager consultant, leading complex technology implementations.

Heather has a passion for giving back and has served on other Boards, including the Association of Change Management Professionals and the Canadian Health Informatics Association.

Willy Janzen, CPA, CGA

Chief Financial Officer, Buhler Industries Inc.

Willy is a general Board member and a member of the Concordia Place Advisory Committee and is the Board Representative for the Mennonite Health Services of MB.

Willy is a senior financial professional and has over 35 years of progressive experience in finance and accounting. He is experienced in international finance with large multinational corporations and systems/applications.

Willy has also served as a board member of Donwood Manor non-profit residences as Finance Committee Chair, Executive Committee member and Property Committee member. He has also served as Finance Committee Chair and Treasurer for North Kildonan Mennonite Brethren Church where he currently attends.

Cynthia Carr, B.A. (Hons.), M.P.A. M.SC., Cert. Health Law

Starting her career in the Northwest Territories, Cynthia Carr brings more than 28 years as an epidemiologist, community engagement facilitator, health policy specialist, program evaluator and indicator development, business case development expert and strategic planner. After working for NWT and Manitoba governments, she started EPI Research Inc. which has now been in business for 21 years.
Since March 2020, Cynthia has been a highly sought media commentator and panellist across Canada in all mediums from print to radio to television to discuss the evolving COVID-19 situation, data and concerns in community accessibility to information, vaccines, testing and support. She is routinely engaged by businesses, including the Manitoba Chamber of Commerce, to provide live interaction sessions on COVID-19. She has recently been a keynote speaker at the Manitoba Disaster Management Conference and Manitoba Footcare Nurses Association Annual Conference.
EPI Research Inc. has been engaged to support businesses and communities in:

• Contact tracing
• Healthy return to work mandates and policy
• Rapid testing management
• Workplace risk identification
• Solutions to employee messaging and support
  o Fact sheets
  o Short on-demand videos
  o Live Q and A
  o Focus groups with employees and leadership to facilitate identification of employee needs in current setting and moving forward.
• Infection prevention and control in facility settings

Tracey Maconachie

Tracey serves as the Chair of Patient Safety & Quality Improvement Committee

With over three decades of experience in public service and private industry, Tracey is a seasoned leader who is passionate about developing creative solutions for organizational and community challenges. She has served on a variety of public and private boards, including Manitoba Liquor and Lottery and as Chair of Research Manitoba.

Tracey excels in leading diverse teams and collaborating across sectors and government levels, leveraging strong interpersonal, communication, and leadership skills. She brings expertise in strategic planning and innovation, making significant contributions to driving positive change and achieving impactful outcomes.

Dale Friesen, MBA (Cand.), M.Div

Dale brings valuable experience in pastoral care and hospital chaplaincy, which have refined his abilities as an empathetic leader and communicator. In addition to his role on the board, he actively contributes to the community by coaching various athletic teams in the area.  

Dale has his MDiv (Master of Divinity Degree) from Canadian Mennonite University and is currently pursuing his MBA from the same institution, with projected graduation in April 2025.

Carolyn Klassen

Carolyn Klassen is a therapist in Winnipeg, and speaker at Wired for Connection. Her many years of providing therapy provide her with a wealth of knowledge about people—including topics like grief, pain, anxiety, depression, joy and grace that are not easily or often spoken about in polite company. She has a Master’s Degree in therapy and frequently appears on news programs as an expert on relationships and mental health. She taught for many years at the University of Manitoba, is an author, and attends The Meeting Place in Winnipeg, where she is a member of the teaching team and past elder.

Cameron Friesen

Cameron was raised in southern Manitoba. Following high school, he continued his university studies in Manitoba and British Columbia, earning three post-secondary degrees in music and education. After teaching for over a decade in Manitoba’s school system, he resigned, accepting a role as Chief of Staff to the Member of Parliament where he directed operations in the riding and on Parliament Hill.

In 2011, Cameron was elected to the Manitoba Legislature representing the constituency of Morden-Winkler. In Opposition, he served as Critic for Education, Health and Finance and was a long-standing Member of the Public Accounts Committee. In 2016, when his party formed government, Cameron was appointed Minister of Finance. Cameron managed the provincial $19 Billion budget, championed the government’s fiscal plan and set the course that would ultimately return the province to balance. He served concurrently as Chair of the Treasury Board, leading decision making on major expenditure proposals. In the summer of 2018, Cameron moved to become Minister of Health, taking on responsibility for a flagging health care transformation plan. Cameron steadied the public narrative, reset relationships with healthcare professionals and the media, and advanced health system changes that measurably improved delivery of care and system coordination. Cameron later led the province’s COVID-19 health response, communicating information to the public, cabinet and the Legislature, and deliberating with public health officials and federal and provincial counterparts on pandemic issues. In 2021, Cameron became Minister of Justice and Attorney General before returning the following year to his original role in Finance, this time with added responsibility for Manitoba Hydro. Cameron founded the Tax Review and Competitiveness Committee, leading a sweeping review of Manitoba’s tax regime and ushering in historic tax relief measures for families and businesses.

In 2023, after 12 years of elected service, Cameron resigned from the legislature to contest a federal nomination. Since then, he has accepted several Board of Director roles and enrolled in a Master of Business Administration program. He and his wife Shelley continue to live in southern Manitoba and are proud parents of three adult children. Cameron is a long-time golfer, runner and barbeque devotee, and a recent spin-bike enthusiast and convert to pickle ball.