Board of Directors

Kathy and her husband purchased their home on Easy Lane in 2013 and made Wolfe Island their permanent residence 2017. She has been in healthcare for 40 years working at Canadian Blood Services. During that time, she held various position and is now the Director of Canadian Blood Services Stem Cell program.

Kathy has been a volunteer on a number of board of directors for the various sports activities her children were in while growing up. Most notable was 10 years with Canada’s 7th largest skating club.

“Volunteering has always been important to me and blending my past experiences in healthcare and volunteering, made participating on the board of directors for the Wolfe Island Community Medical Centre a perfect way to contribute to the community.”

Sheila’s mother, Rita Greenwood, was born on Wolfe Island to a family that arrived here 200 years ago. Rita married father Leo MacDonald (Kingston) who was in mining and so her family grew up in Northern Ontario. The family came to Kingston/Wolfe Island every summer to visit with relatives. Because of the deep family connection, the Island is a very special place for Sheila and her siblings. Sheila graduated from the University of Toronto and then joined the Royal Bank of Canada for 38 years.

The last 10 years of her career she was the Director of Human Resource Services for Canada, UK, Europe and Asia with a staff of 250 people. In 2015 she retired and within a couple of years with her husband Sandy, made the decision to move to Wolfe Island and ultimately purchased and renovated a home here in 2017, moving in 2019.

“It is important to me, now that I am retired, to give back to my community and so I joined the Board of the Medical Clinic. I very much enjoy being able to contribute to the well-being of my fellow Island residents.”

Paul Taenzer is a semi-retired clinical psychologist who moved to Wolfe Island with his wife Judith Kinghorn in 2010. Paul’s career included various roles including patient care, healthcare research, management, education, and training, as well as service on the board of directors of a Canadian national professional not-for-profit corporation. He currently serves as the Secretary for the Board.

When Joan and her husband retired they purchased a home on Easy Lane Wolfe Island as a summer home in 2015 but have now made Wolfe Island their permanent home and love it here.

Joan graduated from KGH Radiology in 1970 as an Xray technologist and then moved to BC with her new hubby. Since then Joan has worked in several different hospitals and Health Care Facilities around BC with the last 17 years of her career as the site co-ordinator for Medical Imaging for Whistler and Pemberton BC making her very familiar with the challenges faced by rural Health Care Centres.

Joan is passionate about health care and is very excited to be part of the WICMC.

After receiving her Master’s Degree in Public Health – Health Promotion, Kate began her career in the United Kingdom working for the National Health Service (NHS) in a variety of senior management roles. When she and her family returned to Canada, she obtained the role of Standardized Patient & OSCE Program Manager within the Queen’s University School of Medicine. In her position at the University, Kate played a key strategic role in developing and implementing curriculum, restructuring the program for efficiency and helping create well-rounded health-care professionals.

As she progressed throughout her career, she made the conscious decision to shift her focus to family and in 2018 moved to Wolfe Island where she and her family own and operate The Blue Moose Bed & Breakfast Inc. Kate has taken pride in becoming an Islander and wants to use her years of proven business and health-care experience to help protect, promote and sustainably grow the Frontenac Islands.

Nicole moved to Wolfe Island in 2013 with her husband and is now raising her young family here. Nicole is an assistant professor in the Occupational Therapy program at Queen’s University.
She is an occupational therapist with experience working on rural primary care teams and a health and social services researcher.