Board of Directors 

• Executive Board Members
• Board Members
  

Executive Board Members

President - Cathy Rambarran

Ms. Rambarran is a Disability Management Consultant for Manulife Financial with over 30 years experience. Formerly she was Disability Case Manager for Canada Life Assurance Company, Manager of Disability Department, Maritime Life Assurance Company; Manager of Underwriting, Sales Support Staff, Health & Dental Claims and Disability at Maritime Life Assurance Company; and Manager of Disability for Vancouver and Calgary...more

Vice President - Adrienne Hook

Ms. Hook currently holds the position of Director, Project Coordination and Collaborative Relations with the Health Employers Association of BC. Adrienne has in excess of  20 years of Health Care experience having started her career providing direct clinical care as part of the team at the Juan de Fuca Hospital Society in Victoria. For the past 15 years she has worked in progressively more complex roles; the vast majority of her career working in complex labour relations environments with multiple unions and numerous stakeholders...more

Treasurer - Janette Lyons, C.M.A., BCom.

Ms. Lyons is currently the Chief Financial Officer at Powerex. Janette has held several senior and financial management positions for a number of organizations over the span of her career and most recently was with BCTC in the role of Manager, Budgeting, Forecasting and Analysis.

Prior to this appointment, she was the V.P. Finance at Wakefield Homes. Janette has a B.Comm (Finance) from University of Western Ontario, a C.M.A. (Certified Management Accountant), and a Leadership Development Certificate from Western Ivey School of Business. Ms. Lyons has over 20 years experience as a financial professional and her key strengths include strategic planning, process improvement utilizing Six Sigma and financial management.  Janette is married with two children and resides in West Vancouver.

Secretary - William Dyer

Mr. Dyer has a Bachelor degree in Business Administration and is a Certified Disability Management Professional as well as being a Fellow Chartered Insurance Professional. Bill has worked in the insurance sector for over 23 years, focusing primarily on early intervention and disability management programming. Before establishing his own consulting firm of Dyer & Associates in 2008 he has held a number of senior positions within the industry...more

Board Members 

Marisa Cornacchia, BA, RN, COHN (C), DOHS

Ms. Cornacchia is a registered nurse with a specialty in critical care and occupational health nursing. She has a Bachelor of Arts from York University with a focus in psychology and sociology, a Diploma in Occupational Health & Safety from McMaster University and is currently completing a Masters in Business Administration at Columbia Southern University. She is an active member of the Canadian Occupational Health Nurses Association and is licensed to practice nursing in Ontario, Manitoba and British Columbia. more 

Ken Craig, PhD

Dr. Craig is Director of the Health Research Resource Office in the Office of the UBC Vice President Research, Chair of the Behavioural Research Ethics Board (B) and a Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of British Columbia. At UBC he has served as Director of the Graduate Programme in Clinical Psychology, Associate Dean of Graduate Studies, CIHR Senior Investigator, and Distinguished Scholar in the...more

Sylvie Gelinas

Ms. Gelinas has a Masters degree in Disability Management and is a Human Resources Advisor & Disability Management Team Lead for FortisBC (formerly Terasen Gas). As the Human Resources Advisor for the Distribution group at FortisBC, Sylvie provides a range of integrated Human Resources consulting services to support individual, team and organizational performance. She also provides advice on employee relations...more

Stan Jung, DC, FCCRS (C), FABDA

Dr. Jung is a Chiropractic Specialist Consultant in Rehabilitation and a Forensic Consultant. He is a Fellow of the College of Chiropractic Rehabilitation Sciences (FCCRS) and a Fellow of the American Board of Disability Analysts (FABDA). His practice is predominantly (approximately 95%) working with chronic pain patients involved in motor vehicle collisions. He was the Director of Rehabilitation at the (former) Thorson Health Centre...more

Mieke Koehoorn, PhD

Dr. Koehoorn is an Associate Professor in the School of Population and Public Health and an Associate Faculty member with the School of Environmental Health, University of British Columbia.  She also holds an appointment with the Institute for Work and Health, Ontario.  Mieke is the past...more

Douglas Kube

Mr. Kube has over 20 years of experience in occupational and public health, workplace safety, regulatory affairs, workers compensation, disability and risk management. As a Senior Consultant with Stantec his principal area of practice is workplace safety, health and productivity, risk management, corporate governance and auditing. Doug works with clients to identify and prioritize risks and to help them understand the human, social and economic costs of disability. He works with employers... more

Liz McCulloch, CEBS

Ms. McCulloch is the Director, Group Underwriting for Pacific Blue Cross, responsible for risk evaluation and pricing for group benefit plans.  She has worked in the insurance industry for 35 years, with experience in claims management and administration, as well as underwriting.  Her current leadership role involves strategic planning and budgeting, driving and measuring results, critical thinking, and active support of change and improvement.  Liz is a Certified Employee Benefit Specialist (CEBS) and a Fellow, Life Management Institute (FLMI)...more 

Lisa McGuire, CRSP

Ms. McGuire is the Executive Director of the FIOSA-MIOSA Safety Association of BC , formerly the BC Food Processors Health & Safety Council. Her primary responsibility is to carry out the strategic plans and policies established by the FIOSA-MIOSA Board. The FIOSA-MIOSA is a not-for-profit organization that seeks to address challenges and opportunities specific to food & beverage processing and manufacturing and to set industry standards for health and safety in BC. The FIOSA-MIOSA mission is “to foster commitment among employers to improve workplace health and safety”...more

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