Directors
Laurie A. Bebo
Alan Bell
Derek H.L. Buntain
David J. Hennigar
Malen S. Ng
Mel Rhinelander
Charles H. Roadman II
Michael J. Spector
Laurie A. Bebo, age 40, became President and Chief Executive Officer of ALC in 2006. From 1999 to 2006, Ms. Bebo held a variety of management positions with Extendicare Health Services, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Extendicare Inc. (now Extendicare Real Estate Investment Trust) (“Extendicare”), including: Chief Operating Officer, Senior Vice President, Vice President Sales & Marketing; Vice President Assisted Living Operations; and Area Vice President. Prior to her career with Extendicare she worked in similar roles at other long-term care providers. Ms. Bebo has been a director of High Liner Foods Incorporated (a Canadian public value added food processing company) since May 2010 and serves as a member of the Human Resources and Corporate Governance Committee of the board of directors of High Liner Foods Incorporated.
Alan Bell, age 62, is a corporate partner of the Canadian law firm Bennett Jones LLP specializing in mergers and acquisitions, private and public financing, and corporate governance, since 2004. Prior to 2004, Mr. Bell was a corporate partner in the Canadian law firm Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP.
Derek H.L. Buntain,age 70, is president of The Dundee Merchant Bank, a Cayman Islands private bank offering banking services to international clients, President, Chief Executive Officer of Dundee Offshore Services Ltd. (investment counsel), and Chairman of the Dundee Leeds Group of Companies (hedge fund administrators). Prior to November 10, 2006, Mr. Buntain was a director of Extendicare Inc. (now Extendicare Real Estate Investment Trust). Mr. Buntain also serves as a director of the following companies: CencoTech Inc., Dundee Precious Metals Inc., Eurogas Corporation, Eurogas International Inc., and High Liner Foods Incorporated.
David J. Hennigar, age 71, is Chairman of the Board of Directors. Prior to November 10, 2006, he was Chairman of Extendicare Inc. (now Extendicare Real Estate Investment Trust). Mr. Hennigar is Chairman of Annapolis Group Inc. (a private holding company in real estate development and environmental collections and remediation), High Liner Foods Incorporated, and Aquarius Coatings Inc. (a Canadian public company engaged in paint manufacturing), and Chairman and CEO of Landmark Global Financial Corporation (a Canadian public investment and management company). Mr. Hennigar serves as lead trustee of Crombie Real Estate Investment Trust and as a director of the following Canadian public companies: MedX Health Corp., SolutionInc Technologies Limited, and VR Interactive Corporation. He is a registered representative with Jennings Capital Inc. and a director of a number of private companies, as well as Chairman and CEO of Thornridge Holdings Limited.
Malen S. Ng, age 59, was Chief Financial Officer of the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board of Ontario from 2003 until her retirement in November 2008. Prior to November 10, 2006, she was a director of Extendicare Inc. (now Extendicare Real Estate Investment Trust). From 1975 to 2002, Ms. Ng was employed by Ontario Hydro and Hydro One Inc. (the largest electricity delivery company in Ontario), where she occupied several executive positions. Ms. Ng is a director of Empire Company Limited (a Canadian company whose key businesses include food retailing and related real estate), Sobeys Inc. (a retail food distribution company in Canada), and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (one of Canada’s largest hospitals).
Mel Rhinelander, age 61, is Vice Chair of the Board of Directors. Prior to November 10, 2006, he was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Extendicare Inc. (now Extendicare Real Estate Investment Trust) as well as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Extendicare Health Services, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Extendicare Inc. Following November 10, 2006, Mr. Rhinelander ceased being an employee of Extendicare Inc. and Extendicare Health Services, Inc., but remained on the Board of Trustees of Extendicare Real Estate Investment Trust as Vice Chairman until December 2008 and Chairman thereafter. He also serves as a director of Empire Company Limited (a Canadian company whose key businesses include food retailing and related real estate) and Sobeys, Inc.. Mr. Rhinelander joined the Extendicare group of companies in 1977 and served in a number of senior positions. He was appointed President of Extendicare Inc. in 1999 and Chief Executive Officer in 2000.
Charles H. Roadman II, age 67, is the retired President and Chief Executive Officer of the American Health Care Association (1999 to 2004) and former Surgeon General of the U.S. Air Force (1996 to 1999). Prior to November 10, 2006, he was a director of Extendicare Inc. (now Extendicare Real Estate Investment Trust). Dr. Roadman serves as a director and advisor on a number of private corporate boards and associations.
Michael J. Spector, age 71, is the retired Chair and Managing Partner, Quarles & Brady LLP, a Milwaukee Wisconsin headquartered law firm with more than 425 attorneys in eight cities. Mr. Spector joined Quarles & Brady in 1966 and served as a member of its Executive Committee from 1976 to 2002, as Chair of the Executive Committee from 1987 to 2002, and as Managing Partner from 1999 to 2002. His practice focused primarily on business counseling and general school law representation, including related litigation and collective bargaining. Mr. Spector is Vice President of the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents, Executive Director of the United States Law Firm Group, Inc. (a network of 18 American law firms), a Robert E. Boden Visiting Professor of Law at Marquette University Law School, a board member and chair of the audit committee of the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, a major hospital located in Madison, Wisconsin with annual revenues of approximately one billion dollars, and a board member and a member of the audit and facilities committee of the Bradley Center Sports & Entertainment Corporation, Milwaukee, WI.
