Directors
Laurie A. Bebo
Alan Bell
Jesse C. Brotz
Derek H.L. Buntain
David J. Hennigar
Malen S. Ng
Mel Rhinelander
Charles H. Roadman II
Michael J. Spector
Laurie A. Bebo, age 38, became President and Chief Executive Officer of Assisted Living Concepts, Inc. in 2006. From 1999 to 2006, Ms. Bebo held a variety of management positions with Extendicare Health Services, Inc., including: Vice President Sales & Marketing; Vice President Assisted Living Operations; Area Vice President Wisconsin/Minnesota; and Area Vice President Ohio. From 1995 to 1999, Ms. Bebo was employed by Living Centers of America (Amerra & Mariner Post Acute Network) as Vice President Operations, Vice President Sales & Marketing, and Regional Sales Manager. Ms. Bebo serves on the Executive Board of Assisted Living Federation of America and on the Managers’ Board of Newton Falls Fine Paper Company, LLC.
Alan Bell, age 60, is a corporate partner of Bennett Jones LLP specializing in mergers and acquisitions, private and public financing and corporate governance.
Jesse C. Brotz, age 35, has been a director of Scotia Investments Limited since 2004 and is currently a member of Audit and Corporate Governance/Human Resources committees of the board of Scotia Investments Limited. Mr. Brotz has a Bachelor of Science in Economics and Psychology from Brown University. From 1996 to 1998, Mr. Brotz was a Senior Research Analyst for The Economics Research Group, Inc. (now Lexecon, Inc.), a Cambridge, Massachusetts consulting firm. Since leaving Lexicon, Mr. Brotz has been building custom furniture and is currently working as a Journeyman Cabinetmaker.
Derek H.L. Buntain,age 68, 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. Mr. Buntain also serves as a director of the following companies: CencoTech Inc., Dundee Precious Metals Inc., Eurogas Corporation, High Liner Foods Incorporated, and Natunola Health Biosciences Inc.
David J. Hennigar, age 69, is Chairman of the Board of Directors. Mr. Hennigar also is Chairman of Annapolis Group Inc. (a private holding company in real estate development), High Liner Foods Incorporated (a public value-added food processing company), and Aquarius Coatings Inc. (a public company in paint manufacturing and developing), as well as Chairman and CEO of Landmark Global Financial Corporation (a public investment and management company), and Chairman and founder of Acadian Securities Inc. (a private investment dealer). In addition, Mr. Hennigar serves as lead trustee of Crombie Real Estate Investment Trust and as a director of the following public companies: MedX Health Corp., Natunola Health Biosciences Inc., SolutionInc Technologies Limited, and VR Interactive Corporation. He also serves as a director of a number of private companies, including Minas Basin Holdings Limited and Scotia Investments Limited.
Malen S. Ng, age 57, was Chief Financial Officer of the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board of Ontario from 2003 until her retirement in November 2008. From 1975 to 2002, Ms. Ng was employed by Ontario Hydro and its successor, 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) and of Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre.
Mel Rhinelander, age 59, is Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors. He was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Extendicare Inc. as well as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Extendicare Health Services Inc. until the separation of Assisted Living Concepts, Inc. from Extendicare Inc. Mr. Rhinelander is Chairman of Extendicare REIT and a director of Empire Company Limited (a Canadian company whose key businesses include food retailing and related real estate).
Charles H. Roadman II, age 65, is the retired President and Chief Executive Officer of the American Health Care Association (1999 to 2004) and the former Surgeon General of the U.S. Air Force (1996 to 1999). Dr. Roadman serves as a director and advisor on a number of private corporate boards and associations.
Michael J. Spector, age 69, is retired Chair and Managing Partner, of Quarles & Brady LLP, a Milwaukee, Wisconsin based law firm with 440 attorneys in six 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 a member of the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents and Executive Director of the United States Law Firm Group, Inc.
