The Board of Directors

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Mrs. Marie-Josée Martel has a Master’s degree in Public Administration from the École nationale d’administration publique. She has contributed to the Government of Canada throughout her career in various central agencies such as the Privy Council Office, Treasury Board Canada, the Office of Aboriginal Constitutional Affairs and numerous federal departments such as the Department of Health, Department of Justice, Revenue Canada Agency, Public Works Canada, Service Canada and finally Library and Archives Canada, as Assistant Deputy Minister for Services. Mrs. Martel has developed extensive expertise in the delivery of quality services to Canadians.

After retiring from the Government of Canada, she joined, as an Associate, the Institute for Citizen-Centred Service. Mrs. Martel mainly facilitates training seminars on service improvement for front-line staff and managers from the public sector.

Ms. Martel was a member of Quality Assurance Board of Hôpital Montfort from 2013 to 2023. She has been a member of the Board of Directors of Montfort Foundation since 2017; served as Vice-President and became Secretary in January 2023. Ms. Martel also sits on the Board of Governors of St-Paul University, as well as on the boards of Collège Boréal and HIROC mutual insurance company. 

She has been a member of the Board of Directors of Hôpital Montfort since 2018; she served as Secretary from 2019 to 2021 and was appointed Vice-President in June 2021.  

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Appointed President and CEO of Colleges and Institutes Canada, the voice of Canada's colleges, institutes, CEGEPs and polytechnics in 2013, Ms. Amyot is an international leader in education for employment in Canada and in over 25 countries.

She has served as President and CEO of a federal Crown corporation and as an Assistant Deputy Minister at the federal level in her last three roles. She has also worked in policy and program areas in the social, scientific, economic and cultural fields in Ottawa and in the regions of several federal departments, including Human Resources Development Canada, National Defence, Natural Resources Canada, Aboriginal and Northern Affairs, Canadian Heritage, the Public Service Commission and the Canada Public Service Agency. She has also worked as an administrator for the Northwest Territories (NWT) Department of Education and has taught in Ontario, Quebec and the Northwest Territories.

Denise is Chair of the Board of Directors of the Forum for International Trade Training (FITT), and a member of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Science and Policy Centre, and at Hôpital Montfort. She has been appointed by the Government of Canada and the Government of Singapore respectively on their Future Skills Council. 

She has received several national and international awards for her leadership and is a sought after speaker nationally and internationally. She is a champion for diversity, the sustainable development goals and coaching. 

Ms. Amyot has been a member of the Hôpital Montfort Board of Directors since 2021, and she was appointed Secretary in 2023.

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Lucie Mercier-Gauthier has been working in the field of university administration for over 33 years. Now retired, she enjoyed a long career at the University of Ottawa where she held several management positions. She began as Director of Internal Audit, moved on to Director of Financial Services, and then served as Associate Vice-President of Financial Resources until 2010, managing large-scale projects including changes in financial systems, administrative simplification initiatives, large investment portfolios and two major bond issuances for the institution. 

In 2010, she became the Associate Vice-President of Student Services, where she worked on improving the student experience and oversaw the strategic operations of Sports Services, the Community Life Service, the bookstore, Food Services, Conventions and Reservations, the uOttawa Card, the Housing Service and Health Services. She led a new program for excellence in campus services that welcomes over 40 000 students, as well as the development and creation of several new residences, new sports facilities and new food concepts.

Ms Mercier-Gauthier was the recipient of the Honorary Membership for Distinguished Service in 2015 and CAUDO’s Ken Clements Distinguished Administrator Award in 2005. She also won the COFO-UO Distinguished Leadership Award in 2004 for her leadership and numerous contributions within Canadian university administrations.

Ms Mercier-Gauthier began her career as an auditor at the Price Waterhouse accounting firm. In 1982, she worked for Export Development Canada (EDC) as a financial analyst.

She holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Ottawa as well as the title of Chartered Accountant. She has been a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario since 1982.

She is an active member on several boards of directors such as the Canadian Association of University Business Officers (CAUBO), the Canadian Bureau for International Education (CBIE), the Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) and the Stem Cell Network. She was a member of the Governance Committee in 2016, and has been a member of Hôpital Montfort’s Management Committee since 2017 and a member of the Board of Directors since 2018.

Léa Bou Karam is currently a manager and legal counsel with the Department of Justice Canada. She has held a variety of positions with the federal Department of Justice Canada and has practised in various fields of law, including criminal law, labour law, administrative law and human rights law.

Following many years of community and professional engagement, she is currently a member of the Grandir Ensemble Board of Directors, and is a member of the Executive Committee of the Canadian Bar Association’s Constitutional and Human Rights Law Section. She is also a member of many Barreau du Québec committees and a frequent conference speaker.

Ms. Bou Karam has a Master’s degree in law and is a member of the Barreau du Québec and the Ontario Bar Association.

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François Brouard is a Fellow Chartered Professional Accountant (FCPA) and a Fellow Chartered Accountant (FCA).  He is currently a full professor at the Sprott School of Business at Carleton University, where he teaches accounting and taxation. He is the founding director of the Sprott Centre for Social Enterprises / Centre Sprott pour les entreprises sociales (SCSE/CSES). He holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration (BAA) from HEC Montréal, a master’s in accounting (MSc) from Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) and a doctorate in business administration (DBA) from Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR).

He has also worked as an auditor, tax specialist and taxation manager for Deloitte, and as a consultant in training and business intelligence. He was a professor at Université du Québec en Outaouais (UQO) as well as project manager for the professional program of the Ordre des comptables agréés du Québec. 

As a member of Montfort’s Board of Trustees since June 2017 and its Treasurer from June 2018 until 2020, he brings knowledge and expertise in governance, business and administration, taxation and financial accounting, and philanthropy. He was a member of the Governance Committee between 2012 and 2018 and several other Montfort committees over the years, including the Management Committee, Executive Committee, Audit Committee and Project Development Committee. After being elected as a member in 2017, he has served as Chair of Montfort Health's Board of Directors since 2020. He is also a member of the Governance Committee of Société Santé en français.

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Luc Généreux is an engineer, urban planner and veteran of the Canadian Armed Forces. He is currently working for Public Works and Government Services Canada as director of the regional centre of expertise in project management, following a 34-year career within the Canadian Armed Forces as a military engineer, as well as for Facilities Services at the University of Ottawa and the City of Ottawa.

He earned a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering in 1985, a master’s in Urban Planning from Université de Montréal, a diploma in Project Management from Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières and a master’s in Security and Defence at the Inter-American Defence College in Washington, D.C.

After participating in planning, designing and building infrastructure as well as managing a wide variety of projects, programs and installations in Canada and abroad, Mr. Généreux became Regional Engineer for Eastern Canada, Base Commander of Canadian Forces Base Shilo, in Manitoba, Director of Real Property Operations – North Region for the Canadian Armed Forces.

He then became Director of Planning, Facilities, at the University of Ottawa and responsible for managing the university’s Master Plan, followed by a position as a senior planner for City of Ottawa facilities and parks. 

Luc Généreux is an active volunteer in local groups in number of capacities, including as a member of the jury for Awards for Planning Excellence of the Canadian Institute of Planners (CIP), as a member of Hôpital Montfort’s consultative committee on project development and as an active member of the Royal Canadian Legion. Luc is also a member of the Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec, the Ordre des urbanistes du Québec (OUQ), the Canadian Institute of Planners (CIP) and the Project Management Institute (PMI).

He is a member of the Hôpital Montfort Board of Directors since 2018.

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Ms. Ouled Ali has more than 25 years of experience in the private and public sectors, with a focus on education, community development and social enterprise. After graduating in linguistics from Université Laval in 1999, she began her career as a French teacher and quickly climbed up through the ranks to become an educational advisor and private school principal.

In 2007, she took on a new role as an international school principal, delivering top-notch leadership while orchestrating implementation of the school’s curriculum. She also spearheaded international marketing campaigns and forged strategic partnerships while driving international student recruitment and fostering student exchanges.

In 2015, Ms. Ouled Ali founded a non-profit organization that supports hundreds of families new to Canada or on low incomes by helping them integrate and thrive. Her involvement in education grew even stronger with her election to the Conseil des écoles publiques de l'Est de l'Ontario (CEPEO) school board in 2018. She used her position to advocate for the creation of new schools and helped establish an equity, diversity and human rights committee. She was elected Vice-Chair of the CEPEO in 2021 and Chair in 2023. She has also served as Chair of the Consortium Centre Jules-Léger since 2022, an organization serving Francophone students with special needs.

Ms. Ouled Ali has been Vice-Chair of the Association des conseils scolaires des écoles publiques de l’Ontario since 2022 and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Fédération nationale des conseils scolaires francophones, where she advocates for the educational rights of Francophones across Canada.

She joined the Hôpital Montfort Board of Directors in 2024 and sits on the Management and Audit Committee.

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Ms. Lynn Rivard, Certified Human Resources Leader since 2012, holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) and a Certification of Leadership in the Public Sector. Bilingual in both official languages, she has over 18 years of management experience and over 25 years of experience in the social and community services sector. Ms. Rivard obtained her Honours Bachelor of Criminology in 1994 and her Bachelor of Psychology in 1992, both from the University of Ottawa.

Currently the Chief Administrative Officer for the Faculty of Arts at the University of Ottawa, Ms. Rivard is a recognized expert in Change Management, Strategic Planning and Organizational Development. Her authenticity and forward-thinking approach to continuous improvement remain unwavering in a professional environment marred by divisive socio-political issues. Always seeking to contribute positively to help shape the future, Ms. Rivard is a proactive executive leader involved in the development of several organizational and community initiatives for Equity, Diversity and Inclusivity.

Committed to the positive development of our communities, she has also served on several boards and organizations in the not-for-profit sector. She is a member of the Association de l'Hôpital Montfort since 2019, and a member of the Board of Directors of Maison d'amitié since 2014.

Ms. Lynn Rivard has been a member of the Board of Directors of Hôpital Montfort since 2022.

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For the past twelve years, I've had the privilege of representing one of Ottawa's most dynamic, historic and diverse communities as a City Councillor and a fresh, young voice in the urban heart of Canada's Capital.

I was born and raised in this city. Ottawa, and community-building is in my DNA. I was very proud to represent “Ottawa’s Manhattan”, a neighbourhood home to a highly respected university, embassies and the Byward Market tourist mecca, but also proud to work on a wide range of issues related to the low socio-economic status of many residents, as well as homelessness and substance abuse. I'm known for my strong support for new investments in affordable housing solutions.

I've had the privilege of working with Ottawa's most vulnerable residents, their families and organizations like Ottawa Community Housing (OCH), in which I served as Board chair for eight years. OCH is the fourth largest public landlord in Canada, providing affordable housing to over 32,000 tenants on a daily basis.

I've witnessed problems emerge in cities first-hand, and by connecting the dots, be it in connection with funding to modernize infrastructure, climate change, affordable housing, the need for modern responses to mental health and addiction issues, support allowing seniors to age safely in their homes, support allowing low-income youths to achieve their dreams, and much more.

Having served on a number of boards, including OCH, Ottawa Public Health and the Shaw Centre, and as co-founder of the Ottawa Sport Council, I have extensive governance experience and skill in managing relations between executives and boards of directors. With my extensive knowledge of the different levels of government and partnerships with countless community projects, I know how to effectively navigate through the complex infrastructure of municipal, provincial and federal governments.

Mathieu also served as Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) for the City of Cornwall from 2023 to 2024, where he guided a team of more than 1,000 dedicated employees providing services on behalf of the City. 

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Joëlle Clément is Executive Advisor, Special Projects at the University of Ottawa, and is currently working with the Administrative Services Modernization Program on the implementation of an integrated IT solution (ERP).  She has worked in post-secondary education since 1998, starting out as Finance Manager at La Cité College. In 2005, she joined the University of Ottawa and held various positions, including Director of Accounting and Director of Financial Planning.

Ms. Clément began her career with Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton as an auditor. She then moved to the Bruyère Continuing Care Department, where she held various positions in financial management and participated in the implementation of a management information system (MIS) and the development of performance indicators in the hospital environment.

Effectiveness and efficiency have been Joëlle's passion since the start of her career, and she is constantly on the lookout for new ways to simplify processes and increase productivity and performance. Always focused on the future and continuous improvement, she is motivated to contribute to the development and well-being of the Franco-Ontarian community.

She holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Ottawa and is a member of the Ordre des Comptables Professionnels Agréés (CPA).

She has been a member of Hôpital Montfort's Board of Directors since 2023 and a member of the Management and Audit Committee since 2017.

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Caroline Richard has represented management since she was admitted to the Ontario Bar Association in 2002. She advises and acts on behalf of management in both official languages for litigation related to labour law, employment, human rights, negotiation of collective agreements and industrial accidents. She has litigated before various levels of federal, Ontario and New Brunswick courts as well as several administrative tribunals.
 
She completed her law degree at the University of Ottawa and is a member of the Law Society of Ontario and the Law Society of Nunavut.

Ms Richard is deeply committed to supporting the Franco-Ontarian community. She joined Hôpital Montfort’s Board of Directors in June 2017.

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Jean Ste-Marie, QC, has a Bachelor of Arts from Université Laval and a Licentiate in Laws from the University of Ottawa. After his admission to the Barreau du Québec, he practised at the federal Department of Justice for 23 years where he held several positions as Legal Advisor and Senior Manager. He then worked at the Office of the Auditor General of Canada as Senior Legal Advisor and Assistant Auditor General. He was also Interim Vice-President of the Public Service Commission of Canada.

After retiring, he accepted mandates for the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) in Francophone Africa, where he participated in projects on public finance. He also worked for CIDA in Asia where he worked on developing a law to establish a public service based on a Canadian model.

He was appointed Queen’s Counsel (QC) in 1991.

Jean Ste-Marie has been a member of the Board of Directors of Hôpital Montfort since 2018.

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Dominic Giroux has been President and CEO of Montfort since July 2023, and chairs the Board of Directors of the Ontario Hospital Association. He has 25 years of experience as a senior executive in two teaching hospitals, a research institute, a university, two provincial ministries and two school boards. 

Born in Montfort, a volunteer with the SOS Montfort movement and a member of the hospital’s board of directors during the ’90s, he is a Certified Health Leader with the Canadian College of Health Leaders and a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives. 

Prior to joining Montfort, Dominic led Health Sciences North and the Research Institute at Health Sciences North, Northern Ontario’s largest teaching hospital, from 2017 to 2023. During this time, he co-chaired pandemic management in the North for Health Ontario and sat on the Provincial Oversight Table for the response to COVID-19. 

Since the beginning of his career, he has been involved on numerous boards in the fields of health, education, mining innovation, public policy, and community and economic development, including:  

• Co-president of the Consortium national de formation en santé 
• Chairman, Northern Ontario School of Medicine 
• Vice-President/President-Elect, Universities Canada 
• Vice-President, Association des collèges et universités de la francophonie canadienne 
• Vice-President, ACFO d’Ottawa 

Elected trustee at age 19 and president of the Conseil des écoles catholiques de langue française for Ottawa-Carleton at age 21, he served as a senior executive in two new French-language school boards in Toronto and Ottawa, then as assistant deputy minister in the Ontario Ministries of Education and Training, Colleges and Universities, and as president of Laurentian University.  

Dominic was appointed by the federal government to the Governing Council of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. He has served on the Drummond Commission on the Reform of Ontario’s Public Services, which made over 100 health-related recommendations, the Ontario Economic Advisory Committee, and advisory committees for the Bank of Canada, the Globe and Mail, Hydro One and the Mowat Centre. 

He holds a bachelor’s degree in management and public policy, a bachelor’s degree in education from the University of Ottawa, and an MBA from HEC Montréal. He completed the Public Executive Program at Queen’s University. He holds an ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors, is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers and mentors new hospital CEOs. 

In 2011, Dominic Giroux was named one of Canada’s Top 40 Under 40. He has received a Community Builder Award of Excellence in Sudbury, a Paul Harris Fellowship from the Rotary Club, leadership awards from the University of Ottawa and HEC Montréal, the annual Pilier de la Francophonie award from the Assemblée de la francophonie de l’Ontario, the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, and an Eagle Feather for leadership in Aboriginal relations. He was named Chevalier of the Ordre des Palmes académiques de la République française by the French government for his contribution to the promotion of the French language in Canada. 

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Dr. Chantal D'Aoust-Bernard has been appointed as Chief-of-staff of Montfort in June 2024.

Born at Montfort, Dr. D’Aoust-Bernard began her professional journey at Montfort in 1992 as a resident. She has been an active member of our medical staff for 30 years, playing a significant role in Montfort’s development into a francophone university hospital that excels nationally and internationally.

She completed a bachelor’s degree in Kinanthropology at the University of Ottawa and her medical degree at the Université de Montréal. Additionally, she is a respected and valued family physician in the community.

In 2000, she initiated and since led the rehabilitation program at Montfort, and in 2016, she spearheaded our medical assistance in dying program. From 2015 to 2020, she chaired the Professional Staff Council, serving on the hospital’s board of directors. During the pandemic, she served as the lead physician at the COVID-19 care and testing clinic on Heron Road and was an active physician at the COVID-19 clinic in Orléans. Since 2022, she has served as interim Chief of Staff and then Deputy Chief of Staff. She chairs the Credentials Review Committee and the Resource Utilization and Management Committee and is a member of the Continuing Medical Education Committee.

She has received two awards from the University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine for her contributions to the Department of Family Medicine and for promoting the health and well-being of physicians and medical residents, as well as two Asteria Awards at Montfort – the Naos Award in 2020 and the Sirius Award in 2022. Also in 2022, she was among the 100 finalists for the Women of Inspiration Award and received an Award of Excellence from the Ontario College of Family Physicians.

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Ms. Josette Roussel holds the position of Associate Vice-President, Patient care and Chief Nursing Officer since November 2023.

Josette RousselMs. Roussel has 31 years' experience in the healthcare field, including a total of five years at Montfort at the start of her career, and 15 years in management positions. She has been Director of Diagnostic Services and Pharmacy at Montfort as of December 2020.

Originally from New Brunswick, Josette completed a Bachelor of Nursing at the Université de Moncton, a Master of Education at the University of Ottawa, a Master of Nursing at the Université du Québec en Outaouais, a Health Leadership Advancement Certificate at Royal Roads University and obtained certification in gerontology from the Canadian Nurses Association.

Josette has been recognized for her many contributions and impacts on the nursing profession, in Canada and internationally, by being named a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Nursing. She is currently Vice-President of the International Council of Nurses' Nurse Practitioners and Advanced Practice Nurses Network.
Early in her career, she worked as a registered nurse in New Brunswick, at Montfort, the National Defence Medical Centre, the Perley and Rideau Veterans' Health Centre and the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton in public health. From 1999 to 2008, she worked as an advanced practice nurse at the Sisters of Charity Ottawa Health Services. From 2008 to 2020, she was an advisor, program director and member of senior management at the Canadian Nurses Association.

She has served on some 30 provincial, national and international committees, advancing the role of the nurse practitioner in Canada, collaborated on half a dozen research projects, authored or co-authored some 20 publications, taught at the University of Ottawa and the Université du Québec en Outaouais, and given some 50 presentations over the past 10 years in Canada, France, Singapore, Hong Kong, Finland and Australia. Josette is very proud to have led the successful team that brought the International Council of Nurses Congress to Montreal in July 2023.

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Dr. Carpentier has been practising medicine in an academic setting for more than 20 years. She joined the Hôpital Montfort medical team in 2009 after practising in Montreal and later in Thunder Bay, Northern Ontario.

Her interest in hospital management came to the fore during the pandemic, when Dr. Carpentier became one of the physicians in charge of the Ray Friel COVID Testing Centre, and later, head of the emergency department in 2021 and 2022.

Dr. Carpentier is especially interested in improving the quality of care. She completed a quality and safety of care program with Telfer in 2019, and is actively engaged in quality-of-care enhancement initiatives in the emergency department.

From the start of her career, Dr. Carpentier has taken a hand in the clinical education of medical students and residents, and held teaching positions at Université de Montréal, McGill University, the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) and the University of Ottawa.

In addition to her clinical practice, Dr. Carpentier worked for the Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA) as a physician consultant, from 2015 to 2020, to improve patient safety and safe medical care. She also spent many years as a peer assessor in emergency medicine for the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO). She has served as the University of Ottawa’s academic representative on the CPSO Board of Directors since December 2022 and is a member of the College’s Discipline Tribunal.

Dr. Carpenter firmly believes in the importance of implementing effective mechanisms that improve workplace quality, and she hopes to make an active contribution in this area as Chair of the Professional Staff Council.  

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Lucie Thibault, Ph.D., is a Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Ottawa. The Faculty of Health Sciences includes programs in Nursing, Rehabilitation Sciences (Audiology, Speech-Language Pathology, Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy), Nutritional Sciences, Interdisciplinary Health Sciences and Human Kinetics. 

For the past 30 years, she has taught organizational theory, ethics in sport, globalization of sport, governance and policy, and social issues in sport. Her research has been published in numerous scholarly journals. She is co-editor of Contemporary Sport Management (2021, Human Kinetics) and Sport Policy in Canada (2013, University of Ottawa Press).

She studied at the University of Ottawa (1st cycle) and the University of Alberta (2nd and 3rd cycles). During her career, she has also worked at The University of British Columbia and Brock University. 

She has been an ex-officio member of the Montfort Hospital Board of Directors, representing the University of Ottawa, since 2018. 

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Ms. Estelle Ethier is Chief Executive Officer of the Institut du Savoir Montfort and Vice President of Research and Education at Hôpital Montfort since May 2023.   

Ms. Ethier is an experienced leader in the fields of health and education. Highly committed to the Franco-Ontarian community, Ms. Ethier served as Director of Education at ISM from July 2016 to March 2018, on the Board of Directors of ISM from September 2021 to November 2022, and has been a member of the Hopital Montfort Association for many years.

She has also served as Dean of Education at Collège La Cité for the past five years, during which time she played several key roles, including the development of the new Honors Bachelor of Science in Nursing program. This four-year program, developed in collaboration with the Ontario Ministry of Colleges and Universities, will be offered in the fall of 2023 to support hospitals in the face of a growing workforce shortage, particularly in Francophone minority communities.    

Her experience and expertise in building partnerships with key players in the sector will support ISM's efforts to achieve its mandate of improving the health of Francophone minority communities in Canada and ultimately, the healthcare sector and the health of the world.