Sandra Loucks Campbell MSW, PhD
Sandra’s abiding passion through her career has been her interest in improving the lives of older persons. She has worked in health, social services, employment policy, policy, program development, advocacy and professional association environments – all with a strong work focus on helping meet needs of older persons.
She has developed creative programming, elder abuse specialty programs, senior learning and teaching programs, specialized counselling services and many other programs at the front line, middle management and senior management levels.
She has responded to changes in government legislation as it has impacted the lives of elders, chaired community, professional and institutional committees and presented in high profile government and press environments on behalf of elders.
As she watched the profound impact of organizations on the lives of the persons served by the organizations through the first 20 years of her professional career, she returned to school to complete her PhD studying the relationship between organizations and the older people served.
Now, supported by her work as an instructor in social work and leadership programs in universities, she has founded and renewed her energy in her work with Commonpoint Service Inc. Here, she applies all she learned earlier to meet her dominant goal – improving the lives of older persons.
Christina Bisanz
Christina Bisanz was appointed as the CEO of the Ontario Long Term Care Association in June, 2009. In this capacity Christina leads the association in its representation of 430 members from not-for-profit, charitable, private and municipal homes that provide quality care and services to nearly 50,000 residents.
Christina’s broad-based experience and leadership spans several years spent working with both private sector and non-profit organizations. As an association executive, she has served as President and CEO of the Canadian Association of Chain Drug Stores, and the Canadian Association for Pharmacy Distribution Management, Vice President, Customer Policy of the Food and Consumer Products Manufacturers of Canada and as Executive Director of the Consumers Council of Canada, and the Ontario Association of Police Services Boards.
Prior to joining the OLTCA, Christina was Vice President, Stakeholder Relations for PharmaTrust, an entrepreneurial health care technology company. Her goal is to continue to enhance the vital role that the long term care sector plays in meeting the care and accommodation needs of aging Ontarians and contributing to an effective and sustainable health care system.
Deborah Geerlinks
Deb Geerlinks is the General Manager at Metcalfe Gardens Retirement Residence and has been for the past 17 years. Metcalfe Gardens is one of the retirement residences of Diversicare owning / managing long-term care facilities and retirement communities in Ontario.
Deb is a RN graduating from Conestoga School of Nursing. In addition, to managing Metcalfe, Deb has been an integral part in the development, implementation, and education of the ORCA Accreditation Standards.
Deb started out as a Surveyor, and has since, become one of the lead ORCA educators that train homes on how to meet the ORCA standards and promote best practices within their residences. Deb conducts regional workshops across the province, teleconferences and webinars as an ORCA Educator.
Deb’s expertise and knowledge in setting and educating on some of the key in-services required under ORCA standards and other legislative requirements. These include – Occupational Health and Safety, Violence in the Workplace, Prevention of Elder Abuse.
