Leadership Teams
Senior Leadership Team
Led by our CEO, the Senior Leadership Team is responsible to implement the Board’s vision and provide strategic direction and management as it relates to day-to-day operations.
R.J. (Bob) Gallagher, MPA
President and CEO
Morgan Bello, MIR, MBA, CHRP
Vice President, People & Culture and Corporate Services
Michel Guilbeault
Vice President, Housing and Child Care
Katie Sexton, B.A.Com, BEd
Vice President, Employment and Newcomer Services
Andrew Smith, CPA, CA, MBA
Vice President, Finance
Cathy Turnbull
Vice President, Transitional Planning
Board of Directors
The YMCA of the National Capital Region is governed by a Board of Directors. This group of dedicated and committed volunteers is comprised of professionals who lend their expertise in providing vision, strategic leadership, policy directives and stewardship for the association.
Susannah Crabtree
Chair
Partner, Career Business Leader,
Mercer Canada
Jean Laurin, CPA, CA
Past Chair
CEO (Retired), ENCON Group Inc.
Anne Butler
Secretary
Chief Legal Officer,
Peoples Group
Louise Tardif, ICD.D
Treasurer
Corporate Director
Trevor Bhupsingh, MPA
Assistant Deputy Minister
Emergency Management and Programs Branch
Public Safety Canada
Anna Laurence
Senior Manager Atlantic Canada
Government Affairs,
Rogers Communications
Jacques Paquette, ASC
Senior Assistant Deputy Minister (retired),
Department of Employment and Social
Development Canada
Gary Simonsen
Chief Executive Officer (retired),
The Canadian Real Estate Association
Danial Taggart CPA, CA, CFA
Group Development Controller
Taggart Group of Companies
Tricia Weagant, BA
Principal
Ossington Road Media
Caroline Xavier
Associate Deputy Minister,
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship
Canada