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  • Jay S. Hennick

    Director
    Founder & Chairman of the Board
    Member:
    Executive Compensation Committee, Chair

    FirstService Corporation

  • D. Scott Patterson

    Director
    President & Chief Executive Officer

    FirstService Corporation

  • Yousry Bissada

    Director
    Member:
    Audit Committee

  • Elizabeth Carducci

    Director

  • Steve H. Grimshaw

    Director
    Member:
    Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

  • Frederick R. Reichheld

    Director
    Member:
    Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

  • Joan Sproul

    Director
    Member:
    Audit Committee, Chair
    Sarbanes Oxley Committee, Chair

  • Erin J. Wallace

    Director
    Member:
    Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, Chair
    Executive Compensation Committee

Jay S. Hennick

Director
Founder & Chairman of the Board
Member:
Executive Compensation Committee, Chair
FirstService Corporation

Jay Hennick is the Founder and Chairman of FirstService. In June 2015, Mr. Hennick became the Global Chairman and CEO of Colliers International Group Inc. Pre-spin-off, Mr. Hennick was the CEO of former FirstService Corporation from 1988 to 2015. In 2019, Mr. Hennick became a Director of The Horatio Alger Association of Canada. In 1998, Mr. Hennick was awarded Canada's Entrepreneur of the Year, in 2001 he was named Canada's CEO of the Year by Canadian Business Magazine and in 2011, received an honorary Doctorate of Laws from York University and the University of Ottawa. In 2018, Mr. Hennick was appointed a member of the Order of Canada, and is also the 2019 International Horatio Alger Award recipient. Mr. Hennick served as past Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Sinai Health System, in Toronto and is the past Chairman of The Mount Sinai Hospital Board of Directors. In addition, Mr. Hennick has endowed the Jay S. Hennick JD-MBA Program at the Faculty of Law ad School of Management at the University of Ottawa Law School, his alma mater, and The Hennick Centre for Business and Law, a joint program of the Osgoode Hall Law School and the Schulich School of Business at York University. Mr. Hennick holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from York University in Toronto and a Doctorate of Laws from the University of Ottawa.

D. Scott Patterson

Director
President & Chief Executive Officer

Scott Patterson is the President and CEO of FirstService. Pre-spin-off, Mr. Patterson was the President and Chief Operating Officer of former FirstService Corporation from 2003 to 2015. He joined former FirstService Corporation in 1995 as Vice President Corporate Development, and was its Chief Financial Officer from February 1995 until September 2003. Prior to joining former FirstService Corporation, Mr. Patterson was an investment banker at Bankers Trust. Mr. Patterson qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1985 and began his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Mr. Patterson holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration from the University of Western Ontario.

Frederick F. Reichheld

Director
Member:
Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

Since 1977, Frederick Reichheld has been employed at Bain & Company, Inc., a global business consulting firm, and was elected to the partnership at Bain in 1982. Mr. Reichheld is the creator of the Net Promoter® system of management and founded Bain's Loyalty practice, which helps clients achieve superior results through improvements in customer, employee, partner and investor loyalty and has also served in a variety of other roles, including as a member of Bain & Company's Worldwide Management, Nominating, and Compensation Committees. In January 1999, he was elected by the firm to become the first Bain Fellow. Mr. Reichheld is a frequent speaker to major business forums and groups of CEOs and senior executives worldwide and has authored several books, including The Loyalty Effect: The Hidden Force Behind Growth, Profits, and Lasting Value (Harvard Business School Press, 1996), Loyalty Rules!: How Today's Leaders Build Lasting Relationships (Harvard Business School Press 2003), The Ultimate Question (Harvard Business School Press, 2006) and The Ultimate Question 2.0 (Harvard Business School Press 2011). Mr. Reichheld received his BA from Harvard College and his MBA from Harvard Business School.

Joan Sproul

Director
Member:
Audit Committee
Sarbanes Oxley Committee - Chair

Joan Sproul was most recently the Executive Vice President, Finance (CFO) & Chief Administrative Officer of the Sinai Health System in Toronto, Canada, which is comprised of Mount Sinai Hospital, Bridgepoint Active Healthcare and Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute. In addition to serving more than 20 years in various finance and corporate-related roles at Mount Sinai Hospital, she previously held a number of senior financial positions in the hospitality industry. Ms. Sproul serves on the Board of Directors for The Centre for Phenogenomics, a state-of-the-art national research facility owned and operated by Sinai Health and the Hospital for Sick Children. Ms. Sproul was named to the list of Canada's Most Powerful Women, Women's Executive Network, 2013. Ms. Sproul holds a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) designation, having qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1981 and began her career at Ernst & Whinney. Ms. Sproul holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Toronto.

Yousry Bissada

Director
Member:
Audit Committee

Mr. Bissada is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Home Capital Group Inc. Mr. Bissada has more than three decades of experience in financial services and the mortgage industry. Prior to joining Home Capital Group, Mr. Bissada was President and CEO of Kanetix Ltd., an insurance and financial products company, President and CEO of Filogix, Senior Vice President, Real Estate Secured Lending Products at TD Canada Trust and CFO of Firstline Trust. Mr. Bissada has also served on the boards of companies in the mortgage and financial services industries, such as Chair of Canadiana Financial Corp. and Paradigm Quest Inc. and as a director of Propel Holdings Inc., Street Capital Financial Corp. and Equity Financial Holdings Inc. (AMP).

Elizabeth Carducci

Director

Ms. Carducci is recognized as a visionary leader in the customer and employee experience industry. She is currently an advisor and investor in early stage companies, having recently retired from a 21 year career at Medallia, a leading software company in the customer experience space.

As a member of the founding team, Ms. Carducci joined Medallia in 2001 as employee number three and helped build the company into an industry leader with 2000 employees and more than $500M in annual revenue. She was part of the management team that took Medallia public in 2019, and through a subsequent $6.4B buyout in 2021 by private equity firm, Thoma Bravo.

Her deep domain expertise comes from having worked with many of the world's largest and most well-respected companies during her tenure at Medallia. Prior to her role as chief revenue officer, she led their industry solutions and go-to-market strategy functions, formed the solution principal team of domain experts across verticals, and started up the insights consulting group. Under her stewardship, Medallia became the leading provider of customer experience management solutions across many industries, with companies such as Capital One, Comcast, Delta, Four Seasons, Hilton, Marriott, Paypal and Walmart as customers. Before Medallia, Ms. Carducci led the global contact center organization for Starwood Hotels, with prior roles at ITT Sheraton, and Deloitte. Ms. Carducci holds an MBA from Stanford University and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Erin J. Wallace

Director
Member:
Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, Chair
Executive Compensation Committee

Erin Wallace is the former Chief Operating Officer at Great Wolf Resorts, Inc., a role she held since August 2016. In this role, she was responsible for leading more than 9,000 Great Wolf Pack Member employees at 18 lodges throughout the United States. Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. is America's largest family of indoor water park resorts and has over 7.0 million guests a year. Before joining Great Wolf Resorts, Inc., Ms. Wallace was the Chief Operating Officer of Learning Care Group, Inc. from February 2015 to August 2016, where she led more than 16,000 Learning Care Group employees in delivering operational excellence to the families served at more than 900 schools throughout its umbrella of 5 brands. Prior to that, Ms. Wallace's nearly 30 year career at the Walt Disney Company spanned many roles in Theme Parks and Resorts concluding with Executive Vice President of Operations Strategy, Planning and Revenue Management, working with all of Disney Parks' domestic and international sites. After joining Disney as an industrial engineer in 1985, Ms. Wallace held a variety of managerial roles within Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, contributing to 30 years of leadership at The Walt Disney Company. Ms. Wallace's previous roles include Senior Vice President of Walt Disney World Operations - where she oversaw the largest and most popular resort destination in the world. She has also served as Vice President of Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom® and general manager for Disney's Animal Kingdom® and Disney's All-Star Resort. Ms. Wallace graduated with honors from the University of Florida (UF) and was recognized with the Distinguished Alumni Award from UF in 2012. Ms. Wallace earned her MBA from Rollins College Crummer School of Business in 1993. In 2006, Ms. Wallace was inducted into the Crummer Graduate School of Business Alumni Hall of Fame. Ms. Wallace has been an active member of the Central Florida community, serving on numerous academic and civic boards and committees.

Steve H. Grimshaw

Director
Member:
Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

Steve Grimshaw is the full time Executive Chairman of Caliber, Inc., one of the largest automotive service companies in the U.S. Since joining as CEO in 2009, Caliber has grown from 68 locations in two states to over 1,244 company owned locations in 35 states across the U.S. Caliber's family of brands now encompass Caliber Collision, Caliber Glass, Caliber Auto Care, and Protech Electronics. Caliber's revenues have increased from $284 million to over $4.0 billion during his tenure. Prior to joining Caliber, Steve served as Executive Vice President & General Manager at Safety-Kleen Systems, one of the largest environmental services companies in the U.S. with additional operations in Canada, Mexico, Japan, China, and South Korea. Under Steve's inspirational leadership, Caliber's philanthropic efforts are tightly woven into the fabric of the Caliber culture including the annual Rhythm Restoration Food Drive with more than 20 million meals collected for children in need of nutritious meals and the Caliber Recycled Rides program which has donated more than 250 vehicles to military and first responder families in need of reliable transportation. Steve received the 2016 Ernst & Young Southwest Entrepreneur of the Year Award in the services category and was a National Finalist. Steve was Chairman of the Board for the Dallas Division of the American Heart Association until June 2020 and currently serves on the AHA Board for the Southwest Region. Steve chaired the 2016 Cites du Coeur event with his wife Melissa raising a record $4 million to fight heart disease and stroke. Steve was also appointed to the American Heart Association CEO Roundtable as one of 40 CEOs from some of America's largest companies dedicated to disseminating evidence-based approaches to workplace health. He also sits on the Board of Premise Health, the nation's leading direct healthcare provider based in Nashville, TN Steve is a graduate of the University of South Carolina where he currently serves as a Trustee for the Business Partnership Foundation for the Darla Moore Business School. Previous Board seats include Mavis Discount Tire, Amegy Bank Dallas Advisory Board, 22Kill (focused on ending veteran suicide).