Our Board

As a Human Resources executive with almost 30 years of experience, Fern Goncalves has extensive experience in providing human resources and training services within healthcare and a regulatory association as well as expertise with strategic planning, leadership training and succession planning, as well as advocacy and community outreach. Fern has held leadership positions with Professional Engineers Ontario and Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, including oversight of various departments, including human resources, professional development, volunteer services and events/conference management.

An active member with the Canadian Society of Association Executives and Human Resources Professionals Association (HRPA), Fern has also served on various HRPA committees and participated in mentorship programs. Fern holds a Masters of Adult Education (M.Ed.) from the University of Toronto – OISE as well as the designation of Certified Human Resources Leader (CHRL) from the Human Resources Professionals Association. Fern has been actively involved in numerous Board and committees with the United Way of York Region and the Catholic Community Services of York Region – a family and social services agency accredited by Family Services Ontario and a member of the Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants.

Fern joined the Southlake Residential Care Village Board of Directors in 2018.

Denise is qualified as a Corporate Commercial Lawyer who has specialized in general corporate and commercial law and securities law with a focus on mining and exploration. She holds a law degree and a master degree in law. She practiced with a prominent international law firm in the UK as a corporate and commercial solicitor, focusing primarily on take-over bids, mergers and acquisitions, reverse take-overs and corporate governance, and providing general advice on directors' duties and responsibilities before joining a prominent law firm, Heenan Blakie LLP located in Toronto where she practiced securities law in the mining group. Denise has previous board experience and was appointed as company secretary for a prominent mining company in Toronto. In her current role, Denise has switched focus and now works as a National Compliance Manager and Data Privacy Protection Officer for a prominent international organization. She is committed to giving back to the community and is passionate about providing her time to Southlake Residential Care Village to provide legal advisory as required.

Denise joined the Southlake Residential Care Village in 2015

Timothy Flemming is a long time Resident of Aurora and Newmarket with deep connections to the community. He has been involved with several charities from the grass roots to the board level. At the participant level he has coached over 25 sports programs, been a Scout leader and heavily involved in his church. At the board level he has served in 5 plus capacities including the Boys and Girls Club of Canada, MS Society of Simcoe-Muskoka and of course the Southlake Residential Care Village for the last 4 plus years.

Educationally, Tim has an undergraduate degree in Economics from Wilfrid Laurier University and a member in good standing of the Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario for over 30 years. He is engaged as both a participant and educator in many CPA activities each year. In early 2018, he chose to expand his personal development by obtaining his license as a personal Financial Advisor.

He has served in a wide range of senior business capacities with Sears Canada for over 25 years in Finance, Operations, Marketing, Merchandising and much more. As a member of the Board and executive leadership team, results were very solid. Upon departure from Sears, Tim set up his own consulting and small business improvement firm that continues to operate successfully to this day.

Tim has been married to his wife Kim for 38 years and raised 3 children who have gone
on to begin their successful careers and lives. Tim cares deeply about people, justice,
equity and transparency and works for SRCV because he believes they are a great
asset to the Newmarket community.

Tim joined Southlake Residential Care Village in 2015.

Gayle joined Southlake in December 2018. Gayle is a multi-award-winning Certified Health Care Executive with a track record for driving innovation and using evidence-based methods to achieve ambitious results. In her present position as Executive Innovator, Community Partnerships at Southlake Regional Health Centre, she brings her skills for building strong, collaborative partnerships, and her passion for challenging the status quo to improve quality of care, the patient and provider experience, and health system performance.

With a background in Nursing, over 20 years as a healthcare leader in acute care hospitals, home and community care, and government entities, Gayle has successfully navigated the rapidly-changing healthcare landscape by responding with vision. She engages partners and rallies them around common goals to achieve sustainable outcomes across the spectrum of service, quality, and excellence. She is a dynamic leader with a particular strength in developing initiatives which improve outcomes associated with transitions in care.