New Board Members Dr. Eileen de Villa Dr. Eileen de Villa, wife of Dr. Richard Choi and mother of Aidan ’19 and Nicholas ’21 and Ryan (in Grade 4 at another independent school) joins the Board this year. She participated last year on the Headmaster Search Committee and looks forward to being an active contributor to the Board of Governors. After completing her B.Sc. at McGill University, Eileen continued her studies at the University of Toronto where she completed her Master of Health Science, her MD and specialty training in Public Health and Preventive Medicine. During her residency training, she practised family medicine in Toronto and completed her MBA. Since 2004, Eileen has worked for the Region of Peel where she is currently the Acting Medical Officer of Health. Eileen is an alumna of Havergal College and enjoys connecting with fellow “Old Girls” at various Crescent events. She and her family are avid travellers and are looking forward to their fourth Crescent Choir trip this November.
Lynn Porter Zechner Lynn Porter Zechner is the mother of Crescent graduates Scott Zechner ’08, James Zechner ’10 and current student Jack Zechner ’16, as well as daughter Katherine Zechner (Havergal ’12). She has been an active Crescent School volunteer since her family joined the community in 2004, and is proud to assume the position of President of the Crescent Parent Association this year. Lynn is a graduate of the English and Drama program of the University of Western Ontario. Following graduation, she worked for several companies in both Ottawa and Toronto in sales promotion and marketing before arriving at the national offices of Holt Renfrew, where she worked until retiring to raise her family in 1990. Since that time, Lynn has owned and operated a retail antiques and home furnishings business in Collingwood, as well as managing her family’s real estate holdings on the Maryland shore. She has also been an active volunteer fundraiser with such organizations as the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation, North York General Hospital, Operation Herbie and most recently Human Rights Watch Canada. Lynn, her husband John Zechner and their children are all avid travellers who enjoy spending time at their cottage in the summer and winter weekends skiing in Collingwood.
BOARD OF GOVERNORS 2014/2015 Bryan Kerdman P’14, Chair Dr. Eileen de Villa P’19, ’21 Sam Duboc P’19 Barry Gordon ’87, P’21 May Lee P’17, ’24 Kate Lisus P’14, P’16
Past and Present
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Fall 2014
Doris Loo P’18 Peter Osborne P’14, ’19 Lynn Porter Zechner P’08, ’10, ’16 Stuart Raftus P’17, ’18, ’23 Glenn Shyba P’16 Paul Spafford P’18, ’22
Paul Tompkins P’10, ’12, ’13 Amanda Walton P’13 Rob Watt ’85, P’14 Dr. Greg Wells ’89 Andrew Williams ’83, P’13 Charlotte Youngson P’14, ’17
Dr. Greg Wells ’89 As a coach, scientist and physiologist, Dr. Greg Wells has amassed more than 20 years of world-class experience with the extremes of human health and performance. Greg is an Assistant Professor in Kinesiology and Physical Education at the University of Toronto. He is also an Associate Scientist in Physiology and Experimental Medicine at The Hospital for Sick Children. Previously, Greg served as the Director of Sport Science at the Canadian Sport Centre, taught elite sport coaches at the National Coaching Institute, and worked with the Royal Canadian Golf Association as its Exercise Physiologist. Greg has coached, trained and inspired dozens of elite athletes to win medals at the Commonwealth Games, World Championships and the Olympics. He makes regular appearances on national television and radio as a health and performance expert, writes articles and research papers for numerous magazines and scientific journals, and is a highdemand speaker around the world. In his free time, Greg practises what he preaches. Once an internationallevel competitive swimmer, he has also competed in three marathons including the Nanisivik Marathon, one of the world’s toughest marathons 600 miles north of the Arctic Circle; and an Ironman triathlon and the Tour D’Afrique, which at 11,000 km is the longest bike race in the world. 9