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2024-2025 Foundation Board of Directors
All Board Meetings take place at 5:15p.m. unless otherwise noted.
April 16, 2025 - Please click here to view the Agenda
May 21, 2025 - Please click here to view the Agenda
June 18, 2025 - Annual Meeting - 7:00pm
September 17, 2025
October 15, 2025
November 19, 2025
December 17, 2025
January 21, 2026
February 18, 2026
March 18, 2026
Carrie McArthur Low
Chair
Carrie is a real estate and estate planning lawyer with her own practice in downtown Cobourg. She previously practised at Blakes in Toronto and for 17 years, was in-house counsel at Royal Bank. Carrie and her family - husband Brian Porter, and their two daughters, Lily and Amelia - are active in many community organizations in Northumberland County.... read more
Denise O'Brien
Vice-Chair
Denise O’Brien, , PhD, ACC, Q.Med., was born and raised in the Belleville area. A graduate of Queen’s University, Denise and her husband, Warren relocated to Cobourg in 1990. After a career that spanned more than 30 years in the public sector, Denise continues her work as an Industrial-Organizational Psychology practitioner. Denise previously sat... read more
Ian MacVicar
Treasurer
Ian is originally from Toronto, and is a graduate of the Smith School of Business at Queens University. During a successful 40 year career, largely on Bay St in Toronto, Ian initially focussed on financial services, earning a CPA designation and working as an Investment Banker. Much of the last 30 years Ian has spent in the private equity and venture... read more
Gavin Ivory
Past Chair
Gavin joined the Board of Directors in 2017 in the role of Treasurer. He is well suited to this task after almost 40 years in the financial industry, retiring in 2017 from Beutel, Goodman and Company Ltd., where he managed global equities. Previously he served in a variety of asset management and financial analysis roles with McLeod Young Weir Ltd.,... read more
Rhonda Cunningham
FAHP, Board Secretary & Chief Executive Officer
Rhonda joined the Northumberland Hills Hospital Foundation as a member of a small staff team in September 1995 and was appointed as the Executive Director in 1997, followed by her appointment to CEO in 2022. To date (2024), she has helped raise close to $83 million in support of Northumberland Hills Hospital, including three successful capital campaigns... read more
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Help us turn lemons into lemonade this summer! NHH Foundation is once again inviting the young and young-at-heart to sign up to host their own...
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Gala 2025 - Tickets on Sale September 9, 2025
Our Gala is back — with a twist! This year, we’ll move away from a seated dinner and instead host A Silver Soirée – an elegant...
