2024 COO Board Elections
 

Elections for Board of Directors positions in District 2 (Eastern) and District 3 (Northern) closed on Friday, June 21 at noon! The following candidates were elected:

  • Derick Summers was elected in District 2, (Eastern)
  • Kevin Cloutier was elected in District 3, (Northern) 

Click here to see the full results of the election. 

As the governing body of the College, the Board of Directors is committed to creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment that is reflective of the diversity of its registrants and the patients that they serve.  Eligible registrants from equity-deserving groups are encouraged to seek a nomination, including indigenous persons, racialized persons/ persons of colour, women LGBTQ+ and persons with disabilities. 

The successful candidates will begin serving a three-year term of office starting January 1, 2025.  Nominations closed April 24, 2024.

What skills and attributes make a great Board member?

Anyone seeking election to the board will be interviewed by a screening panel of the College’s Governance Committee. During the interview, candidates will be asked to demonstrate the following core competencies: 

  • Passion – Public Service Oriented: Demonstrates outstanding initiative and commitment towards the practice of opticianry. Committed to service the College’s mandate to regulate the profession of opticianry in the public interest. 
  • Exemplified Integrity: Demonstrates a conviction to do what’s right and to reject what’s wrong, regardless of the consequences.
  • Unbiased and Open Minded: Demonstrates the ability to self identify and set aside conscious biases. Proactively reflects on the impact of unconscious biases in all situations. Actively listens and absorbs all information to make an informed and open-minded decision.  
  • Critical Judgment and Decision Making: Makes good decisions based upon a combination of analysis, wisdom, experience, and sound judgment. Comfortably deals with concepts and complexity and looks beyond the obvious to avoid ‘group think’ and/or the status quo.
  • Collaboration and Inclusion: Demonstrates an open mindset, listens without judgment, and embraces diversity of others and of thought. Seeks to understand and build on the strengths of others. 

 


Electoral District Information

DISTRICT NAME DISTRICT
ENCOMPASSES
MEMBER TERM NEXT ELECTION

1

Southern

The County of Brant, the City of Hamilton, the regional municipalities of Halton and Niagara and the counties of Haldimand and Norfolk, or the equivalent geographical areas and names, as substituted by statute from time to time.

P. Imola 

2024 -2026

2026
(for 2026 - 2028)

2

Eastern

The City of Kawartha Lakes, the counties of Peterborough, Northumberland, Haliburton, Hastings, Lennox and Addington, Prince Edward, Frontenac, Lanark, Leeds and Grenville, Renfrew, Prescott and Russell, Stormount, Dundas and Glengarry, the regional municipality of Durham and the City of Ottawa, or the equivalent geographical areas and names, as substituted by statute from time to time.

D. Summers

2022 - 2024

2024
(for 2025 – 2027)

3

Northern

Territorial districts of Kenora, Rainy River, Thunder Bay, Cochrane, Temiskaming, Nipissing, Parry Sound, Algoma, Manitoulin, and Muskoka, and the District of Sudbury, or the equivalent geographical areas and names, as substituted by statute from time to time.

K. Cloutier

2022-2024

2024
(for 2025 – 2027)

4

Western

Counties of Bruce, Grey, Huron, Perth, Lambton, Middlesex, Oxford, Elgin, Kent and Essex, or the equivalent geographical areas and names, as substituted by statute from time to time.

T. Nahmabin

2023-2025

2025
(for 2026 - 2029)

5

Toronto

City of Toronto, or the equivalent geographical areas and names, as substituted by statute from time to time.

G. Sepczynska 

           2024 -2026 2026
(for 2026 - 2028)

6

Contact Lens Mentor

Whole province of Ontario

R. Vezina 2023-2025 2025
(for 2026 - 2029)

7

Central Western

The counties of Dufferin and Wellington and the regional municipalities of Peel and Waterloo, or the equivalent geographical areas and names, as substituted by statute from time to time.

S. Modhera 2023-2025 2025
(for 2026 - 2029)

8

Central

County of Simcoe and the Regional Municipality of York or the equivalent geographical areas and names, as substituted by statute from time to time.

C. Pacheco 

2024 -2026 2026
(for 2026 - 2028)

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