New Path Youth and Family Services Board of Directors 2012-13
Sandy Roberts – Co-Chair
Lisa Clark – Co-Chair
Julie Knights - Vice-Chair
Rick McHale – Secretary/Treasurer
Rick joined the New Path Youth and Family Services Board shortly after retiring in Alliston from Markham, Ontario. He brings to the Board extensive experience with the United Way of York Region where he volunteered as chair of several Citizen review panels and served on the Board for six years. He spent over three of those years as chair of the Community Investment Committee whose role was to review and allocate funds to their 40 member agencies. Prior to that he had served on and chaired the Board of the Markham-Stoufville Family life center. He retired after working in the technology industry in senior management with IBM, NCR, EDS and TELUS.
Fawn Buker – Director
Margaret Hildebrandt – Director
Karen Kozole – Director
Barbara Mustard – Director
Michael Osborne – Director
Greg Pope – Director
Greg is currently a Branch Manager for RBC in Barrie. He recently joined the New Path Youth and Family Services Board and the New Path Foundation Board. He comes to the Board with strong leadership and management skills from his experiences working with RBC and IBM over the last 20 years. He joined both Boards as he has an interest in providing strong support and advocacy for Children’s Mental Health as he has children who have been impacted by different mental health issues. He hopes to bring the unique perspective of a parent dealing with Children’s Mental Health to the Board. He has been involved in many volunteer initiatives over the years and looks forward to being a significant contributor the both New Path Board’s.
Peter Scully – Director
Peter Scully has been in the retail business for over 30 years, with extensive experience as a Sales and Operations Executive for a number of recognized national brand names, including 22 years with The Source, formerly RadioShack Canada. Originally from Montreal, Pete relocated to South Barrie in 2004 withhis wife and daughter and now calls Barrie home! Pete brings a wealth of Operational and Human Resource experience, as well a corporate point of view to the board.
In addition to being involved with New Path as a Finance Committee member, Pete has been an active volunteer for many years for Friends of We Care, raising funds to send physically disabled kids to camp.
Teresa Snelgrove – Director
Teresa Snelgrove is currently President of ProFitHR, an early stage company that sells a suite of screening tools for assessing candidates for professions and professional schools. She also sits on the Board of ProFitHR.
Teresa previously was a Managing Director for Boyden International in their Toronto office. Prior to joining Boyden, Teresa spent 12 years as a Partner with Snelgrove Associates where the focus of the practice was management recruiting within the venture capital community and their portfolio companies, primarily in the technology, healthcare, life science and biotechnology sectors. Teresa’s work has been closely associated with entrepreneurial endeavours beginning with the co-founding of Timothy’s Coffees of the World in 1975 a specialty coffee chain now owned by the US firm Green Mountain Coffee, Chapters Bookstore Café and General Wellbeing a small chain of wellness stores in hospitals.
Before co-founding Snelgrove Associates, Teresa spent 10 years teaching at various Ontario Universities including the University of Toronto and the University of Western Ontario.
Teresa received a B.A. from McGill University, a M.A. and a Ph.D. from the University of Toronto. In 2000, she also completed a Masters in Education in Counselling Psychology at the University of Toronto.
New Path Foundation Board of Directors 2012-13
Paul Pratt – Chair 
Paul Pratt has been in the Banking business for 30 years, with extensive experience in Commercial Lending. He has held numerous management positions and he is presently the Manager of Commercial Banking with Scotiabank. Paul has lived and worked in Barrie since 1996. He is married with two children. In addition to his volunteer work with New Path Foundation, Paul also sits on the Board of Directors of New Path Youth and Family Services and is an active member of the Barrie Rotary Club.
Brett Restemayer
- Vice Chair
Brett is the owner of Restemayer Financial Services, an Insurance and Investment planning company that has been in operation for two and a half years. Prior to that, Brett worked in the financial services industry and as an industrial sales representative for a chemical company.
Brett is a past board member of Advocis, the financial advisors association of Canada and is currently involved as a volunteer with Big Brothers, spending time on a weekly basis with his little brother Thomas.
In addition to his two dogs, Bear and Cache, Brett and his wife Robin, recently became the proud parents of son, Maxwell.
Jeff Legault – Secretary/ Treasurer
Jeff was elected to the Board in October 2011. Jeff resides in the Orillia community and is an active member of that community. Jeff has always been active in community volunteerism and learned of New Path through his participation in a charity golf tournament. So far Jeff feels it has been a rewarding experience to learn about the organization and to participate in forums as an advocate for future development and advancement opportunity. Jeff’s educational background is in Law and Justice, and he works in finance. Prior to his involvement with New Path, Jeff has volunteered with the Orillia Minor Hockey Association, Orillia Youth Centre, and remains active with North Simcoe Victim Crisis Services. He reports that he has met some amazing people through the work that he does and he is looking forward to being involved in some major developments going forward.
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Peter Douglas – Director
Peter Douglas practices law with the longstanding Barrie firm of Stewart, Esten where he has been a partner since 1991. Peter is currently President of the Simcoe County Law Association and is a member of the Community Liaison Committee of the Superior Court of Justice. He has acted as counsel to children embroiled in custody and access disputes in Family Court. Peter has been appointed a Deputy Judge of the Superior Court of Ontario. Peter was the founding Chair of New Path Foundation in 2000 and remains an active member of the Board. Peter also chairs the Foundation’s Council of Advisors.
Greg Pope – Director
Greg is currently a Branch Manager for RBC in Barrie. He recently joined the New Path Youth and Family Services Board and the New Path Foundation Board. He comes to the Board with strong leadership and management skills from his experiences working with RBC and IBM over the last 20 years. He joined both Boards as he has an interest in providing strong support and advocacy for Children’s Mental Health as he has children who have been impacted by different mental health issues. He hopes to bring the unique perspective of a parent dealing with Children’s Mental Health to the Board. He has been involved in many volunteer initiatives over the years and looks forward to being a significant contributor the both New Path Board’s.
Teresa Snelgrove – Director
Teresa is our newest member and joined the Board as a Liaison between New Path Services and New Path Foundation Board. She was appointed to this Board in October 2012.
Teresa Snelgrove is currently President of ProFitHR, an early stage company that sells a suite of screening tools for assessing candidates for professions and professional schools. She also sits on the Board of ProFitHR.
Teresa previously was a Managing Director for Boyden International in their Toronto office. Prior to joining Boyden, Teresa spent 12 years as a Partner with Snelgrove Associates where the focus of the practice was management recruiting within the venture capital community and their portfolio companies, primarily in the technology, healthcare, life science and biotechnology sectors. Teresa’s work has been closely associated with entrepreneurial endeavours beginning with the co-founding of Timothy’s Coffees of the World in 1975 a specialty coffee chain now owned by the US firm Green Mountain Coffee, Chapters Bookstore Café and General Wellbeing a small chain of wellness stores in hospitals.
Before co-founding Snelgrove Associates, Teresa spent 10 years teaching at various Ontario Universities including the University of Toronto and the University of Western Ontario.
Teresa received a B.A. from McGill University, a M.A. and a Ph.D. from the University of Toronto. In 2000, she also completed a Masters in Education in Counselling Psychology at the University of Toronto.
Andrew Zyp
- Director
Andrew currently practices law in Barrie with the firm of Stewart Esten, working in the areas of corporate and commercial law, wills and estates and real estate.
In the past, Andrew’s practice was primarily focused on estates and trust law. In addition, Andrew has experience in tax, real estate, and corporate /commercial law. Andrew’s practice recently has seen growth in franchise work, commercial leases and share and assets sales. Andrew is a former business owner and holds a Masters Degree in Business Administration, which both help him to serve his clients better.
Andrew believes strongly in community service and has coached amateur teams and volunteered with many community based organizations and charities. Currently, Andrew is a member of the Board of Directors of the New Path Foundation and a past member of the Board of Directors of the MacLaren Art Centre where he still volunteers. His wife Krista is a proud Rotarian and they have two children, Chloe (’08) and Marco (’09).
Glen Newby – President and CEO
Glen has close to forty years of human service delivery experience in Ontario, Canada, twenty-five of which have been at the executive level. Glen has served on numerous community-based advisory groups and non-profit Boards that include service agencies, community planning organizations, ratepayer groups, and cottage associations. Glen serves on a number of advisory committees related to social entrepreneurship and social investment, and is the thought leader behind a variety of social tourism initiatives. Glen is a founding member of the unique, cross sector Coalition of Children, Youth and Family Services in Simcoe County. He has just recently retired from the Board of Directors of Children’s Mental Health Ontario (CMHO) where he served as President.
Glen is currently CEO of New Path Youth & Family Services, a multi service children’s mental health centre that serves the central east region of Ontario. Glen also serves as President and CEO of New Path Foundation, an organization which develops and manages various investments. Glen has led the Common Roof™ model development since inception in 1995, and has provided leadership in creating sustainable multi-tenant facilities for non-profit organizations in Ontario and elsewhere.
Glen is a long standing member of both SEAlliance and the NonProfitCenters Network.
Neville Twine – Vice President Common Roof Projects
Neville Twine is the Vice President of New Path Foundation. As well, Neville oversees the common roof™, a multi tenant program which is located in Central Ontario, Canada.
Neville brings to New Path Foundation over 30 years of senior management experience in the charitable not for profit sector. Well known as a respected presenter and facilitator, Neville brings his experience and extensive knowledge in the social services field to the human services sector. Success in his endeavors is supported by his marketing expertise and effective utilization of business planning.
Neville is a member of SEAlliance and the NonProfitCenters Network.
Ken Edwards – Vice President of Finance
Ken Edwards has been Vice President of Finance and Administration for New Path Foundation for the past five years. Ken brings a well rounded perspective to the New Path team with a broad financial, technical and operations background as well as education in and Business Administration and Agriculture. His work experience involves social service agencies that include adult mental health, Housing, addictions and hostel services. He has worked in a number of for-profit organizations that include distribution, construction, tourism and timeshare development. Ken has operated his own business services company offering accounting and technical supports and quick printing solutions since 1988.
James Thomson – Vice President of Resource Development
James Thomson brings over 25 years of relevant social services experience working with disadvantaged children, youth and families. Most of James’ work-related experience has been in the charitable not-for-profit sector and areas of expertise include program/service development, strategic planning, community development, fundraising and advocacy. He has led many training and development initiatives including organizational management projects. James is an accomplished leader with a passion for making a difference and most recently served as Executive Director of Gilda’s Club Simcoe Muskoka. James shares his busy life in Barrie with his wife Kim and two children Ceilidh and Kieran.
