ReForest London's Board of Directors is a hard-working group of volunteers committed to the goals of ReForest London and its long-term viability in the community.

David Crockett, Chair
David Crockett is the Integrated Vice President, Facilities Management at London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) and St. Joseph’s Health Care, London (SJHC). The hospital programs serve the full spectrum of primary to quaternary care for a regional catchment of 1.5M people and are the major teaching centers for the University of Western Ontario and Fanshawe College. London’s Hospitals operate 1070 acute care beds, 470 regional mental care health beds and 930 LTC, Veterans, CCC beds on 7 sites.

Mr. Crockett began his hospital career in 1974 in Pharmacy Services in both community and teaching hospitals in Newmarket, Toronto and London. Senior VP administration positions have included medical operations portfolios leading utilization management, diagnostic, laboratory and therapeutic services. He has served on provincial and national professional associations.

The past 10 years have been spent planning and implementing hospital role changes, fostering sustainable partnerships and implementing restructuring directives. Current accountabilities include planning for all facilities development, infrastructure maintenance and engineering for 6 million square feet of facilities resources for SJHC and LHSC on 7 campuses. When complete in 2013, the community will benefit from $1.2 billion in updated care and research facilities to serve our patients better.
Other mandates include energy management and environmental stewardship with municipal , provincial and national recognition for innovation and leadership in reducing hospital impact on the environment.

Mr. Crockett set a personal goal in 1975 to plant 50 trees per year. He is a former director of the London Chamber of Commerce and Thames Talbot Land Trust and is currently Vice Chair and Governor of Fanshawe College, and Chair, ReForest London. He is a member of CHES, CSHP and CCHSE. He is married to Marcia, a pharmacist and has two sons , Matthew and Mark. He was a volunteer and coach for local soccer, wrestling and hockey teams.

Janet Frood, Director
Janet is the founder and CEO of Horizon Leadership Institute based in London, Ontario.  She is an accomplished change leader, a successful entrepreneur, and an internationally recognized executive, leadership and team coach.

With a degree in social behaviour and international coaching credentials, Janet is uniquely qualified to help individuals, teams, and organizations confront the status quo, find the opportunity that lives within change, and grow confidence and trust in each other and themselves. Prior to launching this business, Janet worked for 20 years in senior fund development positions in hospitals and universities and operated a consulting practice for non profit organizations.

Ian Greasley, Director
Ian is the owner of Bloomers at the Market, a company he founded over 25 years ago. This floral and gift store is diligent in its efforts to minimize it’s environmental footprint through local buying, aggressive recycling, and through using green energy to power the shop. Previously, Ian was vice president of two major multi family real estate companies in London. He has called London home for the past 35 years.

Steve Hemphill, Director
Steve Hemphill is a veteran of the Canadian full-service brokerage industry having entered the field in 1977 upon his graduation from the Ivey Business School at the University of Western Ontario. He has extensive retail management experience at both the branch and the executive office levels at ScotiaMcLeod, a major Canadian investment firm. Steve also spent six years as co-founder of a consulting and coaching practice that focused on highly successful Canadian retail advisors and their teams.

Steve has recently relocated to his home town of London where he manages the ScotiaMcLeod branch office there. His passions are distance running, music and basketball.

Stephanie Lentz, Treasurer
Stephanie Lentz is a Senior Manager of Assurance and Advisory with Deloitte & Touche LLP in London. In her eight years of auditing at Deloitte, she has gained extensive knowledge of numerous industries, including not-for-profit organizations, public sector, manufacturing and technology companies. Stephanie specializes in Assurance and Advisory for emerging technology companies. She is a member of Deloitte's Southwestern Ontario Green Technology Team, which specializes in serving companies with ‘Green Technologies.' Deloitte has a National initiative to support Green Technology companies.

A graduate from McMaster University in 1999, Stephanie holds an Honours Bachelor of Commerce, and later achieved a Chartered Accountant designation in 2002. Her zest for learning has led her to plan and facilitate local, national and international learning sessions, such as teaching auditing concepts to Deloitte's New Hires in Shanghai, China in 2005.

Relatively new to London, Stephanie is currently a Board member of Emerging Leaders and is an alumni of ENGAGE! London's 09-10 programme.  She has also volunteered with Women's Community House, London and created opportunities for her Deloitte colleagues to contribute their time and talent as well. Stephanie has always been active at her local church, and was responsible for counting and reconciling weekly offerings at St. George's Anglican, Kitchener.

Stephanie and her husband, Robin, are living in London's west end.

Peter Markvoort, Director
Peter is the Business Manager for Lashbrook Marketing and Public Relations; a full-service creative agency located in downtown London. He holds an Honours Business Administration degree from the Richard Ivey School of Business and in 2010 completed his Masters of Public Administration from Western University’s School of Graduate Studies. Before Lashbrook, he spent almost 5 years working in various positions in the public and private sector. Most notably he worked at the Lawrence National Centre for Policy & Management, advising government on the commercialization of green energy innovation.

Peter is an active leader in the London community. He currently sits as a Vice-President of the Board for Cystic Fibrosis Canada (London Chapter), is the Past-President of the Young Professionals Group, and a founding Board member of the Ronald McDonald House’s Red Shoe Society. Passionate about the London community, Peter is a Director on the Board for ReForest London, and sits on a plethora of committees with local organizations such as Big Brothers and Big Sisters and The Grand Theatre.

Peter is a lifelong Londoner. He lives, works, and plays in downtown London.

John Nolan, Director
John Nolan is a Development Officer at the University of Western Ontario.  After completing a Bachelor of Commerce at the Telfer School of Management at the University of Ottawa and spending some time abroad, he returned to his home city of London where he has worked in the non-profit sector for the past 8 years.  He continues to take courses at Western -- he recently completed the Graduate Diploma in Ethics, and is currently working towards the Project Management Professional Certification.  He and his wife Karen, a teacher, are passionate about volunteering and John has done committee work with organizations such as the Big Brothers / Big Sisters of London and the United Way of London and Middlesex.

Mitchell Schurmans, Vice-Chair
As Vice President for Oak Trust Company, Mitch is one of the original founders. With an entire working career spent in the financial industry Mitch has undertaken many different roles and responsibilities. At Oak Trust, Mitch draws on these many years of experience in these different roles to meet the many unique needs of his clients assisting them with their wealth accumulation, preservation and transitioning strategies.

Mitch graduated from the University of Western Ontario in 1980 with a B.A. and B.Ed. He  has completed his Canadian Securities Course through the Canadian Securities Institute and acquired his certificate of Financial Counseling through the Institute of Canadian Bankers. As a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners he maintains his Registered Trust and Estate Practitioner status.

Mitch has volunteered for many charitable organizations serving as Chapter Secretary for the Canada Trust Friends of the Environment Foundation, Southwestern Ontario Chapter. He has also served as a member of the Audit Committee for the London Community Foundation and as an original Ambassador in their Engage London program. Now with ReForest London, Mitch sits as a board director.

Mitch has lived in London most of his life with his wife Karn and three children.

Veronica Stoiber, Director
Veronica Stoiber currently holds the position of Director, Donor Relations & Stewardship at Western University. Prior to that, she spent over seven years at United Way London & Middlesex as Associate
Director, Major Gifts, where she has also served as Associate Director of Individual Giving and Manager, Special Events.

In addition to United Way, her work experience includes multiple international outreach roles with the Universidad de las Americas in Puebla, Mexico; Teaching Spanish at the University of Regensburg, Germany and even a year as a Fellowship Ambassador with Walt Disney World in Orlando. Veronica has a BA in Mass Communications from the Universidad de la Americas and a diploma in International Competence from the University of Regensburg in Germany.

Linda Visser, Director
Linda Visser is a lawyer at Siskinds LLP.  Her practice area is focused on class actions, including price-fixing conspiracy class actions and product liability.   Linda practiced in Toronto for two years at a large national firm before returning to London.  Linda obtained her LL.B in 2005 from the University of Western Ontario where she graduated with distinction. She completed one semester at The Australian National University in Canberra, Australia. Prior to attending law school, Linda obtained her Honours Business Administration (H.B.A.), with a Minor in Psychology, from Wilfrid Laurier University, where she graduated with honours.  Linda is a former director of the London International Children's Festival.  Linda is an avid runner and enjoys traveling.