Gem Lee-Herder – President
Gem Lee-Herder is a Registered Social Worker and community developer. She has over 12 years of experience working to improve access for marginalized populations in the education, settlement, faith, and health care sectors. Gem currently works as a Health Education Specialist at the University Health Network focusing on improving health equity and health literacy for its primary care and community medicine programs and services. Gem is an Adjunct Lecturer at the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work at the University of Toronto, and co-chairs the Mid-West Toronto Service Providers' Network. Gem serves as a member of the HF Connecting Health Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinic's service development and quality committee, Hong Fook Mental Health Association’s Korean program advisory committee, and Hong Fook Mental Health Foundation’s gala committee.
Sum-Ming Yu – Treasurer
Sum-Ming Yu is a Chartered Professional Accountant, and holds a Masters in Professional Accounting from the University of Saskatchewan and a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Alberta. She currently works as a Finance Manager in a large telecommunications company, specializing in corporate policy development, audit quality and board composition, corporate social responsibility, and business conduct. Sum-Ming also has a technical background in financial reporting, internal controls, auditing of companies in financial services, real estate development, construction, and non-for-profit organizations.
Janet Law – Secretary
Janet is a rehabilitation professional driven by results in process improvement. Her vision is to inspire change in people and influence change at organizational and system level. A graduate of the Masters of Science (Rehabilitation Science) at McMaster University and physiotherapy program at Queen's University, Janet has worked in acute care hospital, rehabilitation hospital, long term care and home care. Her current focus is on quality management and program administration. Furthermore, she is an Assistant Clinical Professor at McMaster University and a board member at the College of Physiotherapists since 2015. Outside of work, she enjoys public speaking, civic engagement and other cultural events.
Alan Ng
Currently a retiree, born in Hong Kong in 1954, migrated to Australia in 1984 and then to Canada in 1993. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Hong Kong and a Master of Commerce degree in University of New South Wales Sydney Australia. He is a student of Master Tam Shek-Wing in Nyingma study and practice. He has been a volunteer at the Hong Fook Mental Health Association since 2010, serving in various positions and activities in the Association’s landscape. He also serves in the Hong Fook Mental Health Foundation’s Gala Committee to help raising fund to the Association.
Andrew Wong
Andrew Wong has been in the healthcare industry for over 20 years learning the sector and practicing his craft. Andrew is an Healthcare Data Architect that excels at establishing collaborative relationships and leading initiatives to provide insightful platforms for leaders to make actionable decisions. Andrew is skilled at working effectively with sales, marketing, finance, and account management teams. A go-getter with a roll-up-your-sleeves "can do" mentality, process-oriented, detail-oriented, tech savvy, highly analytical, a team player, organized, and self-motivated. In addition, Andrew possesses a positive attitude and, most definitely, a sense of humor. As a new board member in 2021, Andrew is honored to join the board as an advocate of culturally competent care.
Daimeng Zhang
(Bio coming soon)
Varada Saraf
Varada Saraf is a Chartered Accountant and works as an Advisory Manager where she specializes in finance transformation projects, including finance operating model reviews, finance visioning and strategy development support. Varada also has a background in financial reporting, budget analysis, planning and forecasting as well as internal controls and complex accounting issues. She has participated in and led cross-functional global client service teams in executing on large-scale engagements in regulated industries.
Nomination
We are accepting nominations for positions on the Board of Directors and on Board Standing Committees for the Clinic. Kindly refer to the package for the forms and further details. Please return the completed nomination form along with your resume detailing your work and volunteer experience to the Administrative Services Lead Jenny Le by email: nomination@hongfook.ca
