Board of Directors

Martin Black has been a member of the Hillel Lodge Board of Directors since 2017.  He lends his expertise both as a practising lawyer and with decades of experience in serving on numerous charitable and non-profit boards, for various health, educational and arts organizations.

Dr. Janet Dollin has been a member of the Hillel Lodge Board of Directors since 2018.  Originally from Montreal, Dr. Dollin has been a community family physician in Ottawa since 1996 and has now retired from her medical practice and teaching at the University of Ottawa Department of Family Medicine. She is now exploring the healing power of color in her paintings. She is a mother, a wife, and a grandmother above all else! Working on the Board of Directors of Hillel Lodge gives her an opportunity to shape needed changes in long term care and give back to her community.

Dan Pujdak is the Vice President of Hillel Lodge and a member of the Ottawa Jewish Federation’s Communication and Community Relations Committee. He is the Chief Strategy Officer of Blackbird Strategies, a leading public affairs agency.  Previously Dan has served as a senior advisor to Indigenous leaders and as a Director of Policy a Parliament Hill. He is a Fellow at the Public Policy Forum l and a Senior Fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute.

Peter Stelcner joined the Hillel Lodge Board of Directors as well as the Audit and Finance Committee effective September 2019.

Attained CPA, CA designation December 1978. Worked in public accounting in Montreal between 1975 and 1987. Moved from Montreal to Ottawa in 1987 and acquired an equity interest in The Starship Group of Companies carrying on business in the courier and logistics platform.  Serving as CFO of Starship from 1987 to present.