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.

Jim Farrow has been a member of the Hillel Lodge Board of Directors since 2016 and President of the Board since August 2020.  Jim is a licensed Architect with the Ontario Association of Architects and a Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada.  In 2015, after 28 years, he stepped away from active full-time practice as a senior architect and firm principal and owner.  He continues with his volunteer activities as an active member of various OAA and other architectural committees as well as at the community level as a board member at Hillel Lodge.  He also does part time architectural and project management consulting through Farrow Levine Inc.

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 teaches as an Associate Professor in the University of Ottawa Department of Family Medicine. She is a daughter, 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.

Daniel joined the Hillel Lodge Board of Directors in 2020.  Daniel is from Long Island, New York and has been living in the National Capital Region since 2015.  Daniel is a communications and policy professional who works with clients on issues related to diversity, inclusion, and reconciliation. In addition, Daniel is a Fellow at the Public Policy Forum and a Senior Fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute.

Jonathan Mitchell joined the Hillel Lodge Board of Directors in August 2020. Since 2018, he has held the role of Vice-President, Research and Policy, at HealthCareCAN. In this role, Jonathan leads research, advocacy and policy development for member academic health sciences centres, hospitals, and healthcare organizations across Canada. Jonathan also serves on numerous national healthcare advisory committees and has volunteered for local causes in Ottawa and Montreal.

With over 15 years experience in national policy and research roles, Jonathan previously worked for the Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH), Accreditation Canada, and the Canadian Institute for Health Information.

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.