Board of Directors

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.

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.

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.