ORCA Leadership Series

Dynamic. Smart. Energetic. Committed.

Ontario’s retirement community sector is full of exceptional leaders who are changing the way the world thinks about senior living. ORCA has the privilege of sharing these leaders’ stories through the ORCA Leadership Series, a collection of interviews highlighting what retirement communities and their leaders are all about.

The sector is thriving, and the series serves to inspire, cultivate, and influence future leaders for the industry.
Click on the current leaders below to read their full interviews, and be sure to watch out for more interviews coming soon!

Meet David Jarlette, President of Jarlette Health Services. From the tender age of ten, David has been a part of the retirement community sector, starting as a housekeeping aide and working his way up through the ranks.

A registered nurse passionate about helping people, David pursued different experiences before ultimately returning to the family business. Now, as leader of the organization that operates 22 retirement lodges and long-term care homes combined, and more construction underway, David leads his teams by example and honesty – values that his parents and mentors instilled in him throughout his life and career.

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Meet Sharon Toor, Chief Executive Officer of Sagecare Inc. From her humble beginnings, Sharon has been distinguished within the sector for her advocacy efforts on client-centered care and for setting industry benchmarks.

Sharon has also been leading her company through a global pandemic, one that has taken a devastating toll on health care workers. Her compassionate nature and forward-thinking approach to leadership has allowed her to effectively navigate her staff through these trying times.

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Meet Karen Sullivan, President and Chief Operating Officer of Chartwell Retirement Residences. Sullivan was appointed COO in 2012 and then became President and COO in March 2020 after 13 years with the organization.

Throughout her 34 years of experience in seniors housing, Sullivan has been an impactful force on the sector and remains instrumental in shaping senior living in Ontario now and into the future.

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Meet Doug MacLatchy, CEO of Amica Senior Lifestyles. MacLatchy is a force in the sector, a leader who thinks creatively and thoughtfully about the future of senior living.

More than that, MacLatchy has been leading his company through a global pandemic, one that has tragically targeted seniors more than any other group. How he effectively managed through this crisis is a testament to his leadership.

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Meet Tom Wellner, President and CEO of Revera Inc. Since joining Revera in 2014, Wellner has led the organization through transformational changes, developing the company’s strategic direction to grow, innovate and lead in the sector.

Over the past five years, Wellner has worked with numerous strategic partners in Canada, the U.S. and the U.K. to grow Revera’s portfolio to more than 500 properties internationally.

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Meet Brent Binions, President and CEO of Chartwell Retirement Residences, who got his start in the senior housing sector as a young man working in the family business.

After more than 35 years in the sector, he was appointed President and CEO of Chartwell in 2009 and under his leadership, it has become the largest seniors’s housing company in Canada with more than 200 retirement and long term care communities in four provinces.

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Meet Lois Cormack, President and CEO of Sienna Senior Living. Since her appointment in 2013, Cormack has led the company through significant growth and transformation, successfully repositioning Sienna as one of Canada’s leading seniors living providers.

In 2014 and 2015, Cormack was named one of Canada’s top female entrepreneurs in Profit/Canadian Business’ W100. Under her leadership in 2017, Sienna Senior Living was named among Canada’s Most Admired Corporate Cultures by Waterstone Human Capital.

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