Directors
Laurie A. Bebo
Alan Bell
Jesse C. Brotz
Derek H.L. Buntain
David J. Hennigar
Malen S. Ng
Mel Rhinelander
Charles H. Roadman II
Michael J. Spector
Laurie A. Bebo, age 36, became President and Chief Executive Officer of Assisted Living Concepts, Inc. in 2006. From 1999 to 2006, Ms. Bebo held a variety of management positions with Extendicare Health Services, Inc., including: Vice President Sales & Marketing; Vice President Assisted Living Operations; Area Vice President Wisconsin/Minnesota; and Area Vice President Ohio. From 1995 to 1999, Ms. Bebo was employed by Living Centers of America (Amerra & Mariner Post Acute Network) as Vice President Operations, Vice President Sales & Marketing, and Regional Sales Manager. Ms. Bebo is a former board member of Extendicare Health Services, Inc. and Extendicare Foundation and currently serves on the Executive Board of Assisted Living Federation of America and on the Managers’ Board of Newton Falls Fine Paper Company, LLC.
Alan Bell, age 58, is a corporate partner of Bennett Jones LLP specializing in mergers and acquisitions, private and public financing and corporate governance.
Jesse C. Brotz, age 33, has been a director of Scotia Investments Limited since 2004 and is currently a member of Audit and Corporate Governance/Human Resources committees of the board of Scotia Investments Limited. Mr. Brotz has a Bachelor of Science in Economics and Psychology from Brown University and has completed course work at Brown University in financial markets, micro and macro economics, accounting and econometrics and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in industrial organization and antitrust economics. He has also attended the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand. From 1996 to 1998, Mr. Brotz was a Senior Research Analyst for The Economics Research Group, Inc. (now Lexecon, Inc.), a Cambridge, Massachusetts consulting firm that uses economic theory and analysis in litigation support, public policy and business strategy.
Derek H.L. Buntain, age 66, is President of The Dundee Bank, a private bank offering banking services to international clients, and President and Chief Executive Officer of Goodman & Company (Bermuda) Limited (investment counsel). Mr. Buntain also serves as a director of the following companies: Calibre Energy, Inc., CencoTech Inc., Dundee Precious Metals Inc., Eurogas Corporation, Highliner Foods Incorporated, and Sentex Systems Ltd.
David J. Hennigar, age 67, is Chairman of the Board of Directors. Mr. Hennigar also is Chairman of Annapolis Group Inc. (a private holding company in real estate development), High Liner Foods Incorporated (a public value-added food processing company), and Aquarius Coatings Inc. (a public company in paint manufacturing and developing), as well as Chairman and CEO of Landmark Global Financial Corporation (a public investment and management company), and Chairman and founder of Acadian Securities Inc. (a private investment dealer). In addition, Mr. Hennigar serves as a director of the following public companies: Crombie Real Estate Investment Trust, MedX Health Corp., Sentex Systems Ltd., SolutionInc Technologies Limited, and VR Interactive Corporation. He also serves as a director of a number of private companies, including Crown Life Insurance Company, Minas Basin Holdings Limited, and Scotia Investments Limited.
Malen S. Ng, age 55, is Chief Financial Officer of the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board of Ontario since 2003. From 1975 to 2002, Ms. Ng was employed by Ontario Hydro and its successor, Hydro One Inc. (the largest electricity delivery company in Ontario), where she occupied several executive positions. Ms. Ng is a director of Sobeys Inc. (a public retail food distribution company) and of Jacques Whitford Group Ltd.
Mel Rhinelander, age 56, is Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors. He was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Extendicare Inc. as well as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Extendicare Health Services Inc. until the separation of Assisted Living Concepts, Inc. Mr. Rhinelander is Vice Chairman of Extendicare REIT and a director of Sobeys Inc. (a public retail food distribution company).
Charles H. Roadman II, MD, age 62, is the retired President and Chief Executive Officer of the American Health Care Association (1999 to 2004) and the former Surgeon General of the U.S. Air Force (1996 to 1999). Dr. Roadman serves as a director and advisor on a number of private corporate boards and associations
Michael J. Spector, age 67, is retired Chair and Managing Partner, of Quarles & Brady LLP, a Milwaukee, Wisconsin based law firm with 425 attorneys in six cities. Mr. Spector joined Quarles & Brady in 1966 and served as a member of its Executive Committee from 1976 to 2002, as Chair of the Executive Committee from 1987 to 2002, and as Managing Partner from 1999 to 2002. His practice focused primarily on business counseling and general school law representation, including related litigation and collective bargaining.
