Our Board

The OACAS Board of Directors, which governs OACAS, is composed of directors elected at the annual meeting of the membership. The Board includes a board chair, vice chair, past board chair, 6 agency board directors, 6 agency staff directors, and 2 directors-at-large.

2024/2025 OACAS Board Members

Board Executive
Chair: Catherine Simunovic, Agency Board Director (North Eastern Ontario Family and Children’s Services(NEOFACS)) 
Past Chair: Ela Smith
Treasurer: Derrick Drouillard, Agency Staff Director (Windsor-Essex Children’s Aid Society)

Ahnika Breutsch
Agency Board Director (Kenora-Rainy River Districts Child & Family Services)

Anna Bozza
Agency Staff Director (Family and Children’s Services Niagara)

Patricia Codner
Associate Member

Cléo Charlebois
Agency Staff Director (North Eastern Ontario Family and Children’s Services (NEOFACS))

Muhammad Faizan
Agency Board Director (Halton Children’s Aid Society)

Priscilla Manful
Agency Staff Director (Catholic Children’s Aid Society of Toronto)

Jennifer Mclauchlan
Agency Staff Director (Kawartha Haliburton Children’s Aid Society)  

Pierre Morin
Agency Board Director (Children’s Aid Society of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry)

Bill Penny
Agency Board Director (Children’s Aid Society of London and Middlesex)

Tracy Willoughby
Agency Staff Director (Children’s Aid Society of Algoma)

Vera Mercier
Agency Board Director (Durham Children’s Aid Society)