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: Vera Mercier, Agency Board Director (Durham Children’s Aid Society)
Past Chair: Ela Smith
Treasurer: Derrick Drouillard, Agency Staff Director (Windsor-Essex Children’s Aid Society)
Pierre Morin
Agency Board Director (Children’s Aid Society of Ottawa)
Bill Penny
Agency Board Director (Children’s Aid Society of London & Middlesex)
Catherine Simunovic
Agency Board Director (North Eastern Ontario Family and Children’s Services)
Dannielle Samuel
Agency Board Director (Children’s Aid Society of Ottawa)
Priscilla Manful
Agency Staff Director (Catholic Children’s Aid Society of Toronto)
Amanda Colacicco
Agency Staff Director (Family and Children’s Services of Frontenac Lennox and Addington)
Cléo Charlebois
Agency Staff Director (North Eastern Ontario Family and Children’s Services)
Tracy Willoughby
Agency Staff Director (Children’s Aid Society Of Algoma)
Sally Johnson
Agency Staff Director (Child and Family Services of Grand Erie)
Patricia Codner
Associate Member
