WMFC Governance
The WMFC has a Board of up to thirteen members, all of whom are volunteers. Oversight of the Board is through our Trustees. There are up to 39 non-Board Trustees, depending on the size of the Board. Trustees elect the Board. The WMFC is always looking for Trustees who are willing to give time and direction to the WMFC. (If you are willing to consider it, contact the WMFC Board Secretary gloria.mcneill@wmfc.ca.)
The WMFC Board holds monthly Board meetings and an Annual Meeting with the Trustees in the spring of each year.
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The WMFC is a registered Canadian charity – Registration no. 86755 2713 RR0001
WMFC Officers and Board
| Member Name | Title | Province | Joined the Board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cam Fraser | Chair | Alberta | 2019 |
| Daniel Zlatin | Vice-Chair | Ontario | 2021 |
| Andrew Beacom | Treasurer | Ontario | 2021 |
| Glora McNeill | Secretary | Ontario | 2023 |
| Michael Collins | Ontario | 2023 | |
| Joe Lewicki | British Columbia | 2020 | |
| Raffaela Mercurio | Ontario | 2016 | |
WMFC Officers and Board Biographies
After graduating from the University of Western Ontario with a degree in Business, Cam pursued a career in the retail world, following his love for the outdoors, with Eddie Bauer both in Toronto and Calgary. Life in Calgary dictated a change in careers. After initially starting up a Manufacturing and Wholesale Hot tub and Spa business, which he later sold, he transitioned into the Oil and Gas Business where he successfully spent 30 years, retiring in 2010. After initially working with Dome Petroleum, he joined a succession of junior oil and gas companies and start ups as Vice President of Business Development and concluded his career as an Oil and Gas Consultant.
Diagnosed with WM in 2003, Cam was on Watch and Wait until 2013, when he was treated with combination of Bendamustine/Rituxin. In January 2012, he established and still co-chairs the Alberta WM Support Group and assisted in organizing the Calgary 2015 Education Forum. In addition to WM, he volunteers in various conservation associations involved in wildlife management and habitat restoration.
Daniel Zlatin (He, Him)
Daniel is a retired “high tech” worker, who was diagnosed “by accident” in 2016. On discovering the WMFC, he appreciated the opportunity to exchange information and ideas about the disease and its progress (or not) with like-minded others.
Daniel was treated on the BRAWM trial in 2021-2022, and is looking forward to a long, long period of watch and wait.
After his decades of experience in real-time communication systems, he now finds himself doing something completely different: maintaining the WMFC web site and mailing list. Daniel joined the Board in 2021.
Gloria recently joined the WMFC Board of Directors, taking on the role of Secretary. She also is co-leader for the Toronto Support Group. And, outside of the WM world, she is a volunteer at the St. John Compassionate Mission.
She was accidentally diagnosed with WM in 2015 and since then has been on ‘watch and wait’.
Gloria is a retired dentist, having received her undergraduate degree in her hometown of Thunder Bay and her dental degree in Winnipeg. She raised her 3 children while running her busy dental office in Thunder Bay. In December 2020 during the Covid Pandemic she relocated to Toronto shortly after losing her husband to colon cancer. This move has allowed to her to reside closer to her children and their families, as well as to experience all that Toronto has to offer; yes a big change indeed. Over the years she has enjoyed many activities including marathon running, cycling, down hill and cross country skiing, ice climbing, alpine climbing and always yoga. Her greatest passion, outside of her family and friends, is travel, which she is still fortunate to enjoy.
Michael is lucky enough to be Scottish by birth yet clever enough to become Canadian by choice.
He worked in the hustle and bustle of advertising and marketing in Toronto for 20 years before fleeing for the countryside in eastern Ontario. There he swapped the thrill of the conference call for the song of the chainsaw and the deep joy of outdoor ice skating.
Michael is a keen cyclist and cross-country skier but, as an avid downhiller, he laments Ontario’s lack of alps. Diagnosed with WM in 2016 he became aware of the WM Foundation through the good works of the Oakville Support Group.
Joe is a retired Mr. Mom who graduated with master’s degrees in History and in Journalism. In between he closed an industrial plant and worked as a corporate writer. The grad degrees greatly improved his reading ability, permitting him to read and understand “How to Build Your Own House”. And so he built it while serving as Mr. Mom.
Joe was diagnosed with WM in 2002 and promptly searched out a long term clinical trial strategy. He was in three successful clinical trials in Boston with Steve Treon from 2003-2008. In 2009 he finished CVPR at Vancouver General and then proceeded immediately to an unrelated donor stem cell transplant. He lost his wife, Lynn, to ovarian cancer in 2017. He continues to work with cancer patients and has assisted with Canadian Institute of Health Research grant applications for BC Children’s Hospital and BC Cancer.
Raffaela Mercurio is a retired elementary school primary teacher with over 30 years of experience teaching with the Toronto District School Board. She is currently doing supply teaching and tutoring. She is also the co-author of a wordbook called Word Wiz that beginning writers can use as a tool to gain competence and independence in writing.
When Raffaela was first diagnosed with WM in late 2011, she began regularly attending the Oakville support meetings. She found the meetings very helpful in her WM journey. She became a trustee in 2014 and then became a member of the board in 2016. She chairs the Member Services Committee, which organizes support groups, educational forums and fundraisers. It is her way of giving back to WMFC for all the support given to her over the past years.