Board of Directors

Greg Riedstra – Chair

Greg is an entrepreneur who owns and manages several residential apartment buildings. After graduating from Business Marketing and Accounting, Greg owned or helped manage a variety of businesses from agriculture to healthcare communications and entertainment. Greg has been honoured to be an international speaker and judge in the arena of Chinchilla farming as well as a COO of Canada’s largest hospital Entertainment and Communications company. He has served on a variety of industry and volunteer boards.

Greg and his wife Deb are members of CrossPoint CRC Brampton, where they have attended since childhood. There, Greg has served in various committees, multiple terms as Deacon Chair, and chair of Council. Greg is an active volunteer and chair of the Board of Encore Thrift Store which supports John Knox Christian School, Brampton.

James (“Jim”) deWeerd – Secretary

Jim has over 30 years’ experience in IT Service Delivery and Supplier Management.  He currently holds a Senior Supplier Manager position with Jones Lang Lasalle, where he manages contract performance and compliance for over 300 global suppliers under contract for RBC.  He has a genuine passion for implementing industry best-practices that match the speed of business. 

Jim is an active member and volunteer of Hope City Church in Brampton.  His prior Board / governance experience includes serving as President for the Brampton riding of the Reformed Party of Canada (2002) and serving on church council(s) (including as Treasurer).

Michael Adair – Director

Michael is a healthcare executive with over 20 years of experience in Ontario’s paramedic and emergency services systems. He currently serves as Chief Paramedic for Perth County Paramedic Services and as Regional Director with Medavie Health Services, a national not‑for‑profit healthcare organization. His career includes frontline paramedic service in Toronto and York Region, followed by senior leadership roles with Chatham‑Kent EMS, Waterloo Region Paramedic Services, and Waterloo Fire Rescue.

Michael’s professional expertise includes healthcare system design, clinical governance, quality and patient‑safety programs, education oversight, labour relations, community paramedicine, and public‑private partnerships. During the COVID‑19 pandemic, he played a key leadership role in developing and overseeing large‑scale vaccination programs, including the provincial GoVaxx initiative.

Michael has board and governance experience through his service with the Paramedic Chiefs of Canada and as a member of the Quality Committee of the Board at Cambridge Memorial Hospital. He is motivated by a strong commitment to compassionate, patient‑centred care and values‑based leadership rooted in service, stewardship, and community responsibility.

Michael lives in Kitchener, Ontario with his wife and four children, and is a member of Creekside Church in Waterloo. Faith plays an important role in his family life and helps guide his commitment to serving others with love, care, respect and accountability for the most vulnerable.

Albert Broekema – Director

Albert Broekema is a long-time businessman in the Brampton area.  He owned and operated a custom architectural millwork manufacturing company for close to 40 years.  He recently sold the company and is now focusing on managing a couple of commercial properties.  He has volunteered as a board member at both John Knox Christian School and Immanuel CRC. He spent more than a decade as an executive board member for the Architectural Woodwork Manufacturers Association of Canada, at both provincial and national levels.  He currently resides just north of Brampton in Caledon.

Ron Kielstra – Director

Ron Kielstra, CPA, is a Chartered Professional Accountant who recently retired after a 40-year career in public accounting, the last 11 of which were spent as an assurance partner in Doane Grant Thornton, LLP, in St. Catharines.  Ron provided audit, accounting, tax, and consultancy services to small and medium-sized owner-managed businesses, as well at to not-for-profit organizations of all sizes.  He has served on the Board of the St. Catharines Downtown Association, the United Way of St. Catharines & District, and most recently, served for 9 years as Treasurer and Finance Chair of Conrad Grebel University College, a Mennonite college affiliated with the University of Waterloo.  Ron is also a past president of the Rotary Club of Lincoln.

A life-long resident of Niagara, Ron and his wife Ingrid are members of Providence Christian Reformed Church of Beamsville, where Ron has previously served as an elder and as a lay preacher, and where he is currently Director of Finance. Ron and Ingrid are avid curlers, and have 6 grown sons and 14 grandchildren.

Pastor Hank Bylstra – Director

Pastor Hank Bylstra served at HCH for 18 years as part of the Pastoral Team and blessed the community greatly during his time here.

Donna Wood – Director

Donna has spent her career at the bedside as a respiratory therapist in various roles in both community, outpatient,  and tertiary care settings. She hopes to bring this knowledge to the board.

Walter Broos – Director

Walter Broos is a seasoned real estate developer with 40 years of experience. His career has been marked by tying together business acumen with principles of reliability, integrity, and stability. Walter attributes his success to the Christian principles of God’s wisdom which have served as his foundation in business. As the founder of Broos Properties, a full-service real estate development company, Walter has built a reliable reputation and has executed high quality development projects. His enduring commitment to faith, family, and excellence are evident in the commercial and residential subdivisions developed by Broos Properties throughout Southwest Ontario.