A corporate director, Dr. Dieter Kays is a graduate of the ICD program and has a Ph.D. in leadership and organizational effectiveness. He is the past chair of the Lutheran Church-Canada Worker Pension and Benefits Board. He has served on the board of St. Mary\u2019s Hospital in Kitchener, including as board chair and subsequently on the Grand River Hospital. He is currently secretary of the Primary Care Network Board for Waterloo Region, an initiative of the Ontario Health Ministry to ensure primary health care for all Ontarians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A graduate of the Stanford International Executive Program, Dr. Kays was the CEO and President of FaithLife Financial (FLF), one of the largest fraternal life insurance companies in Canada and prior to retiring from FLF in 2010, he was on the board of directors of the Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association (CLHIA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Prior to that time, Dr. Kays also had a distinguished career as CEO of Lutherwood, a multi-service social service agency. Lutherwood was repeatedly identified in national culture surveys as one of the top 10 medium-sized organizations in Canada. Having served on numerous boards and provincial task forces, he has consulted with organizations in Canada and abroad. He is known for his expertise in governance, leadership, and strategic planning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1489,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"categories":[],"class_list":["post-1494","board-member","type-board-member","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olhi-oap.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/board-member\/1494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olhi-oap.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/board-member"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olhi-oap.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/board-member"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olhi-oap.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olhi-oap.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olhi-oap.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}