Trustees

Jeanne Meyers is General Counsel and Executive Director of Legal Services and Labour Relations for the Health Sciences Association of British Columbia. She is Chief Negotiator for the Health Sciences Professionals Bargaining Association and has been counsel to the HSABC since 1990. HSABC represents over 19,000 health care and social services professionals in over 250 agencies including acute care, long term care and community health. She maintains a private practice specializing in the area of labour/employment law and human rights. Jeanne has appeared at all levels of court in British Columbia and has also appeared before both the trial and appeal divisions of the Federal Court of Canada. She has represented union members and clients before numerous administrative tribunals including the Labour Relations Board, the Human Rights Tribunal, arbitration boards and disciplinary panels of professional regulatory bodies. Jeanne also holds a Master’s Degree in Labour History. She has been a frequent speaker and panelist at legal conferences in the areas of employment, human rights and privacy law. Jeanne promotes alternative dispute resolution in all suitable circumstances in all areas of her practice.

In her capacity as Membership Services Coordinator – Disability Management, Alison is the operational lead of a team of labour relations specialists who provide advocacy services to the HSA membership in the areas of WorkSafe BC claim appeals, long term disability claim appeals, as well as complex return to work and duty to accommodation situations. She has also been responsible for the development and implementation of an Early Intervention Program and, subsequently, an Enhanced Disability Management Program for more than 21,000 union members covered by the HSPBA collective agreement. These programs have successfully demonstrated that meaningful collaboration between union and employer in supporting injured and ill employees can result in significantly improved outcomes for workers, and financial benefits for employers. Alison is a strong proponent of the concept of comprehensive wellness initiatives in the workplace, and the value they can bring to creating a healthy, productive and respectful work environment.

Alison holds a Diploma in Rehabilitation and Disability Management from Simon Fraser University, as well as the designation of Certified Disability Management Professional from the Canadian Society of Professionals in Disability Management.

In addition, she has received accreditation in Foundations of Trust Management Standards, and Advanced Trust Management Standards, from the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans.

Andrew Ledger is a national representative with the Canadian Union of Public Employees and CUPE’s health sector coordinator for British Columbia. In this capacity, he serves as the union’s spokesperson in negotiations, supports national representatives and CUPE locals with members in the HSPBA, CBA and NBA collective agreements, and supervises staff for CUPE’s and PEA’s Enhanced Disability Management Program. Before working for CUPE, Andrew served from 2014 until 2021 as president and CEO of CUPE 1004, one of the union’s largest multisector locals in B.C., with 4000 members. As president, He participated in extended health benefit negotiations with several municipal, not-for-profit, post-secondary, and health sector Employers. His advocacy is rooted in trade union values and evidence-based mental health and harm reduction work in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, where he worked on healthcare’s front line as a detox intake coordinator at InSite, North America’s first supervised injection site. Andrew sits on the steering committee of the BC Health Coalition and is an alumnus of the Governor General’s Canadian Leadership Conference.

Josef has over 25 years of experience in Labour Relations and Human Resources with the Health Sciences of Association of BC.

He has recently transitioned to a consulting role with HSABC and sits on several trusts as an HSABC appointee.

Marc Lawrence is the Regional Director, Employee & Scheduling Services with Northern Health and has occupied this role since January 2021. The majority of Marc’s previous experience has been in a strategic labour relations capacity with Northern Health, and various other not-for profit or local government organizations in Prince George, BC.

Dean Levangie is a lead, strategic negotiations and benefits administration for the Health Employers Association of BC (HEABC). He has worked at HEABC since 2000 and in addition to his negotiations responsibilities is a trustee for the Joint Community Benefits Trust, Joint Facilities Benefits Trust and the Healthcare Investment Unit Trust, and an alternate trustee of the Municipal Pension Plan.

Le Thuy currently serves as the Executive Director, Financial Services and Controller at the Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA). Le Thuy leads a team of over 250 employees located across the province with various responsibilities such as financial statement preparation, internal controls, billings and collections, payment services, treasury and accounting services.

Prior to working at PHSA, Le Thuy started her career at KPMG where she earned her Chartered Accountant designation and spent several years leading audits of both public and private companies. Le Thuy’s desire for seeing better outcomes in healthcare and making a positive contribution to the province in which she lives led her to a career at PHSA. In her role at PHSA, Le Thuy is committed to leading a team of talented individuals to provide trusted financial services and make a positive impact for the colleagues, clients and communities that they serve.