Our Executive Council 2025-2026
Dr. Claudia de Palma
President
Dr. Brian Kim
President Elect
Dr. Luisa Schuldt
Past President/Mediation Chair
Dr. Albert Kang
Secretary / ODA Councillor
Dr. Alexandra Zapata
Treasurer
Dr. Sarah Mancuso
Second Year Director
Dr. Alana Paolasini
First year Director
Dr. Daryl Smith
ODA Councillor / Historian / Newsletter Editor / On-Call Program
Dr. Todd Watts
Sponsorship Director / Golf Tournament
Dr. Reid Turner
Sponsorship Director / Golf Tournament
Dr. Harjit Gill
Women's Group Director
Dr. John Thompson
Senior Advisor
Dr. Neeraj Pershad
Senior Advisor
Dr. Peter Fritz
Senior Advisor / ODA Political Contact / ODA Media Contact
Dr. John Perri
Senior Advisor
Past Presidents
1945 * Joe Longley HM
1946 * Ken Phillips HM
1947 * Don Johnstone
1948 * Frank Dawe
1949 * Eton Butcher
1950 * Garnet Chapman HM
1951 * Bill Smeaton
1952 Lou Channel
1953 *Dick Rogers
1954 *George Burgman HM
1955 *Charles Wray
1956 *Roy Tranter
1957 *James Sim HM
1958 *Don Copeland
1959 *Carl Smelsky
1960 *George Oswald HM
1961 Bill Simpson
1962 *Bert Mewha
1963 *Russ Clarke
1964 *Murray Wertman
1965 *Ray Goodine
1966 *Ken Carroll
1967 Bernie Blackstien
1968 Carl Osadetz
1969 Wayne Tester
1970 *Steve Hegedus
1971 *Fred Hebert
1972 *Paul Bates
1973 *Ross Sheppard
1974 *George Little
1975 Alex Bondarchuk
1976 Joe Telesnicki
1977 *Fred Tortorella HM
1978 *John Marotta
1979 Jim Miles
1980 John Doucet
1981 Dave Bergen
1982 Day Hannah
1983 Paul Coyne
1984 Jim Jeffs
1985 Glyn Thomas
1986 Dean Kanas
1987 Brad Black
1988 Mark Leonard
1989 Ron Markulin
1990 Ron Yarasavitch
1991 Frank Korody
1992 John McKenzie
1993 Kevin Sinclair
1994 John Thompson
1995 Matt Taylor
1996 Ches MacNeil
1997 Karl Gravitis
1998 Wayne Little
1999 Sante Aceti
2000 Charles Daly
2001 Charles Consky
2002 John Ciocca
2003 Stewart Wilson
2004 Mark Zammit
2005 Frank Bojcic
2006 Steve Silverman
2007 Ravi Kumar
2008 Tony Mancuso
2009 John Perri
2010 Neeraj Pershad
2011 Kevin Boyce
2012 Daryl Smith
2013 Mohamad Salame
2014 Sara Chirico
2015 Rob Riley
2016 Jeremy Molon
2017 Daniel Moldovan
2018 Peter Fritz
2019 Peter Fritz
2020 Bohdan Hrynyk
2021 Reza Rastegar
Current Honorary Members
Bill Tytaneck
Ivan Hrabowsky
Jim Jeffs
John Thompson
* Deceased
HM – Honorary
Address
PO Box 29037,
125 Carlton St
St Catharines, Ontario
L2R 7P9
Email Us
Cynthia Letkeman
Executive Assistant
email: secretary@npda.ca