HRPA Leadership

Stephen Fletcher, MBA, CHRL

Executive Vice President - Human Resources/Environment, Health & Safety, Terrapure Environmental

Stephen Fletcher, MBA, CHRL is an accomplished leader with extensive experience driving business-oriented solutions in a diverse range of organizations. With an outstanding track record as a trusted advisor to Executive Management & various Boards – providing exceptional service to business partners, and serving as a catalyst for change and continuous improvement to achieve recognized contributions to the bottom line.

Stephen has a proven track record for driving and shepherding performance and safety cultures and developing high performing HR/EHS teams, while also integrating leading strategies with organization objectives. While he has experience in all functional areas of human resources management, Stephen has a particular focus on the contribution of strategic HR in developing a competitive edge for organizations.

Stephen holds an Bachelor of Arts in Labour Studies from McMaster University, an MBA of Finance and Strategic Management from Wilfrid Laurier University. He currently serves as the Executive Vice President of Human Resources / Health & Safety for Terrapure Environmental, a leader in providing cost-effective environmental services and recycling solutions, based in Burlington, Ontario.

John Hannah, CHRE

Global Head of Human Resources at Northland Power Inc.

John Hannah currently serves as the Global Head of Human Resources at Northland Power Inc, an independent power producer dedicated to developing, building, owning and operating clean and green energy power projects in Canada, Europe, Latin American, and Asia Pacific. He previously held the position of Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer at Purolator.

Mr. Hannah held various senior roles in Canada and globally developing and executing transformative organizational change in leading organizations including LCBO and Brinks. His last appointment was with Brinks as its Vice President of Human Resources, Europe, Middle East and Africa.

Mr. Hannah holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Social Sciences from the University of Toronto and is a Certified Human Resources Executive (CHRE). He is also a well-versed speaker who has presented at numerous developmental conferences relating to labour relations, competency development and human rights.

John Hardisty, CHRL

Professor, Sheridan College

John Hardisty is a Professor and Coordinator of Human Resources Management programs at Sheridan College and is the principal at Hardisty & Co. HR Consulting. His career began with a focus on training and management in large corporate environments before working his way up to executive HR leadership roles for major financial institutions CIBC and Scotiabank. He has worked in North America, the UK, Europe and the Middle East.

As a professor he has taught a broad range of courses at the degree, diploma and graduate certificate levels, preparing graduates for professional careers in HR. He has designed and delivered courses in Talent Acquisition, Total Rewards, Learning and Development, Strategic HR Competencies and HR Metrics.

John holds an MBA from York University in Organizational Behaviour. He is a past member of the HRPA Board of Directors (2007-2013) and has contributed to many HRPA communities including the Halton Chapter Board of Directors and the Academic Standards and Appeals Committees. John has a Certified Human Resources Leader designation from HRPA. He is a longstanding member of the Advisory Board of the Greater Toronto Area Rewards Association and is a past member of the Sheridan College Senate.

Kevin Hawkins, CHRL

Vice President, Global HR Shared Services, Morneau Shepell

Kevin Hawkins is the Vice President, Global HR Shared Services at Morneau Shepell and Principal for 33 Group, an independent consulting firm. He is an experienced HR executive, transformation leader, emerging HR technology strategist, people analytics proponent and self-proclaimed student of the future of work. He has spent two decades in increasingly senior HR roles for large organizations such as CIBC, IMAX, Deloitte and RSA Canada.

Kevin holds an MBA from the University of Toronto and an LLM from York University. He is a Certified Human Resources Leader and completed the ICD Not-for-Profit Board Certificate Program. He served as Director Emeriti with Right To Play for five years and volunteered in home hospice with the Philip Aziz Centre for six years.

Sue Haywood is the Business Lead for the Human Resource practice of Business Sherpa Group and an Adjunct Professor at the Smith School of Business at Queen’s University.  Her years of experience in HR and labour relations with Pepsi, the City of Ottawa, and AECL (now CNL), as well as experience working in Africa and the Middle East, enhance Sue’s ability to partner with clients to develop strategic plans for the people function within their organization.  Serving as an educator allows Sue to mentor and to share her knowledge with students and to learn first-hand what motivates and engages members of the future workforce.

Sue is currently completing her doctorate at Walden University, with research focussed on voluntary absenteeism amongst female employees.  She holds a Master of Arts degree from the Royal Military College (earned while serving in the Canadian Armed Forces), and a Bachelor of Arts from Dalhousie University.  Sue holds the CHRL designation.  Her previous board experience includes time with the Bernadette McCann House and FETCO (Federally Regulated Employers – Transportation and Communications).

Patricia (Patty) Johns, CHRL

Founder and Principal, HRxlence Consulting Inc.

Patty provides HR consulting services to organizations dealing with business and digital transformation and changes in strategy or leadership.

As a strategic and pragmatic executive with private and public sector experience and deep expertise in Human Resources and Operations, she helps small and large organizations manage leadership transitions, rethink operating models, digitize their HR service approach, strategically reposition their workforce, and develop talent attraction and retention strategies.

As a business leader at a highly complex, global financial services company, Patty managed large, diverse teams across Canada, the US and Asia with a successful track record of delivering results, driving change and improving employee engagement. She has worked closely with the C-Suite as CHRO & HR Partner and held global leadership roles in shared services, executive talent and succession, rewards, technology, operations, workforce analytics, employee relations, compliance and risk management.

Patty is known for solving business issues, driving continuous improvement, gaining efficiencies, and taking things to the next level. She has led large transformation projects requiring strong leadership, strategic change management, and cultural sensitivity. Patty is skilled at managing mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures from an HR perspective.

Patty is committed to building healthy, respectful work environments that become accelerators of organizational success. She enjoys connecting people and working with others to improve collaboration, build trust, and achieve exceptional business results.

Annette van't Spyker, CHRE

EVP, Talent, Connected

Annette is a senior business leader with experience in all functional areas of human resources across regional to multi-national companies within both public and private sector organizations. She has worked in multiple countries outside of Canada including the US, Australia and India.

Annette’s HR expertise falls within the areas of strategic HR, talent development and employee engagement. She is focused on integrating business strategy with operational requirements and capability and  ensuring transparent execution.

Annette a Bachelor of Public Administration from Carleton University, a Master of Business Administration from McMaster University and a Master of Laws from Osgoode Law School. She is also a Group Benefits Associate through the CEBS Program from Dalhousie University. She is fluent in English and Dutch and has basic working knowledge of French and German.

Paul has had the opportunity to have a wide range of professional experiences.  He has learnt with time in the academic arena the rigorous requirements of publishing and presenting at national and international conferences and in refereed journals.  Also during this time, he had the chance to consult on certain matters dealing with policy and organizational structure, accountability and governance and methodology and data analysis.  In recent years, he has been running his own firm with a strong focus on learning the political mechanisms needed to partake in internal and external election systems to allow people, at all levels of government, to get involved in the democratic process while taking leadership roles in many of these endeavours.

Experienced Executive Leader with a demonstrated history of working in the legal and business communities. Skilled in Administrative Law, Negotiation, Governmental Relations and Advocacy, including Regulatory Compliance. Member of the Law Society of Ontario, Juris Doctor from Western University, Faculty of Law.

Mary Madigan-Lee, CHRE

Mary Madigan-Lee is a human resources Executive with extensive experience leading complex business change and $1B+ mergers and operations within union and non-unionized environments. Most recently, Ms. Madigan-Lee was the Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) with the Greater Toronto Airport Authority and Unity Health Toronto, responsible for the integration of a network of hospitals with over 11,000 employees. Prior to that role, Ms. Madigan-Lee was Vice President of HR for Loblaw Companies Limited, as well as Manulife Financial, US Division and Global Talent.

Mary obtained her degree in Sociology from Glendon College at York University, along with a Certified Human Resources Executive (CHRE) designation. She has also completed the Advanced Healthcare Program with Rotman, University of Toronto. Mary is on the Board of Directors for the HRPA and sits on the HR Committee of the Board of Directors for Pickering College.

Curt Allen served a full career in the RCMP fulfilling many senior roles: Deputy Commissioner, Ontario and Quebec; Deputy Commissioner National Police Services and Technical Infrastructure; Deputy Commissioner National Headquarters as well as RCMP National Chief Human Resource Officer. Prior to becoming the RCMP National Chief Human Resource Officer, he served in many human resource functions including Professional Standards, Compensation and Classification as well as the Chief Human Resource officer for the Province of Quebec. He implemented and was the management representative on the RCMP Pay Council which was a tripartite organization to negotiate pay and benefits with Treasury Board Canada.

Curt Allen is a police, security and investigation executive. As former Scotiabank Vice President and Chief Security Officer, he was responsible for policy development; security, crime investigation and protection of 80,000+ staff globally in approximately 55 countries. In addition, he served as Head of Security, Government of Ontario with a mandate to protect the electronic networks, information and information infrastructure and other electronic assets.

Louise Taylor Green, CHRL, CHRE

CEO, HRPA

Louise Taylor Green is Chief Executive Officer of the Human Resources Professionals Association (HRPA), the regulatory association for the HR profession in Ontario with 26 chapters and over 24,000 members.

Louise is one of those rare Chief Human Resources Officers who has transitioned in and out of HR and into running a line of business. In fact, she’s done this several times in multi-billion dollar corporations in aviation, financial services, property & casualty insurance and healthcare.

Over the course of her career, Louise has held an unwavering belief that an organization’s talent is the key to unlocking and elevating organizational performance. By advocating for a talent-first agenda, she believes that the HR leadership must assume responsibility as the architect of optimal organizational effectiveness through intentional culture design, a dynamic HR operating model and an HR team that have real skin-in-the-game for their clients success. She believes that HR has never been more influential to business than they are right now.

Louise is a certified HR professional (holding the CHRP, CHRL and CHRE designations), an ICF-certified coach (PCC), a certified management consultant with Institute of Certified Management Consultants of Ontario (CMC), an accredited director with the Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD.D).