About Us

Lin brings a varied background and extensive experience with medical services to her new role of President for the THSA. Lin’s background is primarily medical administration in general practice medical clinics and the Ontario Medical Association with a three year stint as Executive Director at the then newly formed Halton Hills United Way in the early 2000’s. Lin’s most recent experience was the management of a six physician 12,000 patient medical clinic operating under the auspices of a Family Health Team. Lin and her husband Michael moved to Tobermory part-time in 2017 and then full-time in 2020. They proudly consider themselves full-time Tobermory residents and seek to become more active in the community. 

Rob was born and raised in Tobermory (5th generation) and is a graduate of Bruce Peninsula Secondary School and Western University. He spent 32 years in various managerial roles with Canada Post. While living and working in different cities in Ontario, Tobermory has always been home for Rob and he and his wife Brenda moved to Tobermory full time in 2011. Rob is an active volunteer in a number of organizations in the community including the St Edmunds Peninsula Museum, the Royal Canadian Legion, the Municipal Cemetery Board and the Tobermory Health Services Auxiliary.

Rob joined the THSA in 2011 and served on the Building Committee in the planning stages for the new (current) medical clinic and was the Chair of the Fundraising Committee that raised in excess of $400,000 that resulted in the clinic being built debt free. In 2014, he took on the role of Vice President and then in 2016 became the President. He is now our past president support Lin in her new role!

Rick was born in Montreal and lived in several military bases in Quebec and Ontario, the last being Camp Borden where he finished high school.  He obtained his Bachelors, Masters, and PhD degrees in Mathematics from the University of Waterloo.  His academic career was at the University of Windsor where he earned a provincial teaching award and a national research award. Rick served many years as the Head of Mathematics and Statistics as well as Dean of Science; and he is a past president of the Canadian Operational Research Society.  Rick served the Windsor community as a scout leader, a judo instructor, and a Rotary district governor.  He is a founding director and the inaugural president of the Canadian World Education Foundation.  Rick and his wife Wendy continue their involvement in the administration of an education sponsorship program for vulnerable children in Tanzania.  They retired to Tobermory in 2023 and are becoming involved in the local community.  Rick is also the treasurer of the Tobermory Food Bank.

Donna is the lead for Communications for the THSA.  She is an avid outdoors person who loves to share the beauty and wildness of the Bruce Peninsula friends and family. 

Donna has a degree in Chemistry from McMaster University followed by medical research at the University of Toronto. In 1987 she began to use this knowledge to help inform physicians and patients about the importance of doing self-blood glucose monitoring, which was not commonly available or recommended at that time. Donna took a sabbatical for five years to raise her two children after which she managed a materials testing lab for many years before returning to work in the Healthcare industry. 

Donna worked as a sales executive with hospitals to implement healthcare information technology and also worked with the provincial government to help create central repositories to aid in accessibility to diagnostic images across the province. Donna and her husband Mike retired in early 2020 and moved to live in Tobermory full time. She truly loves this community and wants to contribute to keeping it healthy!

We also welcome Carol Solursh as Vice-President. Prior to relocating to Tobermory, 

Carol, and her husband Gerry lived in Thornbury where she played an active role 

    bringing refugee families to the community and assisting in their acclimation to 

    Canadian life. Carol coordinated and cooked for a weekly community lunch, bringing 

    healthy food to people from all walks of life.  She delights in people, dogs, hiking and 

    food and brings extensive volunteer experience to the THSA. 

Patty joined the Tobermory Health Services Auxiliary in 2023. She became the 

    secretary of THSA in 2024. Patty has been vacationing on the Bruce Peninsula for over 

    30 years at the family cottage and in 2016, she and her husband Mike built their own 

    home where they now live after retiring in 2021. Patty was an elementary school 

    teacher who worked with special education students and those needing support in 

    reading and writing. Patty enjoys hiking, biking and travel.