Close up with Board member Steve Pillar

The Niagara Health System Board of Trustees is made up of volunteers who live and work in Niagara. Each Board member brings unique skills and expertise to this leadership role. The Board is responsible for governing the NHS and providing strategic direction to the Hospital to ensure it meets the healthcare needs of the community within the resources that are available.

Niagara Health Now is publishing a series of question-and-answer profiles on individual members of the Board to help our readers get better acquainted with them.

This issue’s profile is of Steven Pillar.

Where were you born?
Toronto

Number of years living in Niagara:
Seven

Occupation:
Vice President, Finance and Administration at Brock University

What are the greatest rewards from your job?
1) helping to move Brock towards a comprehensive university with a national reputation
2) working in close proximity to bright, young minds

What influenced you to become a member of the NHS Board of Trustees?
Long-term association with health – former Associate Deputy Minister of Health in Saskatchewan

How many years have you served on the NHS Board?
Currently in my fourth year

What is your greatest achievement or reward as a member of the Board?
Helping to bring a new healthcare complex and cancer centre to Niagara (member of Capital Committee)

What is the greatest opportunity for the NHS?
To co-ordinate disparate health services throughout Niagara

What is its greatest challenge?
Geographical distance between communities

Other involvement as a member of a volunteer Board, past or present?
Niagara: Business Education Council (BEC), Leadership Niagara;
National: Canada Safety Council. «