The Owen Sound Family Health Team (OSFHT) is pleased to announce that the board of directors elected Steve Lowe as the new board chair. Mr. Lowe will serve for a three-year term effective June 2020. He succeeds Doctor Lizette Van Zyl who served as board chair since 2017, and will continue to serve as vice Chair through 2021.

“It was a great honor to serve as board chair for the last three years, and I thank the OSFHT board of directors for that opportunity,” said Dr. Van Zyl. “I join with my fellow board members in extending our congratulations to Steve on becoming the new board chair. I am very confident that under Steve’s leadership, the OSFHT’s board will continue to make a positive difference in our community.”

“I am honored to be elected as the new board chair and look forward to working with my board colleagues to move the OSFHT’s mission forward,” said Mr. Lowe. “I want to thank the OSFHT’s board of directors for its confidence in me to serve as board chair, and I especially want to thank Dr. Van Zyl for her three years of leadership. Together with our board of directors, Physicians, staff, and stakeholders, we are making a positive difference in primary healthcare in Grey Bruce.”

source: media release, Owen Sound Family Health Team