{"id":8558,"date":"2026-07-09T10:45:44","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T15:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fondationdouglas.qc.ca\/?p=8558"},"modified":"2026-07-09T13:49:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T18:49:40","slug":"douglas-foundation-welcomes-three-new-members-to-its-board-of-trustees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fondationdouglas.qc.ca\/en\/news\/douglas-foundation-welcomes-three-new-members-to-its-board-of-trustees\/","title":{"rendered":"Douglas Foundation Welcomes Three New Members to Its Board of Trustees"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<section  class=\"text-block text-left\" data-scroll-section data-animator-id=\"text_block\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12 col-md-10 col-lg-8 content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"text-block-intro\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"title-6\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW122104772 BCX8\">The Douglas Foundation is pleased to welcome Laurence\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW122104772 BCX8\">L&#8217;Abb\u00e9<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW122104772 BCX8\">, Jaime Freyre de Andrade, and Werner Muelhemann to its Board of Trustees.<\/span><\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Recognized for their remarkable careers and leadership in their respective fields of law, finance, and large-scale project management, they will help advance the Foundation\u2019s mission and promote research and care in mental health.<\/p>\n<p>Their appointment to the board reflects the commitment of a diverse and influential group of individuals to making mental health research and care a priority in our society.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-8555\" src=\"https:\/\/fondationdouglas.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/09102144\/4-240x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"396\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fondationdouglas.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/09102144\/4-240x300.png 240w, https:\/\/fondationdouglas.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/09102144\/4-819x1024.png 819w, https:\/\/fondationdouglas.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/09102144\/4-768x960.png 768w, https:\/\/fondationdouglas.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/09102144\/4-795x994.png 795w, https:\/\/fondationdouglas.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/09102144\/4-608x760.png 608w, https:\/\/fondationdouglas.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/09102144\/4-120x150.png 120w, https:\/\/fondationdouglas.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/09102144\/4-480x600.png 480w, https:\/\/fondationdouglas.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/09102144\/4-511x639.png 511w, https:\/\/fondationdouglas.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/09102144\/4-783x979.png 783w, https:\/\/fondationdouglas.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/09102144\/4-43x54.png 43w, https:\/\/fondationdouglas.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/09102144\/4-360x450.png 360w, https:\/\/fondationdouglas.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/09102144\/4.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 396px) 100vw, 396px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Laurence L&#8217;Abb\u00e9<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Senior Vice President, Legal Affairs and Corporate Secretary, Dollarama<\/p>\n<p>An accomplished business lawyer, Laurence L&#8217;Abb\u00e9 has built an impressive career across several leading Canadian organizations. Since 2022, she has served as Senior Vice President, Legal Affairs and Corporate Secretary at Dollarama. Previously, she held leadership roles at Lion Electric and at the Caisse de d\u00e9p\u00f4t et placement du Qu\u00e9bec (CDPQ), where she contributed to major investment and governance initiatives.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-8554\" src=\"https:\/\/fondationdouglas.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/09102140\/2-1-240x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"395\" height=\"494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fondationdouglas.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/09102140\/2-1-240x300.png 240w, https:\/\/fondationdouglas.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/09102140\/2-1-819x1024.png 819w, https:\/\/fondationdouglas.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/09102140\/2-1-768x960.png 768w, https:\/\/fondationdouglas.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/09102140\/2-1-795x994.png 795w, https:\/\/fondationdouglas.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/09102140\/2-1-608x760.png 608w, https:\/\/fondationdouglas.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/09102140\/2-1-120x150.png 120w, https:\/\/fondationdouglas.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/09102140\/2-1-480x600.png 480w, https:\/\/fondationdouglas.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/09102140\/2-1-511x639.png 511w, https:\/\/fondationdouglas.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/09102140\/2-1-783x979.png 783w, https:\/\/fondationdouglas.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/09102140\/2-1-43x54.png 43w, https:\/\/fondationdouglas.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/09102140\/2-1-360x450.png 360w, https:\/\/fondationdouglas.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/09102140\/2-1.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 395px) 100vw, 395px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jaime Freyre de Andrade<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW75083890 BCX8\" lang=\"FR-FR\" xml:lang=\"FR-FR\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW75083890 BCX8\">Chief Operating Officer, Civil, Infrastructure and Major Projects<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW75083890 BCX8\">, Pomerleau<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP Selected SCXW75083890 BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>With more than 20 years of experience in infrastructure and major projects, Jaime Freyre de Andrade is recognized for his collaborative leadership style and his ability to deliver complex, large-scale initiatives. Before joining Pomerleau, he played a key role in the development of the R\u00e9seau express m\u00e9tropolitain (REM), one of Canada&#8217;s largest public transit projects.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-8556\" src=\"https:\/\/fondationdouglas.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/09102148\/6-240x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"395\" height=\"494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fondationdouglas.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/09102148\/6-240x300.png 240w, https:\/\/fondationdouglas.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/09102148\/6-819x1024.png 819w, https:\/\/fondationdouglas.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/09102148\/6-768x960.png 768w, https:\/\/fondationdouglas.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/09102148\/6-795x994.png 795w, https:\/\/fondationdouglas.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/09102148\/6-608x760.png 608w, https:\/\/fondationdouglas.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/09102148\/6-120x150.png 120w, https:\/\/fondationdouglas.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/09102148\/6-480x600.png 480w, https:\/\/fondationdouglas.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/09102148\/6-511x639.png 511w, https:\/\/fondationdouglas.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/09102148\/6-783x979.png 783w, https:\/\/fondationdouglas.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/09102148\/6-43x54.png 43w, https:\/\/fondationdouglas.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/09102148\/6-360x450.png 360w, https:\/\/fondationdouglas.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/09102148\/6.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 395px) 100vw, 395px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Werner Muelhemann<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Executive Vice President and Managing Director, Intact Investment Management<\/p>\n<p>Werner Muelhemann brings more than 25 years of experience in the financial sector. As Executive Vice President and Managing Director of Intact Investment Management, he oversees investment strategies, investment operations, and corporate development initiatives.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;We are delighted to welcome Laurence, Jaime, and Werner to the Douglas Foundation&#8217;s Board of Trustees. Their diverse backgrounds, leadership experience, and shared commitment to our mission will help strengthen our impact and support continued advances in mental health research and care. We look forward to benefiting from their perspectives and contributions,&#8221; said Laura Fish, President and CEO of the Douglas Foundation.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Welcome to the Douglas Foundation family!<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Douglas Foundation is pleased to welcome Laurence L&#8217;Abb\u00e9, Jaime Freyre de Andrade, and Werner Muelhemann to its Board of Trustees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":8553,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-partnership"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fondationdouglas.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fondationdouglas.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fondationdouglas.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fondationdouglas.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fondationdouglas.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8558"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/fondationdouglas.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8558\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8565,"href":"https:\/\/fondationdouglas.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8558\/revisions\/8565"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fondationdouglas.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fondationdouglas.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fondationdouglas.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fondationdouglas.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}