Who We Are

The National ME/FM Action Network is a patient organization. We all work on a volunteer basis. We are people helping people help themselves.

Board of Directors

President & CEO
    Lydia E. Neilson, M.S.M., Ottawa, ON

Vice President
    Philipa Corning, Ph.D., B.Sc., Fredericton, NB

Treasurer & Director of Youth Issues
    Margaret Parlor, Ottawa, ON

Director of Public Relations & Communications
    Odile Gerin, Ottawa ON

Director of British Columbia
    Sherri Todd, Coquitlam, BC

Director of Saskatchewan
    Joyce George, North Battleford, SK

Director of the Maritime Provinces & Territories
    Judith Day, Fredericton, NB

Advisors to the National ME/FM Action Network

Advisor & Webmaster (formerly Director of Education)
    Marjorie van de Sande, B. Ed, Grad. Dip. Ed., Calgary, AB

Medical Advisor
    Dr. Bruce M. Carruthers, MD, CM, FRCP(C), Vancouver, B.C.

Honorary International Adviser For ME/CFS
    Dr. Elizabeth Dowsett, Essex, U.K.

Special Advisor Parallels between ME/CFS, FMS & Post Polio
    Dr. Richard Bruno Englewood, NJ

Legal Counsel
    Hugh R. Scher, LLP, Scher & De Angelis, Toronto, ON