Glenda Reid has 30 years of experience in the health and public sectors where she has held executive leadership positions including Executive Director of St. Patrick’s Mercy Home and Vice President of Corporate Services with Peninsulas Health Care Corporation.  She has provided leadership to strategic initiatives with the Human Resource Secretariat within the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador including the enterprise wide implementation of the Human Resource Information System. 

Glenda holds a bachelor of Nursing degree from Memorial University of Newfoundland and a Master in Business Administration from St. Mary’s University in Halifax, Nova Scotia.  She has also completed the Advanced Health Leadership Program through the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto and the Change Management Program through Queens University. 

With a long-term commitment to quality improvement, Glenda has been a surveyor with Accreditation Canada and Accreditation Canada International (ACI) since 2005, working to improve the quality of health and social services through advancement of Canadian health standards.  She is also a member of a technical committee with the Health Standards Organization (HSO) working to review and develop health care standards to be applied globally.

Glenda is in her third term as a lay bencher with the Law Society of Newfoundland and Labrador where she serves as chairperson of the Library Committee and as a member of the Finance and Accounts Committee, the Access to Justice Committee and the Mandate Review Committee.  She also volunteers in her community as a member of the Seniors Advisory Committee and the Budget and Strategy Committee with the City of St. John’s.