Our Team

Our Team

Management:

Brendalee Piironen

Brendalee Piironen

Executive Director

Brendalee Piironen

Brendalee Piironen

819-826-3266, extension 247

Born and raised in the Eastern Townships of Québec, Brendalee has always had a passion for working with the elderly. From the ages of seventeen to nineteen, while studying at Champlain College Lennoxville, she worked as a caregiver at the Wales Home. She then studied Psychology at York University. While there, she worked for a private Jewish organization which supports developmentally challenged adults. After her studies, Brendalee returned to the Wales Home as Activity Coordinator. In 2006, she was promoted to Director of Resident Services and, in 2007, to Director of Operations/Acting CEO. In 2008, Brendalee obtained her Certificate in Long-Term Care Management through the Canadian Health Care Association and her Administrator’s Certificate for “not-for-profit long-term care” from the Ontario Association of Non-Profit Homes and Services for Seniors; Brendalee was the first person from the province of Québec to be certified through this program. In 2011, Brendalee was appointed Executive Director of the Wales Home. She is the first woman to occupy this position as well as the youngest Executive Director of the Wales Home since its inception in 1921.

Audrey Beauchesne

Audrey Beauchesne

Director of Nursing

Audrey Beauchesne

Audrey Beauchesne

819-826-3266, extension 224

Audrey has more than twelve years of experience in the health and social services network. Trained as a nurse, she acquired her expertise in various Centre intégré universitaire de la santé et des services sociaux de l'Estrie - Centre hospitalier universitaire de Sherbrooke establishments as well as at the Cree Board of Health, James Bay Social Services, and the Sherbrooke University Geriatrics Institute (IUGS), making her a results-oriented manager who balances the employees' and organization's needs. In her quest for constant improvement, she obtained a certificate in occupational health and safety from the University of Sherbrooke in 2014 followed by a certificate in leadership and management skills from the Leadership Institute in 2020. In 2023, she obtained a certificate in human capital leadership with organizational diagnostician Ms. Nathalie Aubin. Currently, she is pursuing her Masters in Public Administration at the National School of Public Administration. Audrey stands out due to her ability to mobilize a team, her communication skills, her great leadership, and her sense of work organization. She was recognized for establishing a measurement culture within the largest public CHSLD in the Estrie. Her contagious dynamism, authenticity, and desire to serve her organization sets her apart the most.

France Brousseau

France Brousseau

Financial Resources Advisor

France Brousseau

France Brousseau

819-826-3266, extension 243

France was born in Gatineau and has been living in Richmond for twelve years. She studied at the Université de Sherbrooke and has since worked as a Chartered Professional Accountant. She is married with two children and started at the Wales Home due to her desire to work close to home and achieve a family-work balance. She loves the people she works with, and enjoys the Home’s respectful, professional environment and human approach.

Chantal Richer

Chantal Richer

Director of Quality and Administrative Services

Chantal Richer

Chantal Richer

819-826-3266, extension 274

Chantal was born in Montréal and raised on the South Shore. She studied Occupational Therapy at the Université de Montréal, obtaining her degree in 1991. She practiced as an Occupational Therapist from 1991 to 2002, specializing in senior care, psychiatry, and rehabilitation. In 1995, she moved to the Eastern Townships and, in 2014, she earned her Master's Degree in Organizational Management and Development from the Université de Laval. After finishing her career as an Occupational Therapist, she worked as a clinical coordinator, chief of staff, and assistant director in the rehabilitation centre in Sherbrooke for the CIUSSS de l'Estrie CHUS.

Aysa-Renée Goyer

Aysa-Renée Goyer

Unit Manager A

Aysa-Renée Goyer

Aysa-Renée Goyer

819-826-3266, extension 287

Aysa is from the Upper Laurentians region, where she obtained her nursing college degree. In 2015, she moved to Sherbrooke with her family, where she completed her health sciences bachelor's degree. Throughout her fifteen-year career, she worked in several different healthcare sector environments, including CHSLDs, CLSCs, hospitals, DPJ centres, and medical clinics. She gained a strong expertise in geriatric long-term care and healthcare evaluations and, in 2021, decided to transition her career into healthcare management by working as a Unit Manager at a CHSLD in Waterloo. Aysa is happy to have joined the Wales team as Norton 1 and 2's Unit Manager in May 2023. She is recognized for her leadership skills, innovative ideas, and management courage.

Patrick Nolan

Patrick Nolan

Technical Services Manager

Patrick Nolan

Patrick Nolan

819-826-3266, extension 226

Patrick was born in Sherbrooke in 1969 and has a nineteen-year-old son and twenty-two-year-old daughter. Prior to 1992, his career consisted of various jobs, such as mowing lawns for the Caisse Desjardins, working as a bus boy in hotels and a cook/chef in restaurants and hotels. In 1992, he was hired as a cook at St. Joseph Pavilion (CIUSSS) in Sherbrooke, where he worked for four and a half years. Afterwards, he worked as a caregiver for eleven years before beginning a career in Maintenance. Patrick has always had an interest in construction, plumbing, electricity, and general repairs, making him an ideal candidate for the Maintenance Director position he has occupied since January 2016 at the Wales Home. Since then, he has additionally taken on the roles of Head of Housekeeping and Laundry. Patrick finds working at the Wales Home challenging in the best way possible, where camaraderie and team efforts are part of the daily routine.

Activities


CAROL ANN MCELREA

RPA Gerontology Technician

cmcelrea@waleshome.ca 
819-826-3266, extension 244



CHELSEA MORIN

CHSLD Gerontology Technician

cmorin@waleshome.ca 
819-826-3266, extension 263

 Administration


JOSÉE BIBEAU

Finance Administrative Technician

jbibeau@waleshome.ca   
819-826-3266, extension 270



ALEXANDRE BLAIS-MARTIN

Cook

abmartin@waleshome.ca 
819-826-3266, extension 259



JEAN-MARC DUMONT

Purchaser

jmdumont@waleshome.ca 
819-826-3266, extension 227



COURTNEY GRAINGER

Communications Technician

cgrainger@waleshome.ca 
819-826-3266, extension 251

 


 
SYDNEY GRAINGER

Human Resources Administrative Technician

sgrainger@waleshome.ca 
819-826-3266, extension 223

 

 
AMANDA GUNTER

Finance Administrative Technician

agunter@waleshome.ca  
819-826-3266, extension 277

 


 
EILLEEN NAREDO

Human Resources Administrative Assistant, Class 2 - Administrative Sector

enaredo@waleshome.ca 
819-826-3266, extension 275

 


 
CHASE PIIRONEN-CLIFFORD

IT Technician

cclifford@waleshome.ca 
819-826-3266, extension 264

 


 
SONYA RIEL

Administrative Assistant, Class 2 - Secretarial Sector

sriel@waleshome.ca 
819-826-3266 extension 287

  

 

KATY ST-CYR

Human Resources Officer

kscyr@waleshome.ca  
819-826-3266, extension 225

 


 
NATASHA TAYLOR

Human Resources Administrative Technician

ntaylor@waleshome.ca  
819-826-3266, extension 265

 



ERICA VANDER WAL

Administrative Assistant, Class 1 - Secretarial Sector

evanderwal@waleshome.ca 
819-826-3266, extension 248

 



KRISTIE WRIGHT

Finance Administrative Assistant, Class 2 - Administrative Sector

kwright@waleshome.ca 
819-826-3266, extension 221

 

Head Nurses

 

CATHERINE FRANK

Norton 1 Assistant to the Immediate Supervisor

cfrank@waleshome.ca 
819-826-3266, extension 232



SARAH JONES

Norton 3 Assistant to the Immediate Supervisor

sjones@waleshome.ca 
819-826-3266, extension 273



CAMILLE PEARSON

RPA Assistant to the Immediate Supervisor

cpearson@waleshome.ca
819-826-3266, extension 283



REBECCA STEVENS

Norton 2 Assistant to the Immediate Supervisor

rstevens@waleshome.ca 
819-826-3266, extension 284

Maintenance


allen baldwin

Maintenance Worker

maintenance@waleshome.ca
819-826-3266, extension 281



serge jeanson

Maintenance Worker

maintenance@waleshome.ca
819-826-3266, extension 280



casey smith

Maintenance Worker

maintenance@waleshome.ca
819-826-3266, extension 282

Social Work



véronique guay

Social Worker

vguay@waleshome.ca
819-826-3266, extension 254

Therapy


Kimberly Bailey

Occupational Therapist

kbailey@waleshome.ca
819-826-3266, extension 241



nadia boissonneau

RPA Physiotherapy Technologist

nboissonneau@waleshome.ca
819-826-3266, extension 241



EDITH BOURASSA

CHSLD Physiotherapy Technologist

ebourassa@waleshome.ca
819-826-3266, extension 241