About Me

For most of his career, Donald, has been a builder.  Growing up on a farm in rural Manitoba he went on to a career where he spent many years in construction and heavy industry.

With his wife Susan, he moved to an acreage north of the city of Winnipeg where they planned to raise a family until congenital heart disease changed the direction of their lives.  This is when Donald began writing, sharing his experiences, as a patient advocate, and making the case for excellence in health care.

A Project Manager and a Chartered Professional in Human Resources by trade.  He has leveraged his professional and lived experience to become a leader in Health Care.  As a health care super user, speaker, and blogger, he has shared his family’s story on numerous occasions to help influence health care policy.  This advocacy work has lead him to participate in numerous committees, boards and health care conferences.  

He has been a board member of the Seven Oaks General Hospital (Winnipeg, MB), Council Member with the Family Centred Care Council of the Stollery Children’s Hospital (Edmonton, AB) and a Board Member of the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority.

The comments and opinions I express, in this blog, do not reflect the views of my employer, or organisations that I volunteer for or am associated with.
Any comments I do make are intended to have a positive impact.  I do identify issues, concerns, and failures, but most importantly I try to offer solutions.  I think it is extremely important to be part of the solution and not contribute to the problem. 

-  Donald Lepp