Our Board

There are nine voting members on the ELHT Board of Trustees who are responsible for operating the plan and ensuring its financial sustainability. Five members of the Board of Trustees are appointed by the ETFO, two are appointed by the Ontario Public School Boards’ Association (OPSBA) and two by the Crown. Each Trustee has a minimum three-year term, which can be renewed twice, subject to a maximum tenure of nine years.

The ETFO ELHT Trustees are responsible for the operations of the Trust including but not limited to:

• Adoption of the initial benefit plan design and any amendments to the benefit plan
• Selection of auditors and actuaries
• Validation of the plan design sustainability
• Policies

Trustees have fiduciary obligations which include duty of loyalty and of prudence. The duty of loyalty requires that the Trustee act solely and exclusively in the interest of the plan’s. The duty of prudence requires that fiduciaries make decisions on an informed basis, after conducting appropriate due diligence. Trustees are required to apply the knowledge and skill that they possess, but are also required to retain specialized advice relevant to the decision at hand. In order to comply with their fiduciary obligations, the Trustees must adopt policies, processes and procedures that bring relevant information and expertise to bear on the issues at hand and which will allow them to make reasoned and well-informed decisions. The ETFO Employee Life and Health Trust Agreement outlines the roles and responsibilities related to the ETFO ELHT.

Each year, the Trustees prepare an Annual Report (2023) on the activities of the ELHT:

• NEW – 2023 Annual Report (958kB PDF)

• 2022 Annual Report (2MB PDF)
• 2021 Annual Report (910kB PDF)
• 2020 Annual Report (2MB PDF)
• 2019 Annual Report (2MB PDF)
• 2018 Annual Report (781kB PDF)
• 2017 Annual Report (3MB PDF)
• 2016 Annual Report (3MB PDF)

Our Vision: 

• Sustainable benefits for the health of our plan members.

Our Mission: 

• To provide health benefits to our plan members on a sustainable, efficient, and cost-effective basis.

Our Values: 

• Accountability: As stewards of the care and oversight of the ETFO ELHT, the Board of Trustees is responsible to plan members and parties to the ADT for actions and results.
• Transparency: Transparency is an essential condition for accountability, and for enhancing confidence in the organization. The Board of Trustees will actively listen to, and provide clear, open, fulsome, respectful communications to our plan members and stakeholders.
• Public Health Equity: The Board of Trustees advocates for values, policies and practices that work to eliminate health inequities and inequitable access, and advocates for a sustainable benefits plan within a strong public health care system.