Board Members

The Regional Municipality of York Police Services Board consists of seven civilian members as follows:

  • Head of Municipal Council​

  • Members of Council appointed by resolution of Council

  • Members appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council

  • Individual who is appointed by resolution of Council who is neither a member of Council nor an employee of the municipality

 

Chairman Wayne EmmersonWAYNE EMMERSON, ACTING CHAIR, Regional Chairman & Chief Executive Officer

York Region Chairman and CEO Wayne Emmerson was re-elected Vice Chair of the Regional Municipality of York Police Services Board in January 2022. 

 

 

 

Mario CortellucciMARIO CORTELLUCCI, Provincial Appointee

The Lieutenant Governor of Ontario appointed Mr. Cortellucci to the Board for a three-year term effective October 20, 2022. 

Mario Cortellucci was born the rural farmland of Abruzzo, Italy. In search of opportunity, his father decided to immigrate to Canada. Mario, along with his mother and siblings, immigrated and reunited in Toronto a year later in 1962. 

 

Jennifer FangJENNIFER FANG, Provincial Appointee

The Lieutenant Governor of Ontario re-appointed Ms. Fang to the Board for a further three-year term effective June 6, 2022. Ms. Fang has served on the Board since June 2019.

In 2022, Ms. Fang completed the Diversity and Inclusion certificate from Cornell University.

Norma McCulloughNORMA MCCULLOUGH, Regional Appointee

Norma McCullough was appointed to the York Regional Police Services Board by York Region Council commencing on January 1, 2021, until the end of the term of Council.

 

Mayor Steve PellegriniSTEVE PELLEGRINI, Regional Appointee

Steve Pellegrini is the Mayor of the Township of King and also King’s Regional representative on York Region Council. He was sworn into office in 2010 and is now serving his third consecutive term. He has been acclaimed in the last 2 elections.

Mayor Pellegrini was appointed to the York Regional Police Services Board on June 1, 2021.

 

Walter J. Perchal

WALTER J. PERCHAL, Provincial Appointee

Walter Perchal was appointed to the Regional Municipality of York Police Services Board by the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario for a three-year term commencing March 7, 2020. He previously served as a Senior Officer in the Canadian Forces.