Kris was born and raised in Trenton and has strong roots in the local community. Kris graduated from St. Paul’s Secondary School in Trenton. He attended Queen’s University where he obtained an Honours Commerce degree. He went to the big city to the University of Toronto for law school, graduating in 2000. Kris stayed in Toronto after graduation learning the ropes with the national law firm of Fasken Martineau DuMoulin before returning home.

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Kris focuses on helping people who have suffered serious personal injuries, car crash victims and long-term disability claims. Kris also helps people who are facing impaired driving and over 80 related criminal charges. In 2005, Kris successfully obtained his designation as a qualified breath technician. Kris has successfully argued cases before juries, judges and the Court of Appeal in Toronto. He works with his clients to obtain the best possible results. If that means going to trial, he has the experience and know how to get the job done.

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“Knowing that I can help real people in our community when they are in need drives me every day to be better. I love knowing that as a trial lawyer I can help make a difference in someone’s life.”

Kris is active in the community as a Director of the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association and the local Brain Injury Association Quinte District. He is a member of the Hastings County Law Association and the Advocates Society. He supports local charities, including the Trenton and Belleville Hospital Foundations.

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Outside of the office he tries to make time in the early morning before work to run, bike and swim. In his spare time Kris enjoys spending time with his family, reading, and is a supporter of the Toronto Maple Leafs.

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Mary-Ellen is a Speech Language Pathologist in the province of Ontario, and a member of the College of Audiologists and Speech Language Pathologists of Ontario (CASLPO). She is the owner and clinic director of a practice specializing in speech, language, and cognitive communication. She holds a certificate of Clinical Competence registration with the American Speech and Language Hearing Association (ASHA).

Mary-Ellen graduated with an Honours Bachelor of Science degree from McMaster University, a Master of Science degree in Experimental Psychology from McGill University, a Master of Health Science in Speech-Language Pathology from the University of Toronto and a doctorate degree from the University of Toronto, Institute of Health Science. 

Mary-Ellen is a caring and compassionate individual who strives for excellence in her clinical practice. She has experience working in the education setting, hospital environment and community. Mary-Ellen is currently the president of the Brain Injury Association Quinte District. She also volunteers for the Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation and the Ontario Brain Injury Association.

Mary-Ellen provides workshops within the comity on a volunteer basis. As well, she has presented papers provincially, nationally and internationally. Mary-Ellen was awarded the Professional of the Year award in 2010 by the Ontario Brain Injury Association for "outstanding contributions to improving the lives of those living with the effects of acquired brain injury." 

Mary-Ellen provides workshops within the community on a volunteer basis. As well, she has presented papers, provincially, nationally and internationally. She teaches at the university level as time permits. In addition, Mary-Ellen was chosen by CASLPA as the 2012 recipient of the St Elizabeth Rehab Clinical Research grant.  Mary-Ellen, along with co-investigator, Fahmida Pardhan completed a project entitled "Moving Forward After Traumatic Brain Injury: Maximizing Potential by Sharing Experiences and Strategies."

Leslie Lloyd welcomes the opportunity to introduce herself.  She is the mom of two energetic children aged 9 and 11. For over a decade now, she has been living with a brain injury from which she inherited in a car accident.  Prior to her accident, Leslie worked as a youth correctional officer at a young offenders group home.   She firmly believes that the type of person she was prior to her accident is helping her live her new life as a survivor.  Leslie always attempted to look past the ‘problems’ and tried to understand how they ended up where there were.  She tries to have others get to know her and not have people judge her based on my speech or how she looks. She is constantly relearning how to do many things now that she knows she was once proficient at.

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Throughout her life she has made the realization that family plays an enormous role in everybody’s life.  Leslie’s family (including her in-laws) and the positive people that she chooses to have within her life have all contributed to the person that she is attempting to be.  All of these people have played a paramount role in her rehabilitation, and she hopes to live her life to make herself as well as all of them proud of her.

Perhaps it was her athletic upbringing being ingrained into her brain, but even after being told she’d never walk again – she is walking, she’s coached her daughter’s soccer team, and she’s been downhill skiing. The motto of Leslie’s new life is NOT to ‘live broken’, meaning that she tries to be the best possible person that she can be,  and not let the opinions nor perceptions of others define what she can or can’t  do.  “I can, you can, everybody can” – and she firmly believes that should be every survivor’s outlook.

Leslie loves cooking, taking walks and family related activities.  Humour and laughter have played a huge part within her rehabilitation and recovery.  Leslie will never reach a ‘plateau’ because she chooses to always learn and get ‘better’ at what she can already do.  She is not in denial as she knows that she can’t do some things.  Leslie chooses to accentuate her abilities and surround herself with people whom hold the same outlook.

Presently, Leslie manages our Twitter account (@BIAQD1). She loves the opportunity to create awareness of this disability and of our organization. Leslie is honoured to be a board member of the Brain Injury Association Quinte District. 

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Lynne is a brain injury survivor, acquiring her injury from a head on collision in 1991. Prior to her ABI, Lynne completed the Concurrent Education program, earning her Bachelor of Art degree in History and Psychology from Trent University, and her Bachelor of Education at Queens University. Lynne was in the midst of earning her Honours degree when the accident occurred in August of 1991. She spent four months in Kingston General Hospital and then later migrated to the Quinte area for rehabilitation.

In her spare Lynne enjoys reading and living a healthy active lifestyle. She attends the Buddhist Centre in Kingston and enjoys traveling and learning about other cultures. Lynne also volunteered her time at Club ABI at Pathways for a number of years, and has always strived to support individuals with acquired brain injury to further their quality of life. Lynne first joined the Brain Injury Association in 2008 and has been a member of the association ever since. She was motivated to join the BIAQD board of directors to fill the vocational void she was experiencing as a result of her injury. In addition, she wanted to give survivors of ABI a voice and representation on the board.