Rainer Beltzner delivered the news to Enola Stoyle over lunch a few days after the board met to discuss the charity Ornge was creating. Ms. Stoyle said he informed her that Chris Mazza, CEO at the time, was “very upset” that she did not support his plans for the charity and she had to leave.
“It was quite stunning to me,” Ms. Stoyle told The Globe and Mail on Tuesday.
Ms. Stoyle, now associate director of a graduate program in management and accounting at the University of Toronto, said Dr. Mazza was the kind of charismatic leader who could get those around him to share in his vision at Ornge. She was excited, she said, to be part of an organization that was responsible for all aspects of Ontario’s air ambulance service, and never imagined that she would be shown the door just for asking how taxpayers’ money could be used for a charity.
Ms. Stoyle was not alone. Another director also upset Dr. Mazza by asking questions. Shanon