Jay Baltz is a member of the Board of Directors of the Hintonburg Community Association and its past president, serves on the board of Heritage Ottawa, and is past chair of the City’s Built Heritage Advisory Committee. He has also served on numerous advisory committees for City of Ottawa planning and zoning studies. Professionally, he is a Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Ottawa and Associate Director of the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute. Jay received his BA degree from the University of Pennsylvania and PhD from Johns Hopkins, and completed his postdoctoral training at Harvard Medical School.