Governance
Board of Directors
The Health Ecosphere project is led by a Board of Directors, representing key healthcare, academic and private sector partners who have a long-term interest in the sustainability of the collaboration.
From left to right: Harvey Skinner, Gary Ryan, Joe Cafazzo, Janet Beed, Rob Haché, Ian Gallagher, Suzanne Rochford & Dave Wattling.
Harvey Skinner
Professor & Founding Dean
Faculty of Health, York University
Board Co-Chair
Pat Clifford
Director
Research and Innovation
Southlake Regional Health Centre
Board Co-Chair
Joe Cafazzo
Executive Director
eHealth Innovation
University Health Network
Janet Beed
Founding Director
ventureLAB
Rob Haché
VP Research and Innovation
York University
Ian Gallagher
Director
National Public Sector Architecture
Cisco Canada
Suzanne Rochford
Director
User Experience
TELUS
Gary Ryan
Special Advisor
Dave Wattling
Special Advisor
Advisory Board
Joe Cafazzo
Executive Director
eHealth Innovation
University Health Network
Advisory Board Chair
Dr. Ed Brown
CEO
Ontario Telemedicine Network
Victor Castellino
Policy Lead, Health System Planning
Office of the Chief Health Innovation Strategist
Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
Rheta Fanizza
Executive VP
Residential and Community Programs
Baycrest Health Sciences
Sunny Kumar
Director, Innovation Ecosystem Group
Canada Health Infoway
Peter Tsasis
Associate Professor of Management
Faculty of Health, York University
Christine Sham
Manager, Strategy Planning and Alignment
eHealth Liaison
Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
Robert Watson
CEO & President
Information Technology Association of Canada
Operations Team
Niusha Barmala
Executive Director, Health Ecosphere
York University
Antoinette Wells
Executive Lead
Southlake Regional Health Centre
Akib Uddin
Manager
University Health Network
Chloe Langlois, Project Manager
Deborrah Lim, Finance Manager
Margaret Macharia, Senior Budget Analyst
Janae Diaz, Budget & Administrative Assistant
Susan Clarke, Communications Officer
Colin Deschamps, Financial Liaison