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The Board of Directors provides strategic direction and guidance to the Association on matters concerning the delivery of public health programs and services by Ontario's health units. In particular, these issues relate to policies on public health funding, governance and the provincially-mandated programs that promote and protect the health of the population. The alPHa Board comprises seven directors from the Board of Health Section (representing board of health members), seven from the Council of Ontario Medical Officers of Health (a section of alPHa), and one from each of the seven Affiliate Organizations of alPHa representing public health dentists, health inspection supervisors, nurses, nutritionists, health promoters, epidemiologists, and business administrators. The final and only non-voting seat is held by the representative of the board of directors of the Ontario Public Health Association, bringing the total number to 22 directors on the alPHa board. Terms for Directors of alPHa's Board run between Annual General Meetings, normally held in mid-June of each year. alPHa Board of Directors - June 2009-June 2010
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE President: Valerie Sterling Rep. Toronto Board of Health. Valerie has recently served as Chair of the Board of Health Section and Vice-President of alPHa Vice-President: Dr. Lynn Noseworthy
Rep. Central-East Region Past-President: Dr. Charles Gardner Dr. Charles Gardner is the Medical Officer of Health for the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit. He serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the Board of Health and is responsible for the overall programs and operations of the health unit. Dr. Gardner joined the Simcoe Muskoka Health Unit in 2005, after having served as the Medical Officer of Health for the He received his medical degree from Queen’s University in Dr. Gardner is the past-chair of the Council of Ontario Medical Officers of Health. Chair, Board of Health Section: Vance Blackmore Rep. South-West Region. Mr. Blackmore is a past Chair of the Middlesex-London Health Unit’s Board of Health and has been an active member of that Board since 1994. First elected as a councilor on Chair, Council of Ontario Medical Officers of Health: Dr. Paul Rep. East Region Dr. Paul Roumeliotis is the Medical Officer of Health for the Eastern Ontario Health Unit Treasurer: Maria Harding Rep. North Region. Affiliate Representative: Ontario Society of Nutrition Professionals in Public Health (OSNPPH) Tracy Allan-Koester is the Director of Community Health for Perth District Health Unit. MEMBERS-AT-LARGE Council of Ontario Medical Officers of Health Vice Chair: Dr. Penny Sutcliffe Rep. North Region. Dr. Penny Sutcliffe was appointed as the Medical Officer of Health for the Sudbury & District Health Unit in August 2000. Before coming to Sudbury, she was the Medical Officer of Health for Yellowknife, Northwest Territories and previously the Medical Officer of Health for the Burntwood Regional Health Authority, northern Manitoba. A specialist in Community Medicine, Dr. Sutcliffe has a longstanding interest in socioeconomic inequalities in health and is a strong advocate for incorporating broader determinants of health into core public health programming. She is particularly interested in pursuing opportunities for healthy public policy development at the local and regional level and to this end is engaged with local healthy community initiatives and with critically examining and modifying local public health practice. Dr. Malcolm Rep. Central West Region. Dr. Howard Rep. Toronto Public Health Dr. Allen Heimann Rep. South West Region Board of Health Section Brian Hughes (June 2008 to November 2009) Rep. North East Region Gil Hebert (replaced Brian Hughes, November 2009) Rep. North East Region Gil Hebert has dedicated more than 20 years of his life to community service and public health in the township of Black River-Matheson in the Porcupine Health Unit. He has done so as Councilor, Reeve, Mayor, Vice Chair of the Board of Health, and a member of its Program, Personnel and Property, and Resource committees. He returns to alPHa’s Board of Directors, having previously served from 1994 to 1997 and 2002-2006, serving as the association’s Treasurer for most of those years. He also served his community as a member of the Boards of the Cochrane District Community Care Access Centre, the Minto Counseling Centre and the Temiskaming-Cochrane District branch of Legal Aid Ontario. Gil was honoured with an alPHa Distinguished Service Award in 2007 Mary Johnson Rep. Eastern Region. Helen Mulligan Rep. Central West Region. Helen also represents alPHa’s Board of Health Section on the Ontario Council on Community Health Accreditation (OCCHA). Colleen Jordan Rep. Central East Region. Affiliates Susan Kniahnicki Susan Kniahnicki is a Program Director with Algoma Public Health where she has lead program responsibilities for Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention, Early Detection of Cancer, and Vaccine Preventable Diseases. Other management responsibilities include the Volunteer Program and the Genetics Program. Anne Marie Holt Association of Public Health Epidemiologists in Ontario (APHEO) Anne Marie Holt has been working as an epidemiologist in public health for 7 years. She received her bachelors of science at the University of Waterloo in Health Studies and continued her Masters degree in Community Health & Epidemiology at the University of Toronto. She began her career in public health at Toronto Public Health. She is currently the Senior Epidemiologist and Manager of Epidemiology & Evaluation Services at the Haliburton Kawartha Pineridge District Health Unit. She has been in a number of Executive positions of the Association of Public Health Epidemiologist in Ontario including previous representative to the alPHa Board of Directors as well as Vice-President. Gamil Shahein Association of Public Health Epidemiologists in Ontario (APHEO) Gamil Shahein is the Manager, Health Information Epidemiology, Research and Evaluation and Senior Epidemiologist for the Eastern Ontario Health Unit Ken Gorman Association of Supervisors of Public Health Inspectors of Ontario (ASPHIO) Ellen Wodchis Ellen Wodchis has worked in public health for over 20 years. She is a Registered Dietitian and holds a Masters of Health Science (Toronto) and Master of Education (Brock). Currently she is the Director, Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention at Niagara Region Public Health. Ellen has been a member of Health Promotion Ontario public health (HPOph) for many years. She has represented HPOph on the Ontario Council on Community Health Accreditation board and was Chair in 2007 2008. VACANT Dale Jackson Dale Jackson has been with the Hastings and Prince Edward Counties Health Unit since March 1988 where he holds the position of Director of Administration. In addition to being a District Representative on the AOPHBA Executive since October of 1995, Dale has served as Vice-President and is currently serving a two year term as President of AOPHBA. He is also one of the AOPHBA representatives on the Public Health Financial Planning and Accountability Workgroup, having sat on the workgroup since its inception in 1999. He was a recipient of the alPHa Distinguished Service Award in 2007. A reciprocal, non-voting cross-appointment between the Ontario Public Health Association and alPHa boards of directors was implemented as a means to increase collaboration and information exchange between the two closely related associations. Liz Haugh is OPHA's representative at alPHa's Board of Directors. Liz is the current Vice-President of OPHA as well as Chair of the OPHA Advocacy Committee, and the director of Health Promotion at the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit.
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