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Board of Directors 2025-2026

alPHa elects a Board of Directors composed of seven members from the Boards of Health (BOH) Section and seven members from the Council of Ontario Medical Officers of Health (COMOH) Section. The balance of the alPHa Board is composed of one representative from each of the seven Affiliate organizations. The Board meets regularly throughout the year to consider matters of policy, priorities, and governance.

Members of the 2025-2026 alPHa Board of Directors are as follow:

Executive Committee

Chair COMOH Section Representative, Ex Officio
Dr. Hsiu-Li Wang
Vice Chair BOH Section Representative, South West RegionBernia Martin 
Past Chair / BOH Section Representative, North West RegionTrudy Sachowski
Treasurer / COMOH Section Representative, North Region
Dr. Lianne Catton
COMOH Section Chair/ COMOH Section Representative, Central East Region  Dr. Pepi McTavish
BOH Section ChairBOH Section Representative, East Region Tammy DeGiovanni
Affiliate Executive Representative/AOPHBA Cynthia St. John

Members at Large

BOH Section Representative, Central West Region

TBD

BOH Section Representative, Central East Region

Ann-Marie Kungl

BOH Section Representative, North East Region

Sue Perras

BOH Section Representative, TorontoCharles Ozzoude 
COMOH Section Representative, Toronto Dr. Michelle Murti

COMOH Section Representative, South West Region

Dr. Ninh Tran

COMOH Section Representative, Central West RegionDr. Azim Kasmani

COMOH Section Representative, East Region

Dr. Trevor Arnason

Affiliate Representative, APHEO

Caitlyn Paget

Affiliate Representative,OAPHD

Paul Sharma

Affiliate Representative, HPO

Shannon Robinson  

Affiliate Representative, OPHNL

Joanne Figliano-Scott

Affiliate Representative, ASPHIO

Steven Rebellato

Affiliate Representative, ODPH

Carolyn Doris

 Chief Executive OfficerLoretta Ryan

 

* Legend:

AOPHBA = Association of Ontario Public Health Business Administrators

APHEO = Association of Public Health Epidemiologists in Ontario

ASPHIO = Association of Supervisors of Public Health Inspectors of Ontario

HPO = Health Promotion Ontario

OAPHD = Ontario Association of Public Health Dentistry

OPHNL = Ontario Association of Public Health Nursing Leaders

ODPH = Ontario Dietitians in Public Health

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