Executive Members & Representatives
ODPH Executive Committee 2023-2024
- Past Chair - Elizabeth Smith, City of Hamilton Public Health Services
- Co-Chairs - Laura Abbasi, Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit and Andrea Licursi, Halton Region Health Department
- Communications Coordinator - Jennelle Arnew, Chatham-Kent Public Health
- Web Coordinator - Alex Lacarte, North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit
- Secretary-Treasurer - Vincent Ng, Thunder Bay District Health Unit
- Liaison Coordinator - Mary Ellen Prange, City of Hamilton Public Health Services
- Member-at-Large - Luisa Magalhaes, Peterborough Public Health
- alPHa Liaison - Carolyn Doris, Peterborough Public Health
Workgroups
Anti-Racism in Dietetics Community of Practice Co-Chairs
- Amy MacDonald, Huron Perth Public Health
- Sharmini Balakrishnan, Chatham-Kent Public Health
Body Diversity and Health Equity Workgroup Co-Chairs
- Amy MacDonald, Huron Perth Public Health
Child Care Working Group Co-Chairs
- Laura Abbasi, HKPR District Health Unit
- Melissa Cardinal, Eastern Ontario Health Unit
Eating Disorder Prevention Community of Practice Co-Chairs
- Chantal Bélanger, Public Health Sudbury and District
- Chelsea Socholotuk, Northwestern Health Unit
Family Health Nutrition Advisory Group Chair
- Paula Ross, Public Health Sudbury and District
Food Insecurity Workgroup Co-Chairs
- Lesley McMullin, Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit
- Erin Reyce, North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit
Food Literacy Workgroup Co-Chairs
- Elsie Azevedo Perry, Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit
- Shannon Edmonstone, Huron Perth Public Health
Food Systems Workgroup Co-Chairs
- Sharmini Balakrishnan: Chatham-Kent Public Health
- Bridget King: Public Health Sudbury & Districts
School Nutrition Workgroup Co-Chairs
- Luisa Magalhaes, Peterborough Public Health
- Kimberly Leadbeater, Haliburton Kawartha Pine Ridge District Health Unit
You're the Chef Community of Practice
- Nancy Bevilaqua, York Region Community & Health Services
- Rebecca Davids, York Region Community & Health Services
If you would like to join any of these workgroups, please contact the chair and/or request membership through the member's section