Executive Members & Representatives
ODPH Executive Committee
The ODPH Executive Committee for 2018-2019:
- Past Chair - Erinn Salewski, Ottawa Public Health
- Co-Chair Year 2 - Carolyn Doris, Peterborough Public Health
- Co-Chair Year 1 - Ellen Lakusiak, Middlesex London Health Unit
- Communications Coordinator - Chelsea Socholotuk, Northwestern Health Unit
- Web Coordinator - Sarah Tsang, Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit
- Secretary-Treasurer - Laura Abbasi, Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit
- Liaison Coordinator Year 2 - Elizabeth Smith, City of Hamilton Public Health Services
- Liaison Coordinator Year 1 - Andrea Licursi, Halton Region Health Department
- Member-at-Large Year 2 - Kimberly Leadbeater, Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit
- Member-at-Large Year 1 - Claire Bilik, Public Health Sudbury & Districts
- OPHA Liaison - Lyndsay Davidson, Chatham Kent Public Health Unit
Committees
ODPH Advocacy Lead
- Ellen Lakusiak, Middlesex London Health Unit
Workgroups
Body Diversity and Health Equity Workgroup Co-Chairs
- Kelly Ferguson, Southwestern Public Health
- Branka Gladanac, Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health
Child Care Working Group Co-Chairs
- Melissa Cardinal, Eastern Ontario Health Unit
- Laura Abbasi, HKPR District Health Unit
Family Health Nutrition Advisory Group Co-Chairs
- Rachel Morgan, York Region Community and Health Services
- Anneke Hobson, KFL&A Health Unit
Food Insecurity Workgroup Co-Chairs
- Mary Ellen Prange, City of Hamilton Public Health Services
- Kim Loupos, Middlesex-London Health Unit
Food Literacy Workgroup Co-Chairs
- Elsie Azevedo Perry, Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit
- Ruby Samra, City of Hamilton Pubic Health Services
Food Systems Workgroup Co-Chairs
- Catherine Schwartz Mendez: Renfrew County and District Health Unit
- Bridget King: Public Health Sudbury & Districts
Healthy Eating in the Recreation Setting Workgroup Chair
- Laura Dias, Timiskaming Health Unit
- Tracy McDonough, Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox & Addington Public Health
Marketing to Kids Workgroup Co-Chairs
- Sonia Jean-Philippe, Ottawa Public Health
- Nadine Khan, Region of Peel Public Health
Nutrition and Edible Cannabis Workgroup
- Heather Thomas, Middlesex-London Health Unit
School Nutrition Workgroup Co-Chairs
- Nancy Bevilacqua, York Region Community and Health Services
- Jody Dawson, Simcoe and Muskoka District Health Unit
If you would like to join any of these workgroups, please contact the chair or send an email to info@odph.ca, or request membership through the member's section
