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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