Leadership

PCMCH is guided by its governing council, which is comprised of members from across the province and from various professions and experiences. Our work is further supported by our committees, sub-groups and task groups.
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Bruce Squires, Chair

Bruce Squires

Chair

Bruce Squires is an accomplished leader in Ontario’s healthcare sector and an advocate for patient safety and quality improvement. He serves as President of McMaster Children’s Hospital (MCH) and Vice President of Women’s & Children’s Health at Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS).

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Sanober Diaz

Executive Director

With a diverse background that includes management consulting, entrepreneurship, government policy development and hospital operations, Sanober has a track record of success in strategic planning, operations, stakeholder relations, quality improvement and implementation of large-scale change initiatives. 

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Jennifer Churchill

CEO, Empowered Kids Ontario

Eyal Cohen

Staff Physician, Program Head & Associate Scientist, Hospital for Sick Children

Ronald Cohn

President & CEO, Hospital for Sick Children

Crystal Edwards

Director Women & Children’s Program, Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre

‘Remi Ejiwunmi

Vice President, Shah Family Women’s and Children’s Hospital at Trillium Health Partners

Vera Etches

President & CEO, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario

Anna Greenberg

Executive Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer, Ontario Health

Astrid Guttmann

Paediatrician, Hospital for Sick Children; Chief Science Officer, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences

Julia Hanigsberg

President & CEO, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital

Judy Linton

Chief Nursing Executive & Clinical Institutes and Quality Programs Executive, Ontario Health

Shannon Maier

Vice President, Children’s Hospital and Women’s Programs, London Health Sciences Centre

Sean Murray

Medical Director/Chief Family and Child Program, Health Sciences North

Stephanie Redpath

Neonatologist; Medical Director of Transport Team, Children’s Hospital for Eastern Ontario

Paul Roumeliotis

Medical Officer of Health and Chief Executive Officer, Eastern Ontario Health Unit

Prakesh Shah

Paediatrician-in-Chief, Mt. Sinai Hospital; Director, Canadian Neonatal Network

Bruce Squires (Chair)

President, McMaster Children’s Hospital (MCH); Vice President of Women’s & Children’s Health, Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS)

Alicia St. Hill

Executive Director, BORN Ontario

Ru Taggar

Executive Vice President, Chief Health Professions and Nursing Executive, Sunnybrook

Kristin Taylor

Director – Provincial Programs Branch, Ministry of Health

Ziyaad Vahed

Director – Child Development and Specialized Services Branch, Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services

Danielle Alcock

Program Manager

Bhakti Dattani

Program Coordinator

Sanober Diaz

Executive Director

John Gilson

Senior Communications Advisor

Brittany Groom

Senior Program Manager

Allison Hall

Administrative Coordinator

Lillian Lin

Program Coordinator

Alison McPhedran

Program Coordinator

Lisa Osqui

Senior Program Manager

Angela Peckham

Program Manager

Carina Qiao

Program Coordinator

Jennifer Smith

Program Manager

Lesley Tarasoff

Program Manager

Alexandra Thorp

Senior Program Manager

Laura Zahreddine

Senior Program Manager