Our Board of Directors

Chair

Mr. James Scongack
Chief Operating Officer & Executive Vice-President
Bruce Power

Vice-Chair
Dr. Charmaine van Schaik
Chief of Staff
Southlake Regional Health Centre

Treasurer & Secretary
Ms. Pearl Schusheim
P. Schusheim Advisory Professional Corporation

Members

Ms. Joan Green
President
Joan M. Green and Associates/Lough Barnes Consulting Group (LBCG)

Dr. Sumit Gupta
Staff Oncologist, Division of Hematology/Oncology
The Hospital for Sick Children

Dr. Ewurabena Simpson
Chief, Division of Hematology/Oncology
CHEO

Ms. Michelle Johnston
President
Society of United Professionals

Ms. Jennifer La Rosa
Senior Clinical Manager, Blood and Marrow Transplant/Cellular Therapy Program
The Hospital for Sick Children

Ms. Jennifer Lomax
Founder and Principal Consultant
Lomax & Co.

Ms. Cindy Milne-Wren
Social Worker, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Children’s Hospital, London Health Sciences Centre

Dr. Vicky Breakey
Division Head, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology/Oncology
McMaster Children’s Hospital, Hamilton Health Sciences Centre

Ms. Teri Stewart
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Division of Oncology
CHEO

Dr. Jim Whitlock
Chief, Division of Hematology/Oncology
The Hospital for Sick Children

Dr. Laura Wheaton
Head, Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics
Kingston Health Sciences Centre, Kingston General Hospital Site

Dr. Alexandra Zorzi
Division Head, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Children’s Hospital, London Health Sciences Centre

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