The Board of Health includes 11 members
Six City Council representatives
- Councillor Marty Carr
- Councillor Laura Dudas
- Councillor Glen Gower
- Councillor Theresa Kavanagh
- Councillor Rawlson King
- Councillor Catherine Kitts
Five public members
Dr. Lewis Leikin |
|
Suzanne Pinel |
Ms. Pinel is also known for her work in television and the arts. As the creator of the award-winning children's TV show "Marie-Soleil," she released several albums and videos, including educational materials for learning French as a second language. Ms. Pinel has sat on several boards of directors, including charities: the CHEO Foundation, La Cité collégiale, the Canadian Institute of Child Health, the Hôpital Montfort Association, the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, the Montfort Long-Term Care Centre, the Heart and Stroke Foundation, United Way Ottawa, Kids Help Phone, the Easter Seals, Canadian Blood Services, the Children's Aid Society of Ottawa, the Say No to Drugs campaign and the Children's Vaccination Awareness Program, to name a few. Ms. Pinel has received several awards for her community service, including the President's Prize from the Ontario Medical Association for her work to improve population health. In 1991, she received Canada's highest honour when she became a Member of the Order of Canada. In June 2003, the University of Ottawa awarded her an honorary doctorate, and in 2012 Ms. Pinel received the Order of Ontario. |
Peter Tilley |
A graduate of the Business Administration Program at Algonquin College (1984), Peter has also worked as a manager in the recruitment industry and as a senior manager in the hotel industry. Peter now teaches the Introduction to Non Profit Management course at Algonquin College on weekends. Peter was a 2012 Ontario Premier Award nominee and was recently recognized as Algonquin College's Alumnus of the Year. |
Elyse Banham |
|
Tammy DeGiovanni |
|
Dr. Jana Malhotra (Alternate Member) |
Dr. Jana Malhotra received her medical degree from the University of Western Ontario. Dr. Malhotra is a full-time family physician in Ottawa as well as an assistant professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Ottawa. |
Susan Ward (Alternate Member) |
Susan Ward has a master’s degree in social work and a bachelor’s degree in recreology with a concentration in psychology from the University of Ottawa. She has also taken a course in Indigenous history and contemporary issues, and a cultural safety training. Ms. Ward has been a social worker in crisis intervention and hospitals for 25 years. She has spent the last several years with the Ottawa Hospital Pain Clinic. She created a provincial network for social workers in chronic pain and is a member of the Pediatric Chronic Pain Transition Task Force. |
These members were appointed to the Board of Health for the City of Ottawa Health Unit, all terms to be effective on the date of proclamation of the amendments to the City of Ottawa Act, 1999 and to expire with the term of Council.
Contact Us