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Executive Members & Representatives

ODPH Executive Committee 2024-2025 
  • Co-Chair Year 2 - Andrea Licursi, Halton Region Public Health
  • Co-Chair Year 1 - Luisa Magalhaes, Peterborough Public Health
  • Secretary-Treasurer - Karen Wismer, Wellington Dufferin Guelph Public Health
  • Communications Coordinator - Jennelle Arnew, Chatham-Kent Public Health
  • Web Coordinator - Alex Lacarte, North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit
  • Liaison Coordinator - Mary Ellen Prange, City of Hamilton Public Health Services
  • Member-at-Large - Marcia Dawes, Peel Public Health
  • alPHa Liaison - Carolyn Doris, Peterborough Public Health

Workgroups

Anti-Racism in Dietetics Community of Practice Co-Chairs

  • Sharmini Balakrishnan, Chatham-Kent Public Health
  • Jessica Love, North Bay Parry Sound Public Health

Body Diversity Workgroup Co-Chairs

  • Amy MacDonald, Huron Perth Public Health
  • Shannon Labre, Public Health Sudbury and District

Child Care Working Group Co-Chairs

  • Lena Jensen, Renfrew County Public Health
  • Sonia Jean-Philippe, Ottawa Public Health

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

  • Erin Reyce, North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit
  • Kim McGibbon, Thunder Bay District Health Unit

Food Literacy Workgroup Co-Chairs

  • Shannon Edmonstone, Huron Perth Public Health 

Food Systems Workgroup Co-Chairs

  • Sharmini Balakrishnan: Chatham-Kent Public Health
  • Brittney Urban, Region of Waterloo Public Health 

School Nutrition Workgroup Co-Chairs

  • Kimberly Leadbeater, Haliburton Kawartha Pine Ridge District Health Unit
  • Isabelle Lalonde, Eastern Ontario Health Unit
You're the Chef Community of Practice
  • Sharlaine Murga, 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