Doug Angus B.Com., M.A. Doug Angus is a Health Economist and Professor in the School of Management, University of Ottawa.  Previously, he was Vice Dean and Associate Dean (Academic) from 1999-2002, Director of the Master of Health Administration Program (1997-2001) at the University.  Before that, Mr. Angus was the Director of the Queen’s-University of Ottawa Economic Projects on Cost-Effectiveness of the Canadian Health Care System, and is the lead author of its major report, Sustainable Health Care for Canada.  He also is pleased to be playing a role in the University’s new PhD Program in Population Health.
	Marion Balla M.Ed, M.S.W., R.S.W. Marion Balla has been involved in the counselling and consulting field since 1969.  She has completed both a Master in Education (Counselling) and a Master in Social Work (Direct Intervention).  Marion is President of The Adlerian Counselling and Consulting Group.  She was a part-time lecturer at the University of Ottawa in the Faculty of Education (Special Education) from 1973-1988. Marion began her career in medical social work at the Ottawa Civic Hospital and remains involved in health care issues through volunteer work at the Ottawa Hospital Foundation.  She has presented a variety of workshops for workers in the mental health, social services and education fields for the past 35 years.  Further, she has designed and presented numerous programs for municipal, provincial, and federal government departments. Marion is a regular guest on CBC Radio, CJOH and YTV where she speaks on the issues facing families and the joys of family living.   She has been a guest on YTV "Positive Parenting" series and Canada A.M. and writes a "Relationships" column in "Capital Parent" Newspaper.  She has been frequently quoted in Chatelaine, Today’s Parent, Homemakers and The Ottawa Citizen.  In March of 1997, Marion was named the winner of the 1996 Businesswoman’s Achievement Award, sponsored by the Woman’s Business Network Association and donated by The Ottawa Citizen.  In November of 1997, Marion received the Parent Education Award in recognition of her important contribution towards increasing the awareness of education for parents and enriching family life.  In 2001, Marion was given the distinguished honour of delivering the Heinz Ansbacher Memorial Lecture to the North American Society of Adlerian Psychology.  She is the first woman and the first Canadian to have been chosen for this presentation which highlights her international presence in the practice of Adlerian Psychology.  Marion was also awarded the Bessie Touzel Social Work Award in 2005 in recognition for her contributions to the profession of Social Work.  Her volunteer work has spanned 30 years as a Board member of the Ottawa Hospital Foundation, Diva Foundation, United Way, YW-YMCA and The Social Planning Council.
	Donna Byrne BScN, MScN McGill University Donna is the director of Health Access Sante in Quebec. She has spent over 30 years as a healthcare professional. Both as a staff nurse and a nursing administrator, Donna has served the Montreal and West Island communities developing services to meet the varying and changing healthcare needs. Donna created Health Access Sante, which is dedicated to health promotion and prevention. “Our mission is to help individuals and their families remain healthy and as independent as possible.”  Health Access has helped thousands of people stay in their homes often with just a small amount of support. By using a combination of traditional healthcare, learning and alternative approaches, we are able to contribute toward achieving optimum health and wellness within our community.” Committed to health learning, Donna has hosted a radio show “The Wellness Plan”.  She most recently has developed a TeleSanté homecare program in collaboration with Dr. Antonia Arnaert from McGill University to help individuals stay in their homes safely when monitoring and teaching is needed to do so.  The research project, helping individuals learn to manage and take charge of their health using technology, is ongoing and will continue through 2010. I am very interested in serving on the CAPCH board. I have seen the evolution of homecare in Canada and the hard work and contribution of the CAPCH.. I am very excited to be involved in homecare during these times of change and feel that we can only move forward and improve healthcare for Canadians by improving home-care. I see the CAPCH as a group of dedicated people working toward a much stronger voice and would look forward to assisting and being more involved in the process. - Donna Byrne MScN
	Dianne W. Carmichael President of Best Doctors Canada Inc. Ms. Carmichael brings 25 years of diversified business experience to her role in the health care industry.  Prior to joining Best Doctors, Dianne spent 15 years in the financial services industry, most recently as Chairman and CEO of Worldsource Wealth Management Inc., a subsidiary of Guardian Capital Group Ltd.  There she created, launched and grew the organization, ultimately overseeing four operations nationally including a mutual funds dealer, IDA securities firm, insurance agency and high-net-worth portfolio management firm with assets in excess of $5 billion.  Before joining WWM, Dianne managed corporate and personal investment portfolios leading to her promotion to Vice President at TD Waterhouse, Private Investment Advice.  Dianne’s early business career began in the packaged goods industry which saw her in progressively more senior marketing and sales management roles with organizations such as Proctor & Gamble, RJ Reynolds and Gillette.  Dianne is a graduate of the University of Waterloo and also holds a Business Administration/Marketing diploma from John Abbott College.  On a community services front, Dianne is past Chairman of the Board of Yellow Brick House, a refuge for abused women and their children.
	Don T. Di Salle Vice-President, Corporate Services National Research Council Canada In February 2006, Mr. Don Di Salle was appointed the National Research Council's Vice-President, Corporate Services.  Mr. Di Salle brings extensive experience to all areas of activity of the Corporate Services portfolio. His career at the NRC has spanned some 20 years, during which time he has held a variety of increasingly senior positions where he gained extensive, relevant knowledge and experience of the NRC's programs, its challenges, its emerging culture, and its opportunities to play a leadership role in putting science to work for Canada. As Director General of the NRC Corporate Strategy and Development Branch (formerly Corporate Services Branch), Mr. Di Salle led his team in providing professional, strategic value-added management and relationship development in support of the NRC's business priorities. Mr. Di Salle played a pivotal role in establishing and implementing NRC's community-based innovation strategy for Atlantic Canada, and later expanding its reach across Canada. He has built strategic partnerships and collaborations with industry, academia, provincial governments, and other federal regional development agencies and departments. Mr. Di Salle is further supporting the development of this priority activity for the NRC through the development of NRC's Technology Cluster Secretariat. As Director of NRC-ASPM's Administrative Services, he gained direct experience managing IT and IM projects and the impacts they have on an organization's culture and business processes as a member of the largest NRC Enterprise-Wide Management Information System implementation effort – SIGMA. He has been a member of NRC's key strategic and operational committees, and has been leading the NRC's participation in the Canada-U.S. Enhanced Representation Initiative (ERI), a significant program targeted at enhancing Canada's advocacy, trade and S&T roles in the United States.
	Dr. Barry Dworkin In addition to running a successful family medical practice, Dr. Dworkin is an Assistant Professor of Family Medicine at the University of Ottawa. He writes a weekly column in the Ottawa Citizen's Health Section, and a column in the "Treating Teens" section of The Medical Post. Listen to Dr. Dworkin on 580 CFRA every weekday morning at 6:50 a.m. on "Madley in the Morning" with Steve Madley. Find him Wednesdays from 4 to 5 PM on Rob Snow's Drive Home Show, and four times a year on Rabbi Bulka's Sunday Night show on 580 CFRA. He is host of Sunday House Call every Sunday afternoon from 3 to 5 PM on News Talk Radio 580 CFRA.
	Jefferson Gilbert CAE, MBA Mr. Gilbert is a non-dues income generation specialist for the non-profit sector with vast experience in generating revenue to support charitable and non-profit institutions. He is a Certified Association Executive with significant experience in setting up and operating new non-profits and related programs. He is the principal of Gap. Point. Reach. Inc [non-profit leadership] and serves as the Executive Director of the Canadian Urban Libraries Council (CULC). Prior to CULC and GPR Jefferson served as Deputy Executive Director of the Ontario Library Assocation, and Executive Publisher of the Access Magazine and The Teaching Librarian. GPR Inc. helps non-profits achieve their entrepreneurial and operational potential.
	Doug Gosling B.Comm, M.B.A. In the debate over healthcare, we most often hear from doctors, clinicians, politicians, researchers and academics who all bring their unique perspective to issues that directly impact patients and families.  Notably missing from this debate is the voice of the patient.  Doug Gosling, who is literally fighting for his life with advanced metastatic cancer, has courageously stepped up to add his voice to the debate and to fight for fundamental changes in Canada’s healthcare system. Doug’s vision for healthcare is to move away from the patriarchal, provider-based, illness-focused system to one that focuses on people, families and communities; a system that spends more time on prevention and health promotion that will reduce illness and ultimately create a more cost-effective system that truly meets the needs of the people.  To get there requires an awakening of the general public to see the dangers and inefficiencies inherent in the current approach and the benefits of a true people-centred healthcare system Doug Gosling holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Toronto and a Master of Business Administration from York University, and is currently working as an executive for a Canadian software company.  During his successful business career, he has always been heavily involved in his community, providing leadership in a variety of child welfare and education organizations. When Doug was diagnosed with Prostate Cancer in 2002, it was the start of a long journey that exposed him to the inner workings of the healthcare system and gave birth to his passion for making it better.  He is increasingly in demand as a speaker at healthcare conferences where he brings his unique patient perspective to complex issues.  His extensive background in information technology allows him to communicate effectively with experts in eHealth and to interpret complex issues to the general public. Doug blogs regularly on the emotional impact of cancer at “talkingaboutcancer.com”.  His book, The Wolf at my Door (available here), leverages his personal experience with cancer to explore the emotional impact of the disease on patients and their loved ones.  It is also a compelling journal of how he worked his way through the complexities of the health care system and became a key collaborator in his own care.
	Justine Hamilton B.A., M.Cl.Sc., M.B.A. Justine Hamilton has been a registered speech-language pathologist since 1994.  She completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Toronto (1991), her Master’s in speech-language pathology at the University of Western Ontario (1994), and her M.B.A. at the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario (2000).  She is the past President (2005-2007) of the Ontario Association of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists.  She has co-authored three major initiatives: The Sperry-Lear Social Disability Scales, The Self Assessment of Communication Skills and Therapy in a Box.  Speech-language pathologists from around the world now seek out these products for use in their daily practices.  Justine has spoken at conferences and workshops across Canada and in Australia, been interviewed on radio and TV, and has written about assessment and treatment issues in provincial and national publications.  Since 2000, she has volunteered on OSLA’s auto insurance committee, lobbying the Insurance Bureau of Canada for better recognition of speech-language pathology issues, and ensuring that speech-language pathologists are aware of key regulations governing their practice.  In 2004 she received the “Honours of the Association”, the highest award from the Ontario Association of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists, in recognition of outstanding contributions to the profession.  In 2007, she received a Volunteer Service Award from the Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration in recognition of her work in supporting and advocating for speech-language pathologists and audiologists across the province.  In 2007, she also received a Certificate of Recognition and Appreciation from OSLA in recognition of “her analytical approach to problem solving, her solutions-based thinking, and her action-oriented attitude.”  Justine is the co-owner of Lear Communication, a speech-language pathology practice with clinics in Ancaster, Kitchener and St. Catharines.
	Don Juzwishin Don is principal of his consulting firm.Don was the Chief Executive Officer of the Health Council of Canada in 2007 & 2008. Prior to that he was Director of Health Technology Assessment at the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research for 7 years where he lead a team of research associates responding to health technology assessment requests from government, health authorities and health care provider organizations. Don has experience in the private, government, and public not for profit sectors. He holds adjunct appointments at the Universities of Alberta, Calgary and Victoria. His management experience is in complex medical teaching hospitals, health authorities, and research funding. He has experience on the Board of the Canadian Coordinating Office for Health Technology Assessment (CCOHTA). He has authored or co-authored over 90 articles on contemporary issues in health care and speaks extensively on the use of high quality evidence to inform health care practice, decisions and policy. Don has served as the chair of the Education and Training Working Group of the International Network of Agencies for Health Technology Assessment (INAHTA) as well as the Public Agency Sub Group of HTAi. He is a former member of the Devices and Systems Advisory Committee of CADTH and the Alberta Advisory Committee on Health Technologies whose responsibility is to assist the government in the provincial review of health technologies and services. Don has also served as the chair of the Research Committee of the Canadian Society for International Health. Don completed his Bachelor of Arts (political science and economics), Master in Health Services Administration and Doctor of Philosophy (Sociology of Education) at the University of Alberta.
	Glen Kearns Glen Kearns is serving as Integrated Vice President of Clinical Support Services for London Health Sciences Centre and St.Joseph's Health Care,London in London, Ontario.  Working with core services such as medical imaging, pharmacy and laboratory medicine, Glen is collaborating with others to advance personalized medicine for patients receiving services in London.  Along with industry partners and others, Glen lead the development of Canada's first hospital-based patient portal. He holds a CHE (Canadian Healthcare Executive) designation from the Canadian College of Health Care Executives, an Honors Business Administration (HBA) degree from the University of Western Ontario, London, ON as well as a Masters of Religious Education (MRE) degree from Trinity Western University, Langley, BC.
	Wilbert Keon MD, BSc After his medical and scientific training from Ottawa, McGill, Toronto and Harvard, Dr. Wilbert Keon moved to Ottawa in 1969 to found the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, where he was the President and CEO until April 2004. He also served as Professor and Chairman of the University Of Ottawa Department Of Surgery for 15 years (1976-91) where the endowed Keon Chair of Surgery has been established in his honour. Dr. Keon remains active in health and economic policy through his participation on scientific and clinical advisory boards, membership on several boards of directors and as a consultant to public and private sector clients, and as Senator in the Senate of Canada. Senator Keon is presently Deputy Chair of the Standing Committee on Social Affairs.
	Kevin J. Leonard BComm, MBA, PhD, CMA Associate Professor, Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (HPME), Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, July 1996 - present Founding Director, Patient Destiny (patientdestiny.com), October 2006 – present Executive Director, IMPROVE-IT Institute, Indices Measuring Performance Relating Outcomes, Value and Expenditure from Information Technology (improve-it-institute.org), July 2004 – present Research Scientist, Centre for Global eHealth Innovation, University Health Network, January 2002 – present Kevin received his PhD from the Joint Doctoral Program in Montreal where he specialized in Statistics and Information Systems Theory for Business.  In 1996, Kevin joined the Department of Health Policy Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto. He has two primary areas of research: (i) the creation of a National Patient Advocacy Program along with researching issues pertaining to the development and implementation of patient-focused information technology (Patient Health Records - PHRs); (ii) the creation and implementation of metrics for performance measurement of the Information Technology investment within healthcare. Publication A Prescription for Patience: A guide to keeping our healthcare system healthy! This is a book that is targeted at all patients. Throughout the book, I present how changing technology has affected our society in a number of industries (education, banking and sports/entertainment) culminating in a discussion on healthcare. I discuss my role in each of these industries as a change agent and illustrate how the industries have matured as a result of rising consumerism and greater expectations relating to information access and delivery. The overall objective is, through the art of storytelling, to illustrate how each of these industries has dealt with change and changing technology and the similarities (and differences) when compared to healthcare. Hopefully, these illustrations will provide insight into moving the healthcare industry forward as well as an incentive to all consumers, the healthy and the patients, to become more involved in their own care and health management and to expect more from health providers. - Kevin Leonard, PhD
	Lise Mathieu Lise Mathieu is a retired Major-General who served 31 years with the Canadian Forces.  At the time of her retirement, she was the Commander of the Canadian Forces Health System. Ms. Mathieu is a seasoned, fluently bilingual executive with an impressive breadth of leadership experience.  Her dynamic and confident style of leadership inspired and motivated the healthcare and support team during an extremely stressful deployment in the Gulf War.  She was involved at the most senior level in a key period of transition for one of our largest and most complex national institutions ― the Canadian Forces.  She also led the large-scale transformation of the Canadian Forces Health System, building leadership capacity, moving towards a learning organization that espouses a culture of service, overseeing the revision of processes, infrastructure, and professional relationships while re-building morale and improving the provision of care.  A key attribute is her ability to instill in others her own passion for success and excellence. Leading “under fire” has provided her with a perspective on what is “urgent”, and allows her to make measured decisions in fast-moving, high pressure situations.  Her ambition is to bring the benefits of this learning to other leaders and leadership teams in order to improve both individual and organizational results.  Her experience as a consultant and teacher has shown that she has the ability to be frank, without being judgmental, and to give guidance without undermining accountability.  Ms. Mathieu’s professional life spans all organizational levels and a broad range of professions and personal styles.  Consequently, her experience is relevant in almost any size or type of organization.  As a consultant in strategic leadership and leadership development, Lise brings creativity mixed with determination to the issues and challenges facing her clients.
	William (Bill) L. Murray After receiving a BSc. from Bishop's University in 1968 Bill obtained his CA designation in 1972, placing on the National Honour Roll. The great majority of his business life was spent in dealing with income tax matters with his small business oriented clients. Bill took part in many sports until his hips gave up on him. After Bill was denied hip resurfacing surgery in Calgary because he was too old - that is he was over 55 - and after getting the surgery in Montreal using his preferred prosthesis, and after learning more about the health care bureaucracy, and finally after a chance radio interview meeting with Vaughan Glover Bill then committed to assisting Vaughn and CAPCH in moving towards their goals. As a followup to the success of the hip resurfacing Bill is now able to participate in all sports without restriction.
	Ronald A. Pond MD, FRCPC Ron graduated in Medicine from Queens University in 1956. He practiced Family Medicine in Port Colborne Ontario where he became the senior Physician in a 5 doctor clinic. He also was appointed Chief of Anaesthesia at Port Colborne General hospital In 1971 he left Family practice to enter a residency in Psychiatry at the State University of New York at Buffalo. After receiving his Fellowship as a specialist in Psychiatry he did private practice for 3 years, then in 1978 he joined the staff at the Homewood Health Centre in Guelph Ontario. He was appointed Medical Director in 1986. In 1988 he received the CHE designation from the Canadian College of Health Service Executives. In 1990 he was appointed Executive Director at Homewood, and in 1993 became President and CEO  in which position he stayed until he retired in 1997. After retirement he continued as a senior medical surveyor for the Canadian Council on Health Services Accreditation, working in a variety of health settings across Canada.
	David Tanner P.Eng, MBA David Tanner is President of David Tanner & Associates Inc., a consulting firm specializing in financial risk management, project management and business and financial strategy development.  Prior to forming David Tanner & Associates Inc., David worked for 20 years at Toronto Dominion Bank (TD) of which 12 years were in various executive oversight positions.  His work at the bank included many different management functions including market and operational risk management, treasury and asset/liability management, large systems development project management, cash management, technology audit management, business planning and strategy development, financial comptrollership and acquisition integration management. David is a professional engineer, graduating from University of Waterloo with a Systems Design Engineering designation in 1976.  As well, David has an MBA from the University of Toronto in 1983. David’s interest in people-centred health stems from both personal experience and a belief that radical change and improvement to health and wellness care is the most important challenge of our time.  David believes that we need to change to a health and wellness system based on people taking full responsibility for their own care, with providers working to support the information and decision needs of people.