January 2011 - Our Voice in Action

Well-deserved Rest over the Holidays

The month of December was a hectic one for the staff at OPHA. As the days became shorter and shorter we were also began gearing down for the holiday season.

With the beginning of the New Year, we have a new Board of Directors and are busy working to make the issues important to public health for all Ontarians heard.

2011 Board of Directors

Approved at the September 28, 2010 Annual General Meeting, please welcome the 2011 OPHA Board of Directors:

  • President - Liz Haugh

  • Vice-President and Advocacy Committee Chair - Tino Serapiglia

  • Secretary and Membership Committee Chair - Marty Mako

  • Treasurer and Audit Committee Chair - Monica Mitchell

  • Past-President - Carol Timmings


  • Member-at-Large - Kevin Churchill

  • Member-at-Large - Larry Stinson

  • Member-at-Large - Mary-Anne McBean

  • Member-at-Large - Mohamed Kadry Taher

  • Member-at-Large - Pemma Muzumdar

  • Member-at-Large - Susan Kniahnicki


    Ex-Officio
    Association of Local Public Health Agencies (alPHa) Representative
    Paul Sharma

    Constituent Society Representatives:

  • ANDSOOHA - Public Health Nursing Management - Karen Quigley-Hobbs

  • Association of Ontario Health Centres (AOHC) - Almaz Reda

  • Association of Public Health Epidemiologists in Ontario (APHEO) - Alanna Leffley

  • Association of Supervisors Public Health Inspectors of Ontario (ASPHI-O) - Shawn Zentner

  • Canadian Institute of Public Health Inspectors, Ontario Branch(CIPHI-O) - Cathy Egan

  • Community Health Nurses Initiatives Group (RNA0) - Jennifer Tonn

  • Health Promotion Ontario: public health (HPO.ph) - Ellen Wodchis

  • Ontario Association of Public Health Dentistry (OAPHD) - John Kenneth Filice

  • Ontario Public Health Libaries Association (OPHLA) - Yvonne Tyml

  • Ontario Society of Nutrition Professionals in Public Health (OSNPPH) - Barb Bartle

The following Board members are also sitting on the Transition Team, as the Board executes their strategy for moving OPHA forward in the current public health environment:

  • Liz Haugh - President

  • Tino Serapiglia - Vice-President

  • Monica Mitchell - Treasurer

  • Carol Timmings - Past-President

  • Larry Stinson - Member-at-Large

  • Karen Quigley-Hobbs - Constituent Society Representative, ANDSOOHA

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