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COACH adds four new board members
July 5, 2017
TORONTO – The Members of COACH: Canada’s Health Informatics Association recently elected (from a group of ten candidates) four new Board Members. COACH welcomes Angela Copeland (pictured), Shiran Isaacksz, Ted Scott and Gillian Sweeney to the Board. The 2017-2018 COACH Board now consists of the following representatives:
- President and Board Chair: Leon Salvail, President & CEO, Gevity Consulting
- Past-President (ex-officio): Mike Barron, (Former) President & CEO, Newfoundland and Labrador Centre for Health Information
- Vice-President: Shiran Isaacksz, Senior Director – Regional/Provincial Portfolio, Shared Information Management Services, University Health Network
- Secretary-Treasurer: Elizabeth Keller, Vice-President, Product Strategy & Delivery, OntarioMD
- Director: Susan Anderson, Managing Director, Orion Health, Toronto, ON
- Director: Hélène Clément, Health Informatics T.R.M Consultant, Independent Consultant
- Director: Angela Copeland, Director, Data & Analytics Strategic Initiatives & Governance, Cancer Care Ontario
- Director; Ted Scott, Chief Innovation Officer and Director of Strategy; Hamilton Health Sciences
- Director: Christine Sham,Manager, Strategy, Planning and Alignment, eHealth Strategy and Investment Branch, Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
- Director: Gillian Sweeney, Vice President, Clinical Information Programs and Quality, Newfoundland and Labrador Centre for Health Information
Details of the election and other COACH association news can be found in the COACH 2016-2017 Annual Report, which is available for download at https://ams.coachorg.com/inventory/ShoppingCart.