Management Team

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Senior Management

Name/Title

Contact

Dr. N. J. Mercer

Medical Officer of Health, CEO

 

Dr. Matthew Tenenbaum

Associate Medical Officer of Health

Guelph Office               

 

David Kingma

Director, Administrative Services

Chief Administrative Officer 

Guelph Office

 

Dr. Kyle Wilson

Director, Information Systems

Chief Privacy Officer

Guelph Office

 

Rita Isley

Director, Community Health

Chief Nursing Officer

Guelph Office

 

Christopher Beveridge

Director, Health Protection

Guelph Office

 

Program Managers

Healthy Living

Name/Title/Contact

Program Areas

Renee Charbonneau-Smith 

Manager, Healthy Living Services

 

 

 

  • Oral Health

  • Ontario Seniors Dental Care Program

  • Wee Talk and Speech and Language

  • Vision Screening

Community Health

Name/Title/Contact

Program Areas

Rosalyn LaRochelle 

Manager, Clinical Services

 

 

  • Clinical Services Including: Immunization, Sexual Health, and Travel

  • Sexually Transmitted Infections

  • Bloodborne Infections (HIV/AIDS; Hepatitis B and C)

  • Birth Control

  • Harm Reduction

  • Adverse Reactions

Mary Anne Kozdras

Manager, Healthy Families

 

 

Jean Rudland

Supervisor, Healthy Families

 

 

  • Healthy Babies, Healthy Children

  • Let’s Talk Parenting Line

  • System of Care

  • Prenatal Classes (in person)

  • Breastfeeding Classes

  • P2P

Karen Mulvey

Manager, Vaccine Preventable Diseases

 

  • School Health Clinics and Immunization

  • Vaccine Distribution

  • Influenza (flu) Immunization

  • Cold Chain Management

Health Protection

Name/Title/Contact

Program Areas

Marlene Jantzi 

Manager, Control of Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis

 

 

 

 

  • Infection Control & Complaint Investigations

  • Tuberculosis

  • Infectious Diseases

  • Respiratory and Enteric Outbreaks in Institutions

  • Community Respiratory Outbreaks

  • Designated Officers Program

  • Inspections of Personal Service Settings

Shawn Zentner

Manager, Environmental Health

 

  • Safe Water

  • Health Hazard Prevention and Management

  • Vector-Borne Diseases

  • Enforcement of Smoke-Free Ontario Act (SFOA) and Electronic Cigarettes Act (ECA)

  • Emergency Preparedness (Wellington & Dufferin)

Jessica Morris

Manager, Environmental Health

 

 

 

  • Food Safety

  • Foodborne Illness

  • Rabies Control

  • One Health

  • Emergency Preparedness (Guelph)

Information Systems

Name/Title/Contact Program Areas

Emerson Rajaram

Manager, Information Technology

Chief Information Security Officer 

 

  • Information Technology

  • Facility Management

Julian Martalog

Manager, Health Analytics

 

 

Lise Trotz-Williams

Epidemiologist

 

 

  • Research

  • Evaluation

  • Knowledge Exchange

  • Surveillance

  • Population Health Assessment

  • Data Management

Anna Vanderlaan

Manager, Health Promotion

 

  • Substance Use

  • Healthy Eating

  • Active Living

  • Built Environment

  • Injury Prevention

  • Mental Health Promotion

  • School Health Promotion

 

 

Manager, Healthy Growth and Development

 

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  • Preconception Health 

  • Healthy Pregnancies

  • Prenatal Classes (online)

  • Healthy Child Development

  • Positive Parenting

  • Community Connections

  • Health Equity

Administrative Services

Name/Title/Contact

Program Areas

Rob Cunnington

Manager, Finance

Chief Financial Officer 

 

  • Finance/Budget Services

  • Resource Management/Procurement

  • Insurance

  • Audit

Patryk Wardach

Manager, Human Resources 

Chief Human Resources Officer 

 

  • Employee Relations

  • Labour Relations

  • Training

  • Recruitment/Selection

  • Benefits/Pensions

  • Disability/WSIB

  • Compensation/Payroll

Chuck Ferguson

Manager, Corporate Communications

 

  • Crisis Communication

  • Website/Social Media

  • Media

  • Public Relations

  • Client Service

  • Marketing

  • Library