Management Team

Dr. N. J. Mercer

Medical Officer of Health, CEO

Dr. Matthew Tenenbaum

Associate Medical Officer of Health

Guelph Office               

David Kingma

Vice President, Human Resources and Corporate Services

Guelph Office

Dr. Kyle Wilson

Vice President, Information Systems and Digital Innovation

Chief Information Officer/Chief Privacy Officer

Guelph Office

Rita Isley

Vice President, Community Health

Chief Nursing Officer

Guelph Office

Christopher Beveridge

Vice President, Health Protection and Emergency Preparedness

Guelph Office

April Pollington

Manager, Dental

• Oral Health Assessment & Surveillance

• Ontario Seniors Dental Care Program

• Healthy Smiles Ontario

Camille Loucks 

Manager, Clinical Services

• Sexual Health

  • Diagnosis and Treatment

  • Case Management

  • Education

• Reproductive Health

• Tuberculosis Prevention and Management

• Harm Reduction Program and Naloxone

  • Education

  • Supply Distribution

Karen Mulvey

Manager, Vaccine Preventable Diseases

• Immunization for Children in Schools & Licensed Child Care

• Vaccine Administration

• Adverse Events Following Immunizations

• Vaccine Administration - Schools

• Vaccine Management

• Community Based Immunization Outreach

• Barriers to Immunization Project

Lisa Hebden

Operations Director, Client Services

• Reception and PHN Response Team

• Intake for all programs

• Appointment bookings for all programs

• Parenting Support

• Breastfeeding and Infant Feeding Support

• Growth and Development

• Vision Program

• Community Partner Outreach 

Katrina Arellano

Manager, Children’s Health Services

• Healthy Babies, Healthy Children blended home visiting program
  • Healthy Pregnancies
  • Postpartum health assessments and newborn care
  • Early Childhood parenting and development support

Lillianna Marinko 

Manager, Infectious Diseases

• Infectious Diseases Prevention 

Shelby Leenders

Manager, Infection Control 

• Infection Control

• IPAC Hub

• PSS Inspections 

Phil Wong

Operations Director, Health Protection

• Safe Water

• Health Hazard Prevention and Management

• Smoke-Free Ontario

• Health Hazard Prevention & Management

• Vector Borne Diseases Prevention

• Small Drinking Water Systems

Paul Medeiros

Manager, Environmental Health

• Food Safety including:

  • ​General food safety and foodbourne illness

  • Special events and farmers markets

  • Food trucks

  • Food recalls

  • Food handler training

• Rabies Control

• Recreational Camps

• Childcare Inspections

• Menu Labelling

Emerson Rajaram

Chief Information Security Officer, Corporate Director Technology 

• Information Technology

Michael Whyte

Manager, Data & Analytics

Lise Trotz-Williams

Epidemiologist

• Population Health Assessment

• Effective Public Health Practice

• Immunization Monitoring & Surveillance

Anna Vanderlaan

Manager, Health Promotion

• Substance Use & Injury Prevention
• Chronic Diseases Prevention & Wellbeing
• Planning
• Health Equity
• Privacy

Brian Herman

Chief Financial Officer, Corporate Director Finance

• Finance/Budget Services

• Resource Management/Procurement

• Insurance

• Audit

Patryk Wardach

Chief Human Resources Officer, Corporate Director Human Resources

• Employee Relations

• Labour Relations

• Health and Safety

• 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

Rob Richardson

Supervisor, Facilities, Health and Safety

• Facilities Management