Dr. Andrew Dean, PhD
Chair of the Board
Vice-President, Research & Innovation, Lakehead University
Dr. Pam Wakewich, PhD
Vice-Chair of the Board
Professor Emeritus Sociology and Women’s Studies, Lakehead University
Past Director, Centre for Rural & Northern Health Research
James Peotto, CPA, CA
Treasurer of the Board
Senior Accountant, Impala Canada Limited
Jean Bartkowiak
CEO, Thunder Bay Regional Health Research Institute and President & CEO, Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre
Kathleen Lynch
President, Confederation College
Andrew Ross
Former Manager of the Anishnaabe Bimaadiziwin Research Program, a collaboration of the Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre and Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority.
Dr. Sheldon Tobe, MD
Professor in Medicine, Staff Physician, Division of Nephrology, University of Toronto;
Professor and Heart and Stroke Foundation Chair, Aboriginal and Rural Health Research, Northern Ontario School of Medicine.
John Dixon
Director of Mental Health and Addiction Services at Dilico Anishinabek Family Care
Dr. David C. Marsh, MD CCSAM
Associate Dean, Research Innovation and International Relations Professor, Clinical Sciences Northern Ontario School of Medicine
Peter Bishop
Retired Judge serving communities in Northwestern Ontario and remote First Nations Communities
Kelly Meservia-Collins
EVP Research, Quality & Academics