Board of Directors

Secretary

Patty is a treasury and operations executive who worked in the financial services industry for 25 years, mostly with TD Bank in Toronto.  With her roles overseeing the bank’s payment operations as well as over 15 years in finance and treasury positions overseeing the bank’s global liquidity risk strategy, and cash management and control functions, she is an experienced people leader with considerable strategic, operational, finance, risk management, business transformation and project management expertise.

More recently, Patty has been devoting time to volunteering in the not-for-profit sector.  She served on the board of Hospice Toronto until retiring in 2019, chairing their governance committee for several years as well as filling the Treasurer and Vice-chair roles for a 2 year term. In June of 2022, she recently retired from serving on the board of the Oakville & Milton Humane Society for over 6 years, holding the position of Secretary and chairing their governance and nominations committee.  She continues to support both organizations as a member of their governance committees.

Director

Dr. Paolo Mazzotta is a first-generation Italian-Canadian born and raised in Toronto.  He is a husband and father of 3 children.  Professionally, he is a Family Physician practicing Palliative Medicine at the Temmy Latner Centre for Palliative Care through Sinai Health System in Toronto.

Dr. Mazzotta completed a 6-month clinical fellowship in Palliative Medicine at St. Joseph’s Health Centre in 2006.  Since then, he has worked in many settings providing a palliative approach to care including inpatient consultation, clinic and, over the last 6 years, home-based care with Temmy Latner in the west end of the Toronto Central LHIN catchment area.   Dr. Mazzotta is an Assistant Professor with the Department of Family and Community Medicine and an active member of the Division of Palliative Medicine at the University of Toronto participating in both scholarly and educational activities.

Director

Nevina Kishun is an accomplished health care professional with over 10 years of experience in the Canadian healthcare system. Currently she is responsible for Strategy, Compliance, and ESG at a global company. She earned an Executive MBA from Cornell and Queen’s University and a Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of Florida.

As the former owner of one of the largest Shoppers Drug Mart’s in Canada, she understands the importance and is passionate about supporting people and their loved ones though compassionate end-of-life care.

Director

Jenney Wang is a public health professional, with over 9 years of experience working with provincial and federal public health agencies. Currently, Jenney is an Epidemiologist with a federal health agency where she supports various files related to infectious disease, surveillance, and health research.

Prior to joining the federal public service, Jenney worked at Ontario Health as an Analyst and successfully led a sexual health knowledge translation pilot at various regional cancer programs across the province. She started her public health career at Public Health Ontario and worked closely with a research team to implement an evaluation of health equity impact assessment tools used in public health units. Jenney is deeply passionate about public health and is a strong advocate of health equity, social determinants of health, diversity and inclusion. She also has a keen interest and skills in outbreak management and health data analysis.

Jenney holds a Master of Public Health from the University of Saskatchewan and a Bachelor of Science from the University of Toronto. Outside of work, Jenney is a long-time volunteer and regularly supports various not-for-profit agencies in her community such as Journey Home Hospice, Shelter Movers, Second Harvest and the Canadian Red Cross.

Alison is an accomplished executive communications leader and strategist with over 20 years experience overseeing communications and public affairs programs for large national and global organizations. A big-picture thinker, Alison draws on her broad background and business acumen to lead company’s efforts to articulate their business strategy, propel change, protect and bolster corporate reputation, and strengthen brand and culture.

As a member of Senior Management Teams, Alison has spearheaded priority programs, connecting internal and external audiences to advance the achievement of organizational goals. A respected team leader, Alison mentor’s teams to be highly impactful business partners. Currently Canadian Head of Corporate Communications for a global life sciences company, Alison works with a wide range of stakeholders, leading collaborative efforts to build and deliver compelling programs that elevate the organization’s reputation; she has also held communications management roles in financial services, energy, telecommunications, retail and government sectors.

Alison obtained her Bachelor of Arts (Political Science and English) from the University of Toronto. She lives in Toronto with her family who volunteer together with a local organization which provides hot meals to those in need.