Experience

Migraine Canada

• Canada
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive Director

  • Jan 2020 - Present

  Responsible for the overall leadership, management, and operations of Migraine Canada in accordance with its mission, vision, and strategic goals. Providing leadership as an advocate for better care, access to medications and research. Development of strategies to diversify and grow revenue, achieve organizational excellence, and increase capacity through collaborative partnerships with stakeholders. Responsible for the overall leadership, management, and operations of Migraine Canada in accordance with its mission, vision, and strategic goals. Providing leadership as an advocate for better care, access to medications and research. Development of strategies to diversify and grow revenue, achieve organizational excellence, and increase capacity through collaborative partnerships with stakeholders.



Educating and empowering patients and advocates

• Reimbursement Advocacy Leader

  • Oct 2016 - Present

  Engages and empowers clients to build & strengthen capabilities and sustain partnership opportunities that generate value and improve outcomes to the association, patients and healthcare providers. This is achieved through developing and executing strategic plans bringing significant improvements in efficiency and productivity, to support community mobilization and organization growth. Engages and empowers clients to build & strengthen capabilities and sustain partnership opportunities that generate value and improve outcomes to the association, patients and healthcare providers. This is achieved through developing and executing strategic plans bringing significant improvements in efficiency and productivity, to support community mobilization and organization growth.



The Canadian Spondyloarthritis Association

• Canada
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive Director

  • Feb 2017 - Dec 2021

  Responsible for the overall leadership, management, and operations of Migraine Canada in accordance with its mission, vision, and strategic goals. Providing leadership as an advocate for better care, access to medications and research. Development of strategies to diversify and grow revenue, achieve organizational excellence, and increase capacity through collaborative partnerships with stakeholders. Responsible for the overall leadership, management, and operations of Migraine Canada in accordance with its mission, vision, and strategic goals. Providing leadership as an advocate for better care, access to medications and research. Development of strategies to diversify and grow revenue, achieve organizational excellence, and increase capacity through collaborative partnerships with stakeholders.



Janssen Inc.

• Canada
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Stakeholder Engagement

  • Jun 2005 - Oct 2016

  Proactively engaged and liaised with community stakeholders (associations [staff and Board], patients and caregivers) to optimize product access, shape a positive health policy environment all with a view to ensuring patients have access to innovation that will lead to optimal patient outcomes and healthcare sustainability. Proactively and collaboratively engaged with cross-functional partners (marketing, sales, medical information and regulatory) to develop and implement innovative educational unbranded programs and materials aligned with Brand Strategic and Tactical Plans to facilitate market expansion and product usage in alignment with regional and national strategies. Show less



Premier Events & Office Solutions (Sole Proprietor)

• Ontario, Canada

• Business Manager Contracted to Canadian Association of Healthcare Reimbursement Professionals

  • Jan 2006 - Dec 2013

  Demonstrated strategic, operational and administrative responsibility for the development and successful implementation of programs and initiatives supporting the mandate of the organization on a day to day basis ensuring the organization and programs achieved their purpose to build organizational credibility, and provide added-value to membership Accountable to the Board of Directors Demonstrated strategic, operational and administrative responsibility for the development and successful implementation of programs and initiatives supporting the mandate of the organization on a day to day basis ensuring the organization and programs achieved their purpose to build organizational credibility, and provide added-value to membership Accountable to the Board of Directors