Board of Directors
The Staff
Visiting Scholars
Board of Directors
The Wellesley Institute is fortunate to be guided by a dynamic and committed Board of Directors. Our Board members have a wealth of experience in health research, urban policy issues, and community capacity building as well as management and governance. Our governance model is one which embraces social entrepreneurship, innovation, and risk-taking. Our board is equally comprised of representatives from the business, academic/healthcare professional, and community sectors.
Peter Warrian, PhD
Chair, Board of Directors
Chair Lupina Foundation and Senior Fellow Massey College
Ronald Robertson, QC
Vice Chair
Past Chair Faskens Martineau
Susan Williams, RN, BNSc, Med
Vice Chair
Chair, Research and Policy Committee
Dean Emeritus, Faculty of Community Services, Ryerson University
Minda Davis
Treasurer
Rick Blickstead
CEO
Secretary
Michaela Hynie, PhD
Chair, Governance Committee
Associate Director, York Institute for Health Research Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, York University
Nick Zelenckuk
Chair, Finance and Investment Committee
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Canada Pension Plan Investment Board
Roger Barton
Former General Counsel and Secretary, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board
Former Director, St. John’s Rehabilitation Hospital
Chris Brillinger
Executive Director Social Development, Finance and Administration, City of Toronto
Jan Campbell
Managing Director at StrategiSense Inc.
Sharad Kerur
Executive Director, Ontario Non-Profit Housing Association
Colette Murphy
Community Program Director, Metcalf Foundation
Pat O’Campo, PhD
Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health
Director, Centre for Research on Inner City Health, St. Michael’s Hospital
Susan Takahashi, CFA, CAIA
Pension Assets, Group Treasury, Scotiabank
Brigitte Witkowski
Executive Director, Mainstay Housing
Vice President Connex Ontario Board of Directors
Wellesley Institute Staff
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Rick Blickstead
Chief Executive Officer
rick [ at ] wellesleyinstitute.com
Bob Gardner , PhD
Director, Healthcare Reform and Policy
bob [ at ] wellesleyinstitute.com
Michael Shapcott
Director, Affordable Housing and Social Innovation
michael [ at ] wellesleyinstitute.com
Brenda Roche, PhD
Director, Research
brenda [at] wellesleyinstitute.com
Nasim Haque, MD, PhD
Director, Community Health
nasim [at] wellesleyinstitute.com
Jo Snyder
Communication Specialist
Jo [ at ] wellesleyinstitute.com
Nimira Lalani
Research Associate
Nimira [at] wellesleyinstitute.com
Michael Luo
IT Specialist: Virtual Wellesley
mluo [ at ] wellesleyinstitute.com
Grace Piekielko
Research Administrator
grace [ at ] wellesleyinstitute.com
Nadiya Troyan
Board Administrator and Office Manager
nadiya [ at ] wellesleyinstitute.com
Estelle Sun
Project and Research Assistant
Estelle [ at ] wellesleyinstitute.com
Visiting Scholars and Fellows
The Wellesley Institute Visiting Scholars are recognized thought-leaders in areas relating to the social determinants of health. Thanks to the involvement and guidance of our Visiting Scholars and others, our work is informed by leading directions in social policy and health innovation in Canada and around the world.
Professor Budd Hall
Centre for CBR
University of Victoria
Victoria, BC
Professor David Hulchanski, PhD
Director-Center for Urban and Community Studies
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ont.
Professor Grace Edward Galabuzi
Faculty of Arts
Ryerson University
Toronto, Ont.
Professor John Myles
Dept of Sociology
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ont.
Professor Meredith Minkler, PhD
Head: Community based Participatory Research
University of California at Berkeley
Berkeley, California
Dr. Michael Wright, LICSW, MS
Coordinator HIV/AIDS and Participatory Research
Research Group Public Health
Social Science Center Berlin (WZB)
Berlin, Germany
Professor Susan Phillips
School of Public Policy
Carleton University
Ottawa, BC
Dr. Tyrone Turner
Chief of Psychiatry
St.Joseph’s Health Centre
Toronto, Ont.
