Wendy Smith – Executive Lead, Transformation & Strategy
Wendy brings a wealth of knowledge, experience, and passion to our Ontario Health Team. She served as the President of the Ontario Physiotherapy Association [OPA] where she worked with colleagues and OPA staff to advocate for access to rehabilitative services for patients across the province. As a Physiotherapist she truly understands, appreciates, and is committed to place the needs of her patients first. She also recognizes the importance of wrapping services around the patient and the value families and caregivers bring to the healing/wellness process.
Jon Kwok – Project and Quality Improvement Lead
Jon’s professional passions center around driving positive health impact, innovative change, and quality access to care. With a background in Kinesiology– he can draw from experiences in outpatient rehabilitation, ergonomics, and functional assessment. He is proud to have supported the College of Kinesiologists of Ontario since its inception through various committee/working group appointments.
As a Project Manager – he has successfully impacted projects within the occupational health, behaviour change, and health technology industries and is excited to have recently obtained his PMP designation.
As many of the above experiences were compiled from a ‘consulting’ perspective – Jon is highly comfortable with adapting a health project lens to a large variety of environments and situations. He is very much looking forward to adding value to the OHT and positively impacting population health within the Nipissing district.
Julia Hynes – Digital Health Lead
Julia has worked in the digital health environment for well over 10 years, in both Ontario and Newfoundland. With a background in Change Management and Clinical Adoption she is driven by her passion to connect with individuals and support clinicians through the ever changing digital health environment.
Julia understands that change must be sustainable and looks for a simplistic approach to making adjustments to existing workflows to improve patient and clinician outcomes. She has lead successful integration and deployment of multiple digital health solutions including Online Appointment Booking, eReferral, PrescribeIT, ClinicalConnect and the Pharmacy Network.
Stephanie Lamarche – Administrative Coordinator
Stephanie has worked in the health care field for 12 plus years. Born and raised in North Bay, Ontario. She has a diverse background as a Personal Support Worker, Medical Office Manager for a specialist. Most recently, a frontline worker as a Medical Administrative Clerk.
Stephanie is extremely excited to come aboard as the Administrative Coordinator at the Nipissing Wellness Ontario Health team, where she is looking forward to sharing her knowledge, passion and expertise in healthcare with our team.
Sébastien Goyer – Communications and Engagement Coordinator
Sébastien has diverse experience in Communications and Engagement. Born and raised in Eastern Ontario, Sébastien has been living in North Bay for the last 5 years. Sébastien worked as a former municipal CAO, Executive Director for non-for-profit organization, Elementary Teacher and Communications Strategist with the RCMP and the Government of the Northwest Territories. Sébastien also served as a School Board Trustee and Municipal Councillor and is still very active in volunteering in his community. Sébastien is also bilingual.
Sébastien is committed to engaging with all partners to seek out new initiatives that will improve the health and wellness of the residents in the Nipissing District.