2025-2026 Annual report

2025-2026 Board of Directors

April 1, 2025 – March 31, 2026

Jeff Zweig

Jeff Zweig

Chair, Canadian Partnership Against Cancer; Partner, Vice-Chair and Head of Natural Capital (Agriculture and Timberland) at Fiera Comox (term ended June 2025)

Dr Darren Larsen

Dr. Darren Larsen

Chair (elected June 2025)
Canadian Partnership Against Cancer; Lecturer, Department of Family and Community Medicine and the Institute for Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto; Medical Advisor, KPMG Healthcare Consulting

Julien Billot

Julien Billot

Chief Executive Officer, Scale Ai; Adjunct Professor, HEC Montreal (term ended June 2025)

photo André Corriveau

Dr. André Corriveau

Public Health and Health Services Delivery Consultant 

Dr Michael Crump

Dr. Michael Crump

Hematologist and Clinician Investigator, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre

Linda Dempster

Linda Dempster

Provincial Executive Lead, Nursing Ratios, Health Workforce Planning, Nursing & Allied Health, BC Ministry of Health

Sylvia Doody

Sylvia Doody

Director Health Services, Nunatsiavut Government, Department of Health & Social Development 

Frédéric Etheve

Frédéric Etheve

Founder and Principal, F&TIC Consulting (joined June 2025)

Janice Fitzgerald

Dr. Janice Fitzgerald

Chief Medical Officer of Health for Newfoundland and Labrador

Rob Gough

Rob Gough

Corporate Director and past President, Mosaic Forest Management Corporation (joined June 2025)

Craig Earle

Dr. Craig Earle

Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Partnership Against Cancer

Dre Desirée Hao

Dr. Desirée Hao

Medical Oncologist, Tom Baker Cancer Centre; Professor of Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary

Brenda Hubley

Brenda Hubley

Chair and Managing Director, Cancer Care Alberta, Alberta Health Services; Chair of Canadian Association of Provincial Cancer Agencies (joined October 2025)

Peter Kaftarian

Peter Kaftarian

Associate Deputy Minister of Clinical Care and Delivery with the Ontario Ministry of Health (stepped down October 2025)

Ingrid Kirby

Ingrid Kirby

Assistant Deputy Minister, Medical Services and Acute and Emergency Services with Saskatchewan Ministry of Health

David Lai

David Lai

Corporate Director and Director, Technology Infrastructure and Operations, McCarthy Tétrault

Dr Jean Latreille

Dr. Jean Latreille

Observer; National Director, Programme Québécois de cancérologie (Quebec cancer control program), Quebec Ministry of Health and Social Services

Dana MacKenzie

Observer; Deputy Minister, Health and Wellness, Government of Nova Scotia (appointed in October 2024)

Dre Sri Navaratnam

Dr. Sri Navaratnam

Retired senior administrator in both the healthcare system and the post-secondary education system in Newfoundland and Labrador (stepped down June 2025)

Dre Doreen Neville

Doreen Neville, D. Sc.

President and CEO of CancerCare Manitoba; Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba; Chair of Canadian Provincial Association of Cancer Agencies

Michelle Owen

Michelle Owen

Observer; Director, Programs Division, Health Care Programs and Policy Directorate, Health Canada

photo Dr Ian Rongve

Dr. Ian Rongve

Assistant Deputy Minister, Ministry of Health – Health System Policy & Oversight, Government of British Columbia (joined June 2025)

Shannon Ryhorchuk

Shannon Ryhorchuk

Corporate Director and Alumni Partner, PwC Canada

Andrea Seale

Andrea Seale

Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Cancer Society

Cheryl Smith

Cheryl Smith

Public representative of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Manitoba; past member of the Judicial Appointment Committee for the Provincial Court of Manitoba

Jocelyne Voisin

Assistant Deputy Minister at Health Canada’s Strategic Policy Branch

Victoria Wang

Catherine Wang

Associate Deputy Minister, Clinical Care and Delivery, Ontario Ministry of Health (joined January 2026)