ABOUT

Our Team

Working together

HPIC has a network of many partners and supporters - from our board, staff team, donors and volunteers, to pharmaceutical partners, healthcare professionals, and NGOs - that work together towards our mission of improving healthcare in vulnerable communities.

BOARD LEADERSHIP

Mike Reinders

Board Chair
Executive Director
Maple Reinders Group
Oakville, Ontario

Hon. Jake Epp

Chair Emeritus
P.C., O.C.
Former Federal Minister of Health
Calgary, Alberta

Andrew Vieira

Board Member
MD
Former US Medical Head
Immunology, Sanofi
Oakville, Ontario

Christine MacMillan

Board Member
Senior Advisor, Social Justice
World Evangelical Alliance
Toronto, Ontario

David Sweet

Board Member
Former Member of Parliament
Neguac, New Brunswick

Don Wallar

Board Member
Principal, Don Wallar & Associates Consulting
Former Program Director,
Apotex Inc.
Newmarket, Ontario

Jacques Lapointe

Board Member
President, The Makbraneth Foundation
Chair, GRID Canada
Toronto, Ontario

Lori Coman-Wood

Board Member
MD
Lori Coman-Wood Clinic
Mississauga, Ontario

Dr. Pierre Plourde

Board Member
MD, FRCPC
Medical Officer of Health
Winnipeg Regional Health Authority
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Ramy Fahmy-Demian

Board Member
B.Pharm, MBA
Director, Industry Relations and Professional Services, AQPP
Montreal, Quebec

SENIOR LEADERSHIP

Lois Brown

President

Joe Tabet

CPA, CMA, MBA
Chief Financial Officer

Raini Aquino

Senior Director, International Programs

Deb Hopper

Director, Philanthropy

STAFF TEAM

Charles Van-Dyck

Operations Manager

Hawie Wondwossen

Program Manager, Women's and Children's Health

Hongying Xu

Accounting Clerk

Jessica Staring

Warehouse Associate

Loveth Ejeh

Corporate Partnerships, Medical Donations Manager

Madlyn Hughes

Program Coordinator, Access to Medicine

Rafael Nunez

Warehouse Coordinator

Ruth Frenette

Receptionist and Accounts Receivable

Samara Lewis

Program Coordinator, Emergency Response

Tiffany Chan-Chiang

Programs Coordinator, Francophone Africa and Haiti

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