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

David Sweet
Board Member
Former Member of Parliament
Flamborough-Glanbrook
Ancaster-Dundas-Flamborough-Westdale

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
Programs Officer Women’s and Children’s Health

Hongying Xu
Accounting Clerk

Jessica Staring
Warehouse Associate

Madlyn Hughes
Programs Coordinator, Access to Medicine

Rafael Nunez
Warehouse Coordinator

Rebecca Versluis
Programs Officer,
Emergency Response

Ruth Frenette
Receptionist and Accounts Receivable