Leadership

Who We Are

Connie Côté, Chief Executive Officer

Connie has extensive experience in the health sector, coming to HCCC from the Canadian Lung Association, where she served as Senior Director. She has demonstrated great success in bringing varied stakeholders together, most significantly as the Senior Director of the National Lung Health Framework. She brings a strong background in public policy, very relevant to HCCC’s strategic focus.

She has also worked for the Federation of Medical Regulatory Authorities of Canada, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, the Canadian Cancer Society, Hospice Kingston and the New Hope Senior Citizen’s Day Centre. Connie holds a Masters of Human Systems Intervention from Concordia University and is fluently bilingual.

HCCC Board of Directors – 2024-2025

The Board of Directors is accountable to HCCC’s member organizations for setting strategic directions and for the financial integrity of the organization.  It is accountable within the boundaries of contracts which define the relationship between the Health Charities Coalition of Canada and other external partners.

The Board of Directors provides strategic guidance for the organization and evaluates its performance to ensure that the organization achieves its mission and mandate. It also provides oversight and direction to the Chief Executive Officer.

Board of Directors

Chair: Elizabeth Myles, National Executive Director, Kidney Foundation of Canada
Treasurer: Shelly Redman, CEO, Huntington Society of Canada
Doug Roth, CEO, Heart and Stroke Foundation, Canada
Jennifer Nebesky, President and CEO, Canadian Liver Foundation
Pamela Valentine, President and CEO, Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada
Laurel Gillespie, CEO, Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association
Famida Jiwa, President and CEO, Osteoporosis Canada
Jeff Beach, President and CEO, Asthma Canada
Laura Syron, President and CEO, Diabetes Canada