We wish our ELF community a very happy new year!
As we welcome 2012, ELF is excited to continue with our theme for the year, “Sustainability and the Future of Healthcare”. Throughout 2012, ELF will explore the future of our healthcare system and the shifts we will need to make to ensure that it can serve us for generations to come.
We are very pleased to announce our winter-spring lineup featuring some of the industry’s most dynamic leaders who will speak about the roles of various sectors in reducing demand and structuring our system for long-term success. We hope this year’s events help to increase your awareness of the opportunities that we have as emerging leaders to think outside of the box and contribute to solutions.
Speaker Series Event #16: February 29, 2012
Mary Jo Haddad, President & CEO, The Hospital for S
ick Children
Mary Jo was appointed President and CEO of SickKids in 2004. Since joining the hospital in 1984, she has held several leadership positions, including Executive VP and COO, Chief Nurse Executive, VP Child Health Services, and Director of Neonatology and Critical Care. Mary Jo is the Board Chair of MaRS Innovation and Chair Provincial Council for Maternal Child Health. Mary Jo lectures at the University of Toronto Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation and Rotman School of Business. She is also a mentor for aspiring leaders from the Women’s Executive Network and Creative Institute for Toronto’s Young Leaders. Mary Jo was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada in June 2010.
Development Seminar #7: April 17, 2012
Louis Thériault, Director, Health Economics, Canadian Alli
ance for Sustainable Healthcare
Louis joined The Conference Board of Canada in 1997, where he specializes in product development and in macroeconomic and microeconomic analysis. He was first responsible for the model design, empirical analysis, and marketing of the Metropolitan Outlook Service, including a quarterly economic forecast for large Canadian urban centres. In 2003, he launched the Canadian Industrial Outlook Service, analyzing economic and financial trends in large industries. More recently, he was Director of the International Trade and Investment Centre, which offers Canadian business leaders and policy-makers forward-looking analysis related to the implications of the ongoing restructuring of global production. He is an expert in health economics modeling and forecasting, and has been involved in numerous partnership projects that require database and model simulation expertise.
Learn more about CASHC at http://www.conferenceboard.ca/CASHC/default.aspx
Speaker Series Event #17: June 27, 2012
Dr. Catherine Zahn, President & CEO,
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Dr. Zahn joined the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health(CAMH) as President and Chief Executive Officer in December, 2009. Prior to this appointment, Dr. Zahn was Executive Vice President, Clinical Programs and Practice, at the University Health Network (UHN). Her reputation in hospital integration and her leadership of the renaissance of the Toronto Western Hospital (TWH) are recent accomplishments in a career that spans over 25 years. Previous UHN positions have included Vice President and COO of TWH, Program Medical Director for Neuroscience and Division Head for Neurology. She was the inaugural chair holder for the Krembil Family Chair in Neurology. Dr. Zahn is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and a Professor in the University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine.


