Our Team
Leadership Team
Tina Mah
Executive Director
Tammy Cumming
Senior Director, Operations and Planning
Michelle Stillman
Senior Director, Programs and Impact
Richard Hughson
Senior Director of Research
Alison Kernoghan
Director, Research and Knowledge Mobilization
Catherine Tong
Director, Ontario CLRI
Christine Pellegrino
Director, Dementia Programs
Hilary Dunn-Ridgeway
Director of Communications and Public Relations (On-Leave)
Noel Gruber
Interim Director of Communications and Public Relations
Shira Ginsler
Fundraising and Development Manager
To contact us, visit our Contact Us page. To learn about our Researchers, visit the Meet our Researcher page.
Board of Directors
RIA Members:
The Board of Directors meets quarterly to provide strategic oversight, set priorities, and identify opportunities for the RIA.
- Dr. Cathy Morris, MD, Community Representative
- Elizabeth Witmer, BA, Community Representative
- Geoff Fernie, PhD, P.Eng, Emeritus Scientist, Toronto Rehab Institute – University Health Network; Professor, University of Toronto
- Heather Keller, PhD, RD, Professor and Schlegel Research Chair in Nutrition and Aging, University of Waterloo (Schlegel Research Chair/Specialist representation)
- James Schlegel, MAcc, CPA, CA, President and CEO, R-B-J Schlegel Holdings Inc.
- John Milloy, DPhil, Community Representative
- John Tibbits, PhD, President and CEO, Conestoga College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning
- Lili Liu, PhD, Dean, Faculty of Health, University of Waterloo
- Michelle Chrétien, Associate Vice President Research, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Conestoga College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning
- Paul Brown, Chief Operating Officer, Schlegel Villages Inc.
- Dr. Samir Sinha, MD, DPhil, FRCPC, FCAHS, AGSF, Director of Geriatrics, Sinai Health System
- Dr. Sidney Kennedy, MD, FRCPC, FR Psych, Executive Director, Homewood Research Institute; Professor, University of Toronto
- Steven Mock, PhD, Associate Professor, University of Waterloo
- Tina Mah, PhD, Executive Director, Schlegel-UW Research Institute for Aging
- Dr. Tom Stewart, MD, FRCPC, Community Representative