Our Team
Leadership Team
Tammy Cumming
Acting Executive Director
Alison Kernoghan
Senior Director, Programs
Hilary Dunn-Ridgeway
Senior Director, Community Relations
Richard Hughson
Senior Director of Research
Audra Thompson-Haile
Director, Programs
Gayatri Aravind
Director, Research
Meredith Kerr
Director, Ontario CLRI
Natalie Paul
Director, Communications & Public Relations
Shira Ginsler
Fundraising and Development Manager
Ted Soepboer
Director, Finance & Operations
To contact us, visit our Contact Us page. To learn about our Researchers, visit the Meet our Researcher page.
Board of Directors
James Schlegel
MAcc, CPA, CA, President and CEO, R-B-J Schlegel Holdings Inc.
Board Chair
The Board of Directors meets quarterly to provide strategic oversight, set priorities, and identify opportunities for the RIA.
- Dr. Cathy Morris, MD, Community Representative
- The Right Honourable David Johnston, P.C., C.C., Canada’s 28th Governor General
- Geoff Fernie, PhD, P.Eng, Emeritus Scientist, Toronto Rehab Institute – University Health Network; Professor, University of Toronto
- Laura Middleton, PhD, Schlegel Research Chair in Dementia and Active Living
- Lili Liu, PhD, Dean, Faculty of Health, University of Waterloo
- Lisa Aultman-Hall, PhD, Professor, University of Waterloo
- Natalia Ronda, PhD, Dean, Health and Life Sciences, 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
- Tammy Cumming, Acting Executive Director, Schlegel-UW Research Institute for Aging
- Dr. Tom Stewart, MD, FRCPC, Community Representative