Bridget Fewtrell

Bridget is a results-driven professional with extensive experience in health-care management, and a solid background in business. Regarded for her integrity, vision and consultative-style, she has become a trusted partner in the community-based health-care sector to lead delivery of integrated programming and services to children and youth with disabilities and special needs, with a focus on accountability, organizational performance and change management.

Bridget holds undergraduate degrees in clinical social work and political science, and a Master’s degree in public policy and policy analysis. She was also among the first graduates of the Advanced Health Leadership Program at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management, and is a member in good standing of the Canadian Council of Health Leaders (CCHL).

Bridget’s longstanding relationship with ErinoakKids began as a health care consultant in 1996, after achieving successes in the business sector, and while pursuing her master’s degree. She formally joined the organization in 1999, as its inaugural Coordinator of Continuous Quality Improvement, Risk and Utilization Management.

In the years to follow, during a period of rapid organizational growth, Bridget assumed roles of increasing breadth and complexity, working as an integral part of its leadership team to provide vision and organization-wide leadership. Her extensive portfolio included business development, implementation of new programs, development of strategy and the creation of frameworks for change and innovation.

In 2006, Bridget was named Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Pursuant to a national search to replace the incumbent (retiring) Senior Executive, she assumed the position of President and CEO in 2008.

Under Bridget’s stewardship, ErinoakKids has grown to become Ontario’s largest CTC, serving over 17,000 children and families each year, with an operating budget of over $100M. Her advocacy was instrumental to garnering approval for its Redevelopment Project to build three (3) new sites to better meet the needs of children and youth with disabilities, and Bridget and her team have spent the past 5 years bringing these purpose-built facilities to fruition. Concurrently, during these busy years, the organization has deconstructed and reconstructed its service delivery model and management structure to remove barriers, streamline efficiencies and ensure availability of a fully integrated continuum of services to its growing client base.

Bridget is deeply passionate about the organization she leads, and the children and families ErinoakKids is privileged to serve. An active volunteer in her community, she is known as a consensus builder who is committed to enhancing community partnerships and collaborative efforts in the pursuit of best outcomes for current and future generations of children and youth with disabilities and special needs, and their families.