Southlake Regional Health Centre is a hospital located in Newmarket, Ontario, Canada.

Hospital

Southlake Regional Health Centre

Dr. Kira Tone joined Southlake Regional Health Centre in 2017 as a full time Anesthesiologist in the Department of Anesthesiology. She is the lead of the pre-operative clinic lead and has a special interest in perioperative medicine. She is joining the Medical Staff Association as Vice president in 2022.

Dr. Tone attended medical school at the University of Sydney and went on to complete her residency in Anesthesiology at the University of Ottawa. Dr. Tone grew up in Newmarket and had always intended to return to Southlake after her years of training to serve her community.

Kira Tone

Dr. Edward Chan joined the Southlake Department of Emergency Medicine as a Courtesy Staff member in 2008 and then joined the Active Staff in 2010. Dr. Chan has been the Vice President of the Medical Staff Association since July 2012 and is currently the Physician Leader of the Emergency Program.

He completed his medical degree at the University of Ottawa and Family Medicine Residency at the University of Toronto. He holds a certification in Emergency Medicine through the Canadian College of Family Physicians. Dr. Chan has held positions in Kirkland Lake, Orillia Soldier’s Memorial and Royal Victoria Hospital, and St. Joseph’s Health Centre.

Edward Chan

Sean Sprogis was born and raised in Toronto. After graduating from Silverthorne Collegiate Institute in Etobicoke he went to Wilfrid Laurier University (WLU) in Waterloo where he majored in Business Administration with a minor in Economics and also played for two years on Wilfrid Laurier’s Varsity Baseball team. After graduating from WLU, he went to work at IBM in their Finance organization. While holding progressive roles at IBM, Sean completed his Certified Public Accounting (CPA) designation in the State of Delaware, Certified Management Accounting (CMA) designation in Ontario, and his Masters of Business Administration Degree at York University’s Schulich School of Business.

In his final role at IBM, he and his family moved to Vancouver, BC, where he was the Vice President and Delivery Leader for IBM’s Province of BC and Health Shared Services clients.   Upon moving back to Ontario, he joined TD and is currently the Vice President of Business Operations in TD’s Platform & Technology Division.

Sean Sprogis

Andrew Tamlin, CPA is Chief Financial Officer of TWC Enterprises Limited – a publicly listed company.  TWC is owner of ClubLink Corporation (based in King CIty, Ontario) – the largest owner and operator of golf clubs in Canada and is the former owner of White Pass & Yukon Route tourist railway, based out of Alaska. Mr. Tamlin has been with the TWC group of companies in varying roles for approximately 25 years, including as Controller. Mr. Tamlin was also appointed Chief Financial Officer for Morguard REIT in November 2018. Morguard REIT is a diversified real estate publicly listed REIT focusing on office and retail asset classes. Mr. Tamlin has been a local resident in Newmarket for the last 25 years.

Andrew Tamlin

Prior to being appointed Chief of Staff in September 2022, Dr. Charmaine van Schaik has acted as a Physician Leader at Southlake in multiple capacities, as well as the previous Chief of Paediatrics and Medical Director of the Paediatric Oncology Group of Ontario (POGO) Satellite Clinic when it launched at Southlake in 2009. She also served as the Co-Medical Lead for the hospital’s COVID-19 Vaccination Committee where she was instrumental in promoting community awareness through regular appearances in local media. Dr. van Schaik advises Ontario’s Ministry of Health on paediatric cancer care as the Vice Chair of the Board of Directors at POGO.

Dr. van Schaik completed her paediatric training at McMaster University and her interests include injury prevention and head injury management, along with asthma and allergies.



Charmaine van Schaik

Chris has a broad suite of human resources expertise, including labour relations, pay equity, recruitment and retention, legal compliance, compensation administration, and mediation.
Prior to to joining Southlake Chris held the position of Chief Human Resources Officer and Senior Director at Orillia Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital and Vice President of Human Resources at Sun Country Health Region in Weyburn, Saskatchewan, where he was responsible for all aspects of the Human Resources portfolio, including labour relations, occupational health and safety, compensation and benefits, recruitment, payroll, and scheduling across 28 healthcare facilities.
Chris holds the Certified Human Resources Executive designation (CHRE), the highest designation for a Human Resources professional, a Master of Arts in Work and Society and a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Labour Studies and Sociology.
He is a part-time professor in business and management, teaching at [Georgian College](/org/georgian-college) in Barrie.

Chris Cecchini

Arden Krystal is the President and CEO of Southlake Regional Health Centre in Newmarket, Ontario. Southlake serves a population of almost 1.5 million people in York Region and Simcoe county, with regional cancer and cardiac programs and a full slate of services from surgery to mental health to children’s and women’s care.

Prior to her arrival at Southlake, Ms. Krystal held senior executive operations roles at two of the largest health authorities in British Columbia – the [Fraser Health Authority](/org/fraser-health-authority) and the Provincial Health Services Authority, with responsibilities spanning the full continuum of care, including public health, acute community, tertiary and quaternary research and academic organizations. Her portfolios also included responsibility for non-clinical services, such as quality, risk and human resources; and she has overseen, as clinical executive sponsor, major public-private partnership (P3) capital projects in the hospital sector.

Arden started her career as a registered nurse in medical and surgical oncology. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing (hon) and a Master of Health Administration, both from the [University of British Columbia](/org/university-of-british-columbia), and completed the Managing Health Delivery certificate program at [Harvard University](/org/harvard).

Arden Krystal

Doug Bannister is the Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Omnivex Corporation. Over a career spanning three decades, Doug has built a reputation for being a visionary in the digital communications space. Doug is passionate about digital transformation and the role it plays in business operations, sales and the customer experience. An experienced speaker, Doug presents regularly at industry events and on webcasts, covering a wide range of topics including the Internet of Things (IoT), big data, integrative technologies, and emerging digital models.

Doug lives in Aurora, holds a degree in Engineering from Queen’s University and is a member of Mensa Canada.

Doug Bannister

Liz is a nurse executive with expertise in strategic change initiatives in acute care hospitals and a passion for patient and family centred care. Prior to joining Southlake, Liz was the Vice-President, Patient Programs, Flow and Chief Nursing Executive at Royal Victoria Health Centre and Vice-President Clinical Operations and Chief Nursing Executive at Sault Area Hospital. Liz also served as Director, Clinical Programs, Centre for Brain and Mental Health at SickKids where she also started her nursing career as a pediatric intensive care nurse.

Liz is a Registered Nurse who holds a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Toronto and Master of Science in Nursing from D’Youville College. She has completed the Advanced Healthcare Leadership Program at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto. Liz has recently chaired regional clinical steering committees in multi-site projects for the  implementation of Meditech Expanse in both Northern Ontario and Central North and served as a key influencer in the Provincial Epilepsy Strategy in 2016. Liz is a visionary, value-based leader and advocate for the design and delivery of an innovative, quality-driven health care system.

Elizabeth Ferguson

John Marshman is the Vice President, Capital, Facilities and Business Development at Southlake Regional Health Centre where he oversees facilities operations while leading the planning and execution of Southlake’s extensive redevelopment agenda.

Prior to joining Southlake, John served as Associate Vice President of Facilities Operations for the William Osler Health System where he was accountable for Building Engineering and Maintenance, Environmental Services, Parking, Food Services, Materials Management and Public Safety for three healthcare campuses.  John also supported the planning and execution of Osler’s multiple redevelopment projects.

After studies in engineering and music, John pursued parallel careers in consulting engineering as well as a performing Cellist. Drawn by the complexities of healthcare systems, John focused his consulting work on the design and implementation of hospital construction and renovation projects. In 2012, John joined the Brant Community Healthcare System where he served as Director of Facilities, Planning and Redevelopment before moving to William Osler in 2013.

John keeps active in the broader healthcare facilities community serving as the Vice Chair of the Canadian Healthcare Engineering Society (Ontario) and is a sought after speaker on topics from facilities operations and planning to procurement models. John has been the recipient of multiple awards including the 2020 ASHRAE Technology Award for Health Care Facilities.

John Marshman

Marilee has championed the cost-effective growth of a variety of businesses within telecommunications, energy, security, retail, educational and communications segments.

Marilee’s skills involve strategic planning, brand strategy, marketing and new product development.

During her career she has held a number of executive positions for national and global organizations including Vice President Marketing TYCO Security International, Vice President, International Marketing & Strategic Planning, Direct Energy, Vice President, Marketing & Field Support, C1 Telecommunications, Vice President, Marketing, Coles Book Stores/Chapters, Executive Director, Marketing, Hallmark Cards, as well as Director Communications, CBC Radio.

With a strong commitment to the educational sector, Marilee has held the positions of Chair, Board of Governors, Seneca College, and affiliations with the Executive Committee of the Association of the Ontario College Board Chairs.

Her community involvement includes 8 years of membership in the Town of Aurora Economic Development Advisory Committee and was appointed in 2018 as Vice Chair of the newly appointed Economic Development Board. She is currently a member of both the Quality and Finance & Property Committees of Southlake Regional Hospital. In March of 2020 she was asked to join the Mayor of the town of Aurora’s Covid Business Recovery Task Force. She is listed as one of the top 300 Canadian women in business in the Women in The Lead 2001 and 2003 Ivey School of Business Directory.

Marilee Harris

Prior to joining Southlake in 2018, Tyler was Director, Strategy and Optimization at SickKids. He has also served as Senior Manager, Quality and Performance at Mount Sinai Hospital and in a number of roles at the Ontario Ministry of Health.

He has an undergraduate degree in economics from McMaster University and did his masters at the London School of Economics in the UK. He has completed the Advanced Health Leadership Program at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto and the IDEAS Advanced Learning Program in quality improvement.

He has contributed to published research on the impact of hospital funding reform in Ontario and has spoken at national and international conferences on data-driven outcomes improvement, healthcare strategy, and the shift to value-based care.

Tyler Chalk

Pat’s career spanned many transitions in the IT industry and within IBM – and was instrumental in leading numerous transformational efforts both in Canada and Globally over his 35 years.

In Pat’s final role he led a wide range of business operations for IBM Canada from CIO, Procurement, Supply Chain to Government Relations.  As head of Innovation he led IBM Canada’s SW Lab and IBM Microelectronics Plant in Bromont, Quebec – both the largest in the country.  Pat was the Chair of the IBM Canada Board.

In June 2020 Pat was announced Chair of the Board of the Southlake Regional Health Centre.

He also holds a Thompson Industrial Fellow position at [Western University](/org/western-university) focusing on AI and its implications to the university.  He is a member Newmarket Economic Advisory Committee.

Pat participated on many external Boards, including being 2013/14 Chair of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce; the [Ontario Brain Institute](/org/ontario-brain-institute); the Canadian Council of Aboriginal Business and Social Science & Humanities Research Council.

Pat is an Ivey Business School graduate and holds a CPA designation.

Patrick K. Horgan

Stacie Stanton was appointed to the Hospital Board in 2013 and is currently serving as Chair of the Governance Committee. She has sat on numerous Boards in various positions including past-Chair of The Country Day School Board and is presently serving on the Southlake Foundation Board and the King City Cemetery Board. She has engaged in Board leadership, strategy development and volunteer fundraising for non-profit organizations for more than 20 years. Since 2010, she has been the Editor of the Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph, North America’s oldest continuously running newspaper. She holds a Bachelor of Commerce (BComm) degree from Queen’s University and a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree from Osgoode Hall Law School.



Stacie Stanton

Ansar Ahmed, P.Eng., is a seasoned professional engineer who brings to the Board of Directors over 25 years of public and private sector experience delivering infrastructure across Canada. Prior to launching Partnership Solutions Limited, an advisory and management consulting firm, Ansar held a number of executive positions at Metrolinx (GO Transit),the Ontario Ministries of Transportation and Energy & Infrastructure as well as positions within the consulting engineering sector.

Ansar completed his undergraduate studies at Ryerson Polytechnical Institute and received his P.Eng. designation through the University of Toronto School of Professional Studies.

Ansar Ahmed

Derek Watchorn has a legal and business background. He was for many years a partner of Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg in Toronto. Following this, he held senior executive positions with Canary Wharf plc. and TrizecHahn plc. located in London, England. Thereafter, for five years, he was the President and CEO of Revera Inc, a retirement and nursing home business based in Mississauga.

Currently, Derek is a director of two publicly traded companies listed on the TSX, a member of the Management Committee responsible for the development of the Buttonville airport in Markham, a member of the Advisory Committee for Graywood Developments Limited, a Toronto based real estate developer and the Chair of Polo For Heart, an annual charitable event held in Aurora.

Derek Watchorn

Diana Brouwer is an assurance partner with Ernst & Young LLP, Chartered Professional Accountants. Diana has spent over 25 years of her career specializing in the government and not-for-profit sector with a specific focus in both health care and education. In her career Diana has always been actively involved in initiatives outside of her day job, from involvement with her professional organizations such as CPA Canada and CPA Ontario, through to local initiatives such as her time as the chair of the Town of East Gwillimbury’s Physician Recruitment and Retention Committee (2009 to 2013) and a member of the Southlake Ladies in Philanthropy (2011 to 2016).

Diana serves as the Chair of the Audit Committee.

Diana Brouwer

Chief Financial Officer & Chief Information Officer

Rob Bull joined Southlake in June 2014 and is accountable for the hospital’s finance, technology, innovation and procurement portfolios. During his time at Southlake Rob has led the hospital’s strategy for working capital improvement, partnered with two other hospitals to create the “SHINE” tri-hospital health information system cluster, and helped to establish Southlake as a national leader in innovation and value-based procurement.

Rob has 20 years of experience delivering diverse and complex financial advisory, assurance, and risk management services to the public sector. Rob has held progressively senior roles in the Government of the United Kingdom, PricewaterhouseCoopers (UK and Canada) and the Ontario health system.

Rob is a proven systems leader with a high commitment to supporting hospital operations through strategic and innovative partnerships. In addition to his role at Southlake, Rob sits on several [Ministry of Health](/org/ministry-of-health) and Ontario Hospital Association advisory committees and is a sought-after speaker and advisor on topics as diverse as health system funding reform, value-based procurement and digital health initiatives.

Rob is a member of the [Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario](/org/chartered-professional-accountants-of-ontario) and a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. He holds a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) degree in Accounting and Finance from the University of Glamorgan. Rob is an active volunteer with the [Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario](/org/chartered-professional-accountants-of-ontario) with a focus on students and skilled newcomers to Canada.



Rob Bull

Barb Steed is the Executive Vice President, Clinical Services at Southlake Regional Health Centre and Regional Vice President, Cancer Services, Central Regional Cancer Program, Ontario Health (Cancer Care Ontario).

Barb most recently held the role of Executive Vice President of Patient Services and Chief Practice Officer at Markham Stouffville Hospital. Barb began her career as an Emergency Department nurse and since then has held a number of progressive leadership roles within the health care system covering a diverse range of hospital clinical services including Oncology, Medicine, Surgery, Maternal Child, Complex Continuing Care, Brain Health, Regional Child Development and Intensive Care. Her experience also includes Quality, Risk, Patient Safety, Pharmacy, Laboratory Services and Diagnostic Imaging.

Barb is a Registered Nurse who holds a Master of Health Studies from Athabasca University and has a Certified Health Executive certification with the Canadian College of Health Leaders. She has completed the Advanced Healthcare Leadership Program at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto. She is a values based leader whose accomplishments focus on innovative approaches to patient centred care, patient experience and quality.

Barbara Steed

Suzanne Wolfe is the Vice President of Organizational Development at Danaher Corporation headquartered in Washington D.C.  Suzanne has held several positions in the Danaher organization over the last 30 years. In her role as Vice President of Human Resources & Communications for the SCIEX business, she facilitated the transfer of the manufacturing facility from Concord, Ontario to Singapore. Suzanne led the acquisition and integration of three businesses in the US, the acquisition of two carve-outs from sister companies in the US and India, the divestiture of a business in the US and the closure of a product line globally. She successfully led the ISO 2000 certification for the quality management system (QMS). Under her leadership, SCIEX was ranked number 22 in the Globe and Mail’s Top 100 companies (2002) to work for due to a performance-based culture and a progressive and supportive work environment.

In her current role since 2015, Suzanne has led the design, implementation and management of a global selection and development assessment framework and a global coaching model and internal certification process. She is currently managing a change enablement framework to ensure that change initiative targets are met and sustained.

Suzanne holds a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and a Master’s degree in Adult Education from the University of Toronto. She is trained as an executive coach and is a certified change practitioner.

Suzanne Wolfe

In a career of over 35 years of experience in the health care industry Avanthi Goddard worked across the hospital sector in leadership and consultant roles in areas of Performance Management, Risk Management, Accreditation specialist and Governance leadership. During her health care career Avanthi also operated an independent consulting practice that included specialization in mergers and acquisitions. Avanthi served as an Accreditation surveyor with Accreditation Canada and is presently Accreditation surveyor with CARF International.

Avanthi has served on Boards for over 25 years including serving as Board Chair for the  Community Home Assistance to Seniors (CHATS), for the York Region Children’s Aide Society and for the Ontario Association of Children’s Aide Societies.  Presently Avanthi is a Board member of the Blue Mountain Village Association, an Executive member of the Ontario Chapter of the Institute of Corporate Directors and more recently appointed on the Board of Southlake Regional Health Centre.

Avanthi holds a Honours degree in Business Administration from Wilfrid Laurier University, a diploma in Adult Training & Development from the University of Toronto, and is a graduate of the Director Education Program from Rotman School of Management. She achieved her designation as a professional director with the Institute of Corporate Directors.

Avanthi Goddard

Mike Downs is a Senior Vice President with Connor, Clark and Lunn Private Capital. He has served on the Southlake Regional Health Centre Board of Directors since 2013, and is a member of the Audit and Finance & Property committees. He has more than 24 years’ experience in discretionary investment management, tax and estate planning and Not-for-Profit organizations. Mike graduated from the University of Western Ontario and holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and Certified Investment Management (CIM) designations.



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