About Us

Kristy Côté is the Postgraduate Medical Education Manager for the Family Medicine, FM-PGY3 Emergency Medicine, Family Practice Anesthesia & FM-Enhanced Skills, Pediatrics, Anesthesiology and Public Health Preventive Medicine programs at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine. Having completed her Honours Bachelor of Arts degree through Laurentian University, her Masters of Arts & Integrated Studies degree through Athabasca University and her doctorate in Rural and Northern Health at Laurentian University, Dr. Côté is a strong advocate for health research in the North. Her doctoral thesis focused on the lived experiences of Francophone prostate cancer patients from Northeastern Ontario and her ongoing work with NOSM centers on postgraduate medical education and resident wellness within Northern Ontario. Kristy is an active member of the Council of Ontario Faculties of Medicine & Family Medicine (COFM & FM) Committee and the Family Medicine National Education Administrators (FMNEA) Committee.

Dr. Côté is committed to ongoing research and continuous quality improvement initiatives through provincial and national interdisciplinary collaborations within the postgraduate medical education domain in areas including, but not limited to, resident wellness, postgraduate medical education curriculum development, Family Medicine Triple-C curriculum evaluation and needs assessment projects related to the training of educational leaders in Family Medicine and Royal College speciality programs. Kristy is a strong supporter of our Northern Ontario community and a very proud wife and mother to three wonderful children.

Christine Harvey is the contract manager for BM Metals Services and the Milman Industries Group of Companies. In addition, she manages the marketing activities for the Group. Christine has successfully completed the Business Administration program at Cambrian College and has received her Honours Bachelor of Commerce and Masters in Business Administration from Laurentian University. Christine is an advocate of supporting local organizations and initiatives. She believes that great accomplishments and advanced research doesn’t just come from big cities. She believes it also comes from deep rooted cities like Sudbury where all of its community members strive together to reach a common goal of community advancement and national recognition by supporting its local organizations.

Melissa Bouffard is the Chief Financial Officer at Baker Tilly SNT, one of Northern Ontario’s largest accounting, tax, and advisory firms. She is responsible for overseeing financial, strategic, and operational matters as well as consulting for clients. After graduating from Laurentian University with Honours, Melissa obtained her CPA, CA designation in 2012.

Melissa brings with her many years of both public accounting and private industry experience across multiple industries. Melissa’s expertise includes financial management and reporting, overall business strategy, human resources, and process & policy development and improvement.

In her free time, she loves to travel and spend time with family and friends. She is married to Phil and they have two daughters, Ella and Abbey.

Samantha Kuula is a strategist fueled by curiosity and the desire to build an engaged and science-literate community, working to equip people to understand the changing world. Samantha started her career at SNOLAB over 10 years ago and is now the Chief Business Officer leading the Corporate Services Division. She holds degrees in Biology and Science Communication with additional formal training in Strategic Planning, Crisis Communications, Project Management, and Risk Management, and has completed a Masters of Science in Technology and Innovation Management at Wilfrid Laurier University. At SNOLAB, Samantha manages the internal and external-facing corporate services including EHS, Finance, IT, HR and Education & Outreach. As part of the senior leadership team, she also heads large internal projects, manages the User Support group that assists all International facility users and has been appointed chair of the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion task force. 

Samantha sits on two volunteer boards as well as dedicating time as a pet therapy dog handler and soccer coach. Samantha is a partner to Kevin and parent to Rebecca, Cecily and Oliver.

Debbie is the Chief Financial Officer for the Sudbury Credit Union. In that role she is responsible for overseeing the financial and technical success of Sudbury Credit Union. Debbie is a dynamic member of the senior management team, contributing regularly to the strategic direction of the organization. Debbie has been a member of the Northern Cancer Foundation Board of Directors since 2014 and also serves on the Finance and Audit Committees.

Len Leclair is a retired miner and a proud Sudburian. Len is a very active member of Branch 553 of the Royal Canadian Legion and has been responsible for a strong and vibrant partnership between the Legion and the Northern Cancer Foundation. Len has been a member of the Board of Directors for over 10 years and is a member of the Marketing and Fundraising Committees.

Helene is the Associate Dean in the Faculty of Science, Engineering and Architecture at Laurentian University. Helen has been on the Northern Cancer Foundation Board of Directors since 2013 and is a member of the Grants and Allocations Committee. Helene has a strong commitment to supporting and advancing local cancer research.

Darryl is the founder and former CEO of the Northern Centre for Advanced Technology Inc. (NORCAT). He has served on a number of committees and boards relating to technology. He was a member of the Premier’s Ontario Science and Innovation Council (OISC) and is presently a member of The Leaders’ Roundtable on Commercialization of The Conference Board of Canada and the Ontario Minerals Industry Cluster-Commercialization Working Groups.

Having worked with government agencies such as the Canadian Space Agency and NASA, as well as over 80 private sector companies, NORCAT has developed or adapted over 200 technologies and assisted over 30 small company starts.

Ian Lane is the Executive Director of the Northern Ontario Angels.  With a diverse career, he works to foster connections between entrepreneurs and angel investors across Northern Ontario with the goal of stimulating economic development for the region.  Prior to moving back to Northern Ontario in 2012, Ian was the Manager of Policy Development and Settlement in the Ministry of Innovation and Advanced Learning with the Government of Prince Edward Island.  From 2015-2021, Ian was the Manager of Research Capacity and Health Innovation with the Health Sciences North Research Institute (HSNRI) where he helped researchers attract funding and provided strategic planning support.  He is a proud member of the Rotary Club of Sudbury Sunrisers and has volunteered his grant writing skills to various community and non-for-profit organizations in Ontario and Prince Edward Island.  He still enjoys playing music, skiing, hockey, golf, tennis, and the odd sail.

Dan Gray is the current Past Chair of Health Science North Foundation (HSNF.)

2021 was my 5th time being Past Chair of the Sudbury Real Estate Board. I was owner of Remax Sudbury for 15 years then upgraded to EXP Realty in 2021.

Married to Suzanne Gray and we have two sons, Kyle and Kelston and 3 grandsons Hudson, Chandler and Easton.

With over 30 years’ experience in assorted Committees and Directors appointments to Executive roles in various areas in the Timmins and Temiskaming Shores areas then onto Sudbury. Economic development and fundraising have been a huge part of my service in the Northeastern communities outside Sudbury.

During my years with the Sudbury Real Estate Board, I received excellent leadership training (OREA) and a wonderful Mentor gave me the skills to succeed up to the Executive level and I became President in 2015.

In 2016 we moved away for five years and returned to Sudbury in 2021. My Past offices included Education, Public Relations, Finance, Member of the Political Action Committee, in addition to President.

The last successfully completed were Strategic Plan and New Service Provider for the Board area. Negotiations were successfully completed and on time. New Member Orientation, and Increasing the Board and its Memberships’ Presence in the community, just to name a few.

Married to Michael Pelangio, we have two grown sons, one beautiful daughter-in-law and the bonus of two grandchildren.

Yonaniko S. Grenon (Iyo) is currently Senior Communications Specialist for Glencore’s Sudbury
Integrated Nickel Operations and is currently responsible for the development of the Company’s
communication initiatives internally and externally. She is also facilitating community relations – engagement and partnerships – that are aligned with the Company’s Sustainable Development framework and Community Social Investment programs.

Iyo joins Glencore’s Sudbury from New Caledonia, South Pacific, where she completed a four-year
assignment as Director of External Affairs with Glencore’s Koniambo Nickel project.

A graduate of the University of Kansas with a double major in Journalism and French Literature, Iyo is a communication professional with over 28 year experience in high level crisis management, media and community engagement.

Her other international mining experiences include working for Freeport-McMoRan Inc., New Orleans, Louisiana, PT Freeport Indonesia, and PT Newmont Pacific Nusantara, affiliates of Newmont Mining Corp, United States.

Iyo’s work experience in Sudbury includes taking part in the early development of the newest medical school in town and took up a role as Communications Officer – East for the Northern Ontario School of Medicine.

An active community member, Iyo is currently member of Board of Directors for Cultural Industries Ontario North (Music and Film in Motion), and member of Board of Directors of YES Theatre, both local non-share, not-for-profit corporation. She is also Chair of Ontario Mining Association’s Communications Committee. She currently heads the Indonesian Society, Northern Ontario Chapter, based in Sudbury.

Iyo was formerly Board Member and Vice Chair of the Greater Sudbury Development Corporation, the economic development arm of the City of Greater Sudbury.

Céline Roy is the Director of Finance for Science North, Northern Ontario’s most popular tourist attraction. As the Director of Finance, Céline provides oversight of the centre’s finance, project management, front of house, sales, and facilities teams. Following her undergraduate studies in Business Administration, concentration in accounting, at Nipissing University, Céline received her CPA, CMA designation in 2015.

As a member of the senior executive team at Science North, Céline provides insight and strategic direction supporting the centre’s financial wellbeing. She excels in out-of-the-box thinking, innovative problem solving and communicating complex financial matters across all levels of the organization.

Céline is a proud mother of two, and in her downtime enjoys exploring the great outdoors with  her family.

Hello! My name is Mackenzie Straub and I recently graduated from Laurentian University
with a Bachelor of Science. This fall I will be attending NOSM University as a medical student.
While I was born in Sudbury, I was mostly raised in Sturgeon Falls and returned to Sudbury for
school. I am indigenous and bilingual and certainly hold great pride being from the north. I
enjoy camping, skiing, hiking and spending time with my friends and family. Joining the Northern
Cancer Foundation will enrich my knowledge and experience not only in fundraising, governance
and event organization but will help me fulfill a meaningful role in my community. I am looking
forward to being able to dedicate my time to a most wonderful cause.

Dominic Giroux serves as President and CEO of Health Sciences North and the Health Sciences North Research Institute since 2017, a regional academic health sciences centre and Northern Ontario’s largest health system with 7,700 employees, medical staff, learners and volunteers in 15 sites in Greater Sudbury and 17 other locations across Northeastern Ontario with a $616 million budget. Under his leadership, HSN eliminated a substantial deficit, achieved performance above Ontario hospital average on most indicators tracked by the Canadian Institute for Health Information, completed three capital expansions with a fourth one underway, secured funding to increase bed capacity, acquired a second MRI and a PET-CT, launched initiatives to be digitally-enabled and for leadership development, strengthened its fundraising, expanded mental health and addictions care and implemented new collaborations with other academic hospitals for world-class medical imaging.

Dominic currently chairs the Ontario Hospital Association (OHA), chaired the OHA’s Labour Relations Committee and Governance and Nominating Committee, served as Vice Chair of the Strategic Planning Committee and on OHA committees on the financial impacts of the pandemic, health research, budget advocacy and government transition. He co-chairs Ontario Health’s COVID-19 Northern Ontario Regional Steering Committee which helped coordinate the pandemic response in 46 hospital sites, 102 long-term and retirement homes, 7 public health units and First Nations. He served on Ontario Health’s COVID-19 Health System Response Oversight Table and on provincial committees focused on patient flow between hospitals and long-term homes, and pandemic recovery. He was appointed by the federal government to the Governing Council of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.

A Certified Health Executive (CHE) with the Canadian College of Health Leaders, Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE), holder of an ICD.D designation from the Institute of Corporate Directors, member of the Ontario College of Teachers (OCT) and mentor to new hospital CEOs, he has 25 years of senior executive experience in health care, as President of Laurentian University, as Assistant Deputy Minister with the Ontario Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities, and in two newly-created French language school boards in Ottawa and in Central-Southern Ontario.

He served on the Drummond Commission on the Reform of Ontario’s Public Services that made over 100 health-related recommendations, on Ontario’s Economic Advisory Panel, and on advisory panels for the Bank of Canada, The Globe and Mail, Hydro One and the Mowat Centre.

Dominic was a school board trustee at age 19 and chaired Ottawa’s French Catholic School Board at 21, was Vice Chair of the Francophone Association of Ottawa (ACFO), Vice Chair/Chair-Elect of Universities Canada, chaired the board of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine, co-chaired a national consortium for French-language health training, and served on or led more than a dozen other boards in health, education, mining innovation, public policy, community and economic development.

He holds a Bachelor of Social Sciences in Public Policy and Management and Political Science and a Bachelor of Education from the University of Ottawa, a MBA from HEC Montreal and completed the Public Executive Program at Queen’s University.

In 2011, he received one of Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 awards. He received a Community Builders Award of Excellence in Sudbury and a Paul Harris Fellowship from Rotary Club. He was named by the French government as “Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Palmes académiques de la République française” for his contribution to the influence of the French language in Canada, received the annual award of “Pillar of the Francophonie” from the Assemblée de la francophonie de l’Ontario, received a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal and an Eagle feather for his leadership in Indigenous relations.

Anthony Keating is an award-winning Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) who has served in fundraising leadership roles over the past 14 years with Cystic Fibrosis Canada, Kids Help Phone, Seneca College and the Boys and Girls Clubs of St. John’s, Newfoundland. Most recently, he served as Campaign Director, Major Gifts, at The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation in Toronto where he successfully co-led a $50 million research campaign to completion a year ahead of schedule, and was also responsible for raising millions of dollars for Malignant Hematology priorities. In 2010, he received the “New to Fundraising Professional of the Year” award from the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP). Anthony is an active community member who has volunteered with the Boys and Girls Clubs of St. John’s, the Association of Fundraising Professionals, the Canadian Merit Scholarship Foundation, and is currently a Director with the Roberta Bondar Foundation.

In Anthony’s role he will oversee each of the three Foundations, and the Volunteer Association. He will also supervise HSN’s Volunteer Services and serve on the senior leadership teams of HSN and HSNRI, ensuring a strong alignment with health care needs in Northeastern Ontario.