Meet your CMHA Toronto Board of Directors 2020-2021
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Meet your CMHA Toronto
Board of Directors 2020-2021
Gulshan Allibhai Alana Boltwood
Board Member since 2018 New Board Member
Gulshan Allibhai, BSW, MSW, has Alana is a certified management
been practicing social work for 22 consultant with KPMG’s
years, working as an educator and Technology Consulting practice,
case manager in mental health, where she helps institutions
long-term care, and settlement of in health and human services
newcomers. She worked at CMHA prepare for the future through
Toronto in the area of diversity, mental health promotion digital transformation. She has a Master’s of Design in
and community engagement, and taught with both Strategic Foresight and Innovation, where her thesis
the Internationally Educated Social Work Bridging made it clear that mental health is fundamental to
Program and the Internationally Educated Psychology reducing poverty. A bachelor’s degree in statistics
Bridging Program. She currently teaches at Seneca led Alana to work at Statistics Canada to conduct
College in the Mental Health Certificate Program and at qualitative and quantitative research, and to advise
Wilfrid Laurier University in the MSW program. Gulshan non-profits on performance measurement. Alana
was born in Uganda, Africa, and came to Canada as advocates for LGBTQ+ and other marginalized
a refugee in 1972. Due to her own and her family’s people, knowing from personal experience that they
experience as refugees, Gulshan’s main focus and experience loneliness, trauma, anxiety, depression and
interest is in the area of mental health and resettlement other mental health issues. Alana shares joy through
stress. She advocates for culturally competent services painting, photography and other art forms.
for newcomers in the area of employment and mental
health. Natasha Bronfman
Board Member since 2012
Katie Almond To CHMA Toronto, Natasha
New Board Member
brings a deep commitment to
Katie Almond has been working volunteering in the not-for-profit
in the criminal justice system for sector and experience in the areas
35 years, 31 of which have been of investments, fundraising and
as a probation and parole officer business development, and also as
with the Ministry of the Solicitor an adjudicator with the Consent and Capacity Board
General. For the past 18 years, Tribunal. Mental illness is a cause she is passionately
she has worked with a client committed to as it is an issue that has touched her
population that is marked by poverty, homelessness, deeply both through her friends and family, and
mental illness, physical and developmental disabilities through her own personal struggle with depression,
and polysubstance use. Ms. Almond has been involved anxiety and PTSD. Natasha strongly believes that
in the development of extensive community networks mental illness is an illness, and not a weakness, and
and collaborative initiatives. She is the co-chair of that this distinction needs to be brought out into the light.
both the downtown Toronto and provincial Human The difference CMHA Toronto makes in people’s lives
Services and Justice Coordinating committees. Ms. is incalculable and it is her hope that having joined its
Almond possesses a bachelor’s degree in psychology Board, she has helped fight the stigma against mental
(Honours) and a master’s degree in education. illness in our society. She is the author of Thank You
Louise Hay, a memoir chronicling her journey from near
suicide to mental health advocacy.
Meet your CMHA Toronto Board of Directors 2020-2021
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Julie Bulmash ! Carol Duncan
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Board Member since 2013 ! Board Member since 2019
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Julie has over 20 years of ! Carol Duncan is a trauma survivor
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experience in human resources ! whose career and life continues to
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working for large multinational ! be impacted by the complexities
organizations, and currently ! of post-traumatic stress. Carol
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coordinates the Human Resources ! is committed to combining her
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Management programs at George ! work experience as an accredited
Brown College. Julie has an MBA, a BA in Psychology ! public relations professional with her insight of
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from Concordia University and a Diploma of Child ! being homeless and living in a shelter for 19 months
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Study in Assessment and Counseling from the !!! before benefiting! from the CMHA Toronto Housing
University of Toronto. Prior to joining the CMHA Toronto! First program. Carol’s volunteer work includes being
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Board, she was a member of Family Services Toronto !! co-founder of The SANE (Survivor Awareness Needs
Board of Directors where she chaired the Governance !!
!! Experiences) Project, and an active member of the
Committee. Julie is a strong supporter of mental health !!!! Trauma-Informed Care Committee of CMHA Toronto.
and developing workplace strategies to sustain a !! Carol’s career at Mercer, the YMCA of Greater Toronto,
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healthy work environment, and is an !advocate for the ! and SickKids Foundation, along with her willingness
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rights of employees with mental illness.! ! to openly share her lived experience as a trauma
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Lara de Sousa ! ! change to improve the lives of people supported by
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Board Member since 2017 ! the mental health community.
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Lara has over 20 years of ! Maureen Hyland
experience in healthcare, working !
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as a personal support worker, !
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an occupational therapist, and ! Maureen has been actively
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in leadership roles within the ! involved in mental health
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community services sector, and ! advocacy for many years.
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acute, primary, and home and community care. In 2015 she chaired a conference,
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Lara is the the VP of Operations and!Patient Care Families Count: Healing Together,
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at CarePartners. As the first OT on CMHA Toronto’s which offered strategies to assist
ACT Team, and with personal experience ! with mental individuals in navigating the mental health system.
illness, Lara has a deep commitment to advocating She currently holds positions on the East York Mental
for, and supporting our most vulnerable citizens to Health Counselling Services Board and the Family
live healthy, productive and meaningful lives. Lara Outreach and Recovery Advisory Board. She also
is thrilled to be part of CMHA Toronto’s legacy of volunteers at the Art Gallery of Ontario and raises
excellence in care delivery and innovation, and hopes funds for a supportive housing residence. Maureen
to contribute her skills and knowledge to improving has a Master of Library Science from the University of
systems of care for people with mental illness. British Columbia. Throughout her professional career,
she has held library management positions at the
University of Calgary, and Osgoode Hall, Law Society
of Ontario. She currently teaches at Humber College.
Meet your CMHA Toronto Board of Directors 2020-2021
Kimberly Moran Nadine Reid
Board Member since 2014 Board Member since 2018
Kim is dedicated to improving Nadine has spent a decade
the lives of children and youth learning and working in mental
with a focus on strengthening health and addiction research, and
healthcare policy, systems and eagerly looks forward to a long
patient outcomes in Canada and career dedicated to improving
internationally. Kim is currently our local service system and
CEO of Children’s Mental Health the lives of those it serves. With a master’s in health
Ontario and is recognized as a leading advocate sociology and PhD in Health Services Research from
for child and youth mental health. Her passion for the University of Toronto, she is committed to bringing
improving the delivery of mental health treatment both a holistic, patient-centred perspective, and a
runs deep and is rooted in her family’s lived practical skillset to research, evaluation, quality and
experience with mental health. Kim is a Chartered service planning discussions. Nadine is a passionate
Professional Accountant, who brings more than advocate for the invaluable role that high quality,
thirty years of senior leadership experience in the patient-centred community services play in helping
private and not-for-profit sectors, including as CEO individuals and families to live healthy and meaningful
of UNICEF Canada. She has advised health system lives. She is excited and honoured to be part of an
stakeholders at all levels of government in Canada organization that shares her values and has a long !
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and internationally. Kim is a member of the Premier’s history of leading by example. !
Council on Improving Health Care and Ending Hallway
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Medicine; an independent, voluntary expert advisory Murray Segal
council, which reports to the Premier and the Minister Board Member since 2015
of Health. She also chairs the finance committees for
Seneca College and CMHA Toronto. Following a distinguished career
with the Ontario government,
Cheryl Prescod including eight years as Deputy
New Board Member Attorney General and former
Deputy Minister responsible
As the executive director of the
for Aboriginal Affairs, Murray
Black Creek Community Health
Segal now practices as independent legal counsel
Centre, Cheryl strives to ensure
and consultant in downtown Toronto. His practice
equitable access to health services
includes assisting the public and broader public
for vulnerable populations. A
service in improving the delivery of services. Prior to
dedicated community leader for
his time as the Deputy Attorney General, Murray was
over 25 years, she is a coalition
the Chief Prosecutor for Ontario, leading the largest
builder, bringing together diverse stakeholders in
prosecution service in Canada. He is certified as a
community development initiatives that reflect the
Criminal Law Specialist and is the author of numerous
needs of people. She facilitates numerous community-
legal publications. Murray has been on the Quality
academic partnerships in research to build evidence
that informs policy and innovative approaches to Assurance Committee of CMHA Toronto, is on the
complex problems in marginalized communities. Cheryl Board of Trustees of CAMH, and a member of the
has an academic background in biological sciences, Ontario Review Board.
with graduate degrees from the University of Ottawa
and University of Toronto and obtained leadership
training in healthcare and non-profit management from
the Rotman School of Management, Schulich School of
Business and Harvard Business School. Cheryl values
time spent with family and friends to maintain an optimal
work-life balance.
Meet your CMHA Toronto Board of Directors 2020-2021
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Frank van Nie ! Karen Woo
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Board Member since 2014 Board Member since 2019
Frank has over 30 years of Karen is a Registered Social
experience in the Canadian Worker and Certified Health
financial services industry Executive who has held various
working first for TD Bank and clinical, administration and
then Visa Canada. He has health system planning positions
had a variety of roles in audit, in the community, hospitals,
operations, marketing, risk management, business and within international NGO contexts. While having
continuity management and sales and account recently worked internationally with Doctors Without
management. In 2009, Frank established his own Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières, and in Canada’s
management consulting practice, Smart Strategies, Northwest Territories with Indigenous peoples,
which provides strategic advice to both for-profit she maintains her clinical role at Toronto Western
and non-profit organizations. He holds a Bachelor of Hospital’s Psychiatric Emergency Services Unit.
Arts in Mathematics from the University of Windsor Karen’s areas of special interest include strategic
and an MBA from the University of Toronto. leadership, operational program management,
He served on the CMHA Peel Dufferin Branch Board quality improvement and clinical practice – all with
of Directors for 10 years and was the chair from the goal of working to deliver quality health care, and
2010 – 2013. to improve health outcomes and client experience.
Karen has proudly pursued her interests in mental
health throughout her career by practicing in,
volunteering within, and contributing to this sector
for 15 years, as she believes that together we can
improve the mental health of individuals in our
community.
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