President : Joanne Figliano-Scott, [email protected]
Joanne Figliano-Scott is a nurse with more than 20 years of working experience at Toronto Public Health. Joanne is currently the Director of Community Health and Wellbeing and Chief Nursing Officer at Toronto Public Health (TPH).
Joanne completed her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from McMaster University and earned a Master of Education from University of Toronto with a special interest in organizational effectiveness.
After graduating from nursing, Joanne worked as a Public Health Nurse at Durham Public Health and taught Community Health Nursing at York University before joining Toronto Public Health.
For more than twenty years, Joanne has worked as a Public Health Nurse, a Health Promotion Specialist, a Public Health Manager, a Senior Policy and Strategic Issues Advisor, and most recently as an Associate Director in the Office of the Medical Officer of Health at Toronto Public Health. In these roles she has supported the organization to develop and deliver quality, client-centered services; contributed to knowledge transfer; and reinforced population health assessment and program evaluation. Joanne has led public health teams in managing strategic issues, advancing policies and engaging internal and external stakeholders on complex public health issues. Joanne has a strong interest in health promotion and advancing effective local public health efforts to reduce inequities in health.
As a Nursing Professional Joanne has helped advance nursing practice as a member of TPH’s Nursing Practice Council, contributing to Registered Nurses Association of Ontario (RNAO) initiatives, including Best Practice Spotlight Organization. Joanne is currently the Chief Nursing Officer at Toronto Public Health and the President-elect of the Ontario Public Health Nursing Leadership Association.
Treasurer: Renee Boi-Doku, [email protected]
Renee has been a nurse for 30 years, 25 of those years has been with Toronto Public Health (TPH). Renee began her time at TPH in the Healthy Communities directorate working on the School Team, the Sexual Health Promotion Team, and the Urban Issues. She gained valuable experience in partnering with diverse communities on meaningful topics that benefitted from health promotion, disease prevention and community development. Currently Renee is the Supervisor Nursing Quality Practice, where she supports TPH management in addressing nursing practice questions and leads a small but mighty Nursing Practice Council to address nursing practice issues and plan organization wide nursing events. Renee has her B.Sc.N., M.Sc.N., and is certified in Community Health Nursing from the Canadian Nurses Association.
Secretary: Jennifer Mitton, [email protected]
Jen is the Nursing Practice Advisor for Hamilton Public Health Services and holds a clinical faculty appointment in the School of Nursing at McMaster University. She is a graduate of McMaster School of Nursing (BScN and PhD) with over 20 years of public health experience. Prior to her current role, Jen worked as a public health nurse for Niagara Region (School Health & Substance Abuse Prevention), Region of Peel (Substance Abuse Prevention and Tobacco Control) and Hamilton Public Health Services (Tobacco Control). Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, Jen has been in the dual role of Nursing Practice Advisor and Advanced Pandemic Planner.
CNO Representative: Judy Buchan, [email protected]
Judy Buchan is the Director of Communicable Diseases and Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) at Peel Public Health. In this position, she provides strategic leadership and direction to sections within the Communicable Diseases Division. As the CNO, she is responsible for providing nursing leadership, nursing practice quality assurance and continuous quality improvement to support overall organizational effectiveness. Judy has been a member of Ontario Public Health Nursing Leaders since 2016.
Judy is a successful senior leader with more than 25 years of progressive leadership experience in local public health. She has widespread experience in maternal child health, public health, communicable diseases, and nursing practice. Most recently, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Judy has assumed the role of Director of Public Health Emergencies, leading the COVID-19 operational response for Peel Public Health.
She has a Bachelor of Political Science degree from McMaster University, a Baccalaureate of Nursing Science from the University of Toronto, and a Master of Nursing from Ryerson University. She has also completed the Advanced Health Leadership Program at the Joseph L Rotman School of Management – University of Toronto and well as a Project Management Professional certification.
Professional Practice Lead Liaison: Vicky Olmstead, [email protected]
Vicky has worked in public health for 24+years with the Regional Municipality of Durham. Vicky has been a manager in a variety of programs over the years including Healthy Families, Sexual Health, Injury Prevention, Durham Health Connection Line and Immunization and Quality Assurance. Vicky is currently the Assistant Director, Population Health at Durham Region Health Department.