EXECUTIVE TEAM
FENG CHANG
Vice - President
GWEN DEVEREAUX
President
MARY LAPAINE
Vice - Chair
DAN STRINGER
Chair
NANCY SIMPSON
Secretary
PAUL TUFTS
Treasurer
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
JAY MCFARLAN
AL LAUZON
PAT REDSHAW
FIONN O'FLANAGAN
ANNE-MARIE THOMSON
MICHELE MELADY-YOUNG
RESEARCH CHAIRS
AL LAUZON PHD
Chair of Rural Change & Development
RYAN GIBSON PHD
Chair of Rural Economic Development
CASANDRA BRYANT
Chair of Rural Health Human Resources
MOHAMED GAZARIN
Chair of Rural Hospital Pharmacy Research
PAUL GILL MD
Chair of Rural Digital Health
JAY MCFARLAN MSC
Chair of Rural Nutrition & Exercise
ASHLEY FLANAGAN PhD
Chair of Rural Diversity and Aging
LEITH DEACON PhD
Chair of Rural Resiliency
KEN MIlNE MD
Chair of Rural Medicine
ALEXANDREA PEEL MD
Chair of Rural Senior Care
WAYNE CALDWELL PhD
Honorary Chair of Rural Healthy Sustainable Communities
ALIS BONSIGNORE PhD
Chair of Rural Cardiac Rehab
CRAIG HUDSON MD
Chair of Rural Mental Health
LESLIE WALKER PhD
Chair of Rural Artificial Intelligence
SIMON BERGE PhD
Chair of Rural Business and Co-operatives
SCOTT BROWN PhD
Chair or Rural Organizational Development
ADVISORS
RESEARCH ASSOCIATES
Additional Team Members
NICOLE GILROY
Research Assistant
GRACE BONNET
Project Lead
JOEL HORDIJK
Research Assistant
KARISSA ECKERT
Administrative & Marketing Co-ordinator
AMY STURGEON
Research Assistant
SAGE MILNE
Research Assistant & Marketing
NEIL HAAS
Research Assistant
MAITLAND ROY
Research Assistant