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Leadership & Staff
Board of Directors:
John Furlong - Chair
Ian Bird
Thérèse Brisson
Patrick Jarvis
Dr. Guy Larose
Chris Overholt
Julie Payette
Keith Pelley
Tricia Smith
Dr. Mike Wilkinson
Own the Podium Chief Executive Officer:
Anne Merklinger
Own the Podium Management Team
Mark Hahto -
Director, Summer Sport
Dr. Jon Kolb -
Director, Sport Science, Medicine and Innovation
Joanne Mortimore -
Director, Planning and Operations
Ken Read -
Director, Winter Sport
Sean Scott - Director, System Excellence
Own the Podium Team
Ken Bagnell - Coordinator, Canadian Sport Institutes
Graham Barton - High Performance Advisor
Nicholas Bass - High Performance Advisor
Cameron Beasley - Results Data Analyst
Iain Brambell - High Performance Advisor
Graham Chapman - Manager, Information Technology
Mike Christie - Performance Intelligence and Analysis Advisor
Chris Dornan - Media Consultant
Paul Dorotich - Performance Analysis Advisor
Cynthia Dunford - Manager, Finanace
Danielle Gelineau - Administrative Coordinator
Teresa Hlady - High Performance Advisor
Lucinda Jagger - High Performance Advisor
Jane Labreche - Sport Science/ Sport Medicine Advisor
Jean-Philippe Lavoie - High Performance Advisor
Kelly McKean - Performance Analysis Advisor
Christine Miller - Administrative Coordinator
Shelley Milton - Manager, Operations and Administration; Executive Assistant
Vanessa Paun - High Performance Athlete Development Advisor
Brian Rahill - High Performance Advisor
Phil Schlote - High Performance Advisor
Danika Tanguay - Manager, System Excellence
Cara Thibault - Manager, Research, Innovation and Winter Sport