Our Board


Hannah Chan, MPH, RD
Senior Advisor • Ontario Cabinet Office • Toronto, Ontario
Hannah Chan is a strategic leader with high-profile policy and program development experience, and a demonstrated ability to use evidence to evaluate and improve policies and programs in a diverse array of focus areas related to nutrition, health promotion, and health communications.
She holds a Master of Public Health degree in Nutrition and Dietetics with a Collaborative Specialization in Global Health from the University of Toronto, and completed the UBC Farm Practicum in Sustainable Agriculture.
She has held various policy, strategic communications, and project management roles in government, public health, non-profit, corporate, research, and healthcare settings. Originally from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Hannah is currently based in Toronto where she works as a Senior Advisor: Economic, Justice and Central Agency Communications in the Ontario Cabinet Office.
Judy Sheeshka
Chair, Board of Directors, CFDR
Vancouver, BC
John-Paul Cody-Cox
Chief Executive Officer, Dietitians of Canada
Ottawa, ON
Lynn Blackwood B.Sc. RD
Food Security Programs Manager, Nunatsiavut Government
Happy Valley-Goose Bay, NL
Ellen Pruden
Director of Communications, Cereals Canada
Winnipeg, MB
Mark Dekker, PhD
Sr Director, Scientific and Regulatory Affairs, Canadian Beverage Association
Mississauga, ON
Tina Stewart
Clinical Nutrion Manager (Interim Quality Specailist - Accredidation), Halton Healthcare
Brampton, ON
Ryna Levy-Milne, PhD, RD
Provincial Program Lead, BC Cancer Agency
Vancouver, BC
Lucia Weiler, BSc, RD, PHEc
President, Weiler Nutrition Communications Inc
Toronto, ON
Marcia Cooper, PhD, RD, FDC
Research Scientist, Health Canada
Ottawa, ON
Sonia Couto
Managing Director, Konverge Digital Solutions
Toronto, ON
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