The CanWaCH Board of Directors serves strictly in a governance capacity and is not directly engaged in day-to-day operational decisions. While we proudly count several CanWaCH member organizations among our board representation, transparency remains a top priority. Board members are held accountable to CanWaCH’s Conflict of Interest policy. Any real or perceived potential conflicts of interest are declared and reviewed at regular intervals.
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Vice-Chair
Treasurer
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Governance and Human Resources Committee Chair
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Caitlin oversees all aspects of the organization and is responsible for the implementation of CanWaCH’s vision and mission. Working closely with the senior management team, she serves as the key liaison between CanWaCH’s Board, staff, key strategic partners and funders, and member organizations.
Megan provides strategic direction, issues management and stakeholder engagement advice across all levels of government. She is responsible for cultivating collaborative partnerships with a variety of key stakeholders, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives and impactful outcomes.
Alli is responsible for ensuring overall organizational effectiveness, aligning CanWaCH’s strategic plan with the organization’s program portfolio, providing oversight of all organizational funding relationships including narrative reporting, monitoring and evaluation, directing appropriate planning for human and financial resources, and fostering an organizational culture of excellence and kindness.
Charmaine leads innovative pilots and strategic initiatives that address organizational objectives, explore new opportunities, and enhance collaboration with members, partners and funders. Working closely with the CEO, she coordinates efforts across portfolios to ensure organizational coherence, sound project management, and strong internal communication.
Amber provides strategic leadership for communications and public engagement initiatives. She is responsible for maintaining the voice of CanWaCH across platforms, including the delivery of written content and oversight of digital media activities.
Sarah leads the secretariat for the Inter-Agency Working Group (IAWG) on Reproductive Health in Crises. She is responsible for aligning programmatic activities with IAWG’s strategic plan and ensuring coalition cohesion through priority-setting, operational decision-making, advocacy and communications, and supporting collaboration among members and partners.
As Manager, Programs and Operations, Erin is responsible for ensuring overall organizational effectiveness, including: providing oversight into all organizational processes and the delivery of program activities, narrative reporting, monitoring and evaluation, managing organizational funding relationships and fostering a positive organizational culture.
Deborah mobilizes the knowledge and expertise of our members and partners through the coordination of the CanWaCH Working Groups. She also facilitates learning and capacity-strengthening activities and trainings for our membership.
Tina supports communications activities and events, membership administration and the smooth operation of all information management and technology tools and services utilized by the CanWaCH team and its members.
Working closely with the Director of Programs and Operations, Sarina provides operational, policy, procedural and governance support to CanWaCH, working with the team, board, funders and senior management team to strive towards operational excellence.
Biko is responsible for developing, amplifying and disseminating content on CanWaCH’s digital communication channels and supports the organization’s communications, public engagement and digital marketing activities.
Taylor advances CanWaCH’s policy and advocacy priorities by translating evidence into influence and shaping strategic engagement with government and stakeholders. Working closely with internal teams and CanWaCH’s membership, she helps align policy positions, partnerships, and external engagement to drive measurable impact.
Julianna helps to advance CanWaCH’s ability to liaise, engage and partner with members and key stakeholders, while seeking new opportunities for strategic alignment. Julianna also supports government relations and governance activities.
Lauren supports the organization’s digital media activities and online presence across the CanWaCH media channels. She assists the Manager, Digital Media for the delivery of digital communications efforts.
