Board of Directors
The Board of Directors is comprised of individuals who come from a broad spectrum of professions with diverse skills and expertise. They share a passion and commitment for helping children, youth, and their families when they are faced with dying, death, and grief.
Barbara Slater
Chair
Adjunct Professor (Retired) Institute of Health Policy, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
Deb Galet
Director
Executive Director, Inter-professional Practice and Ambulatory Care, Baycrest
Arthur Wenglik
Treasurer
Manager, Children’s Services, Financial Division, City of Toronto
Jennifer Lancaster
Director
Assistant Dean, Advancement, University of Toronto
James Hirsh
Director
Lawyer, Bell Temple, LLP
Youth Advisory Council
Hope McMaster
Hailey Spero
Antonietta Gutierrez
Karleigh Sutton
Sullivan Pearson
Our Team
The Dr. Jay Children’s Grief Centre staff have extensive experience in supporting children, youth and their families through dying and death. Their backgrounds include social work, psychotherapy, expressive art therapy, child development and child life studies.
Sue McWatt
MSW
Executive Director
Paul Kitz
BA (Child & Youth Care)
Program Facilitator
Christina Lee
DTATI, RP
Grief & Palliative Care Counsellor
Youth Program Facilitator
Ashley Siegel
B.Sc. (Psychology & Neuroscience)
Research Analyst
Brian Dunphy
Director of Development
Sarah Henderson
MA
Director
Training Services
Danielle Courneya
BA, DTATI
Program Counsellor
Ceilidh Eaton Russell
MSc, CCLS
Director, Research and Evaluation
Samantha O’Leary
PhD (in Progress), M.A. (Counselling Psychology)
Research Analyst
Valentina Cardozo
MSc, BSc(Hons)
Research & Evaluation Coordinator
Adrienne Cooper
Bookkeeper
Brandon Holmes
B.Sc (Computer Science)
Database Analyst