Helen Angus is the CEO of AMS Healthcare, bringing her leadership to the organization’s role as a catalyst for change and innovation in health care. Previously she was Ontario’s deputy minister of health, where she helmed Ontario’s initial response to the COVID-19 pandemic. She was also co-chair of the Council of Deputy Ministers of Health and played a critical leadership role in the groundbreaking work of Cancer Care Ontario. Helen is a distinguished fellow at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy.

Stephen Lucas was appointed deputy minister of health at Health Canada in September 2019. Under his leadership, the department launched a comprehensive response to the COVID-19 pandemic in collaboration with the Public Health Agency of Canada, federal, provincial and territorial partners and leading scientific experts, and contributed to the greatest immunization program in Canada’s history. Previously he served as deputy minister of Environment and Climate Change Canada, and deputy secretary to the Cabinet for Plans and Consultations and Intergovernmental Affairs at the Privy Council Office.

Shannon McDonald is proudly Métis/Anishinaabe with deep roots in the Red River Valley of Manitoba. She lives as a guest on Tsawout First Nation, just north of Victoria. Trained as physician, she has had broad experience at multiple levels of health care service delivery and health administration in challenging environments. For over 25 years her work has focused on Indigenous health. She is an experienced manager within the federal and provincial governments. She joined the First Nations Health Authority in September 2015 as the senior medical officer for Vancouver Island and retired from the position of chief medical officer in January 2023.

Fahad Razak is an internist and epidemiologist whose research focuses on improving the care of hospitalized patients through the application of advanced analytic methods to hospital big data. He co-founded GEMINI, the largest hospital research network in Canada. He was the scientific director of the Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table that informed Ontario’s response to the pandemic, and he co-authored over 40 science and policy briefs that shaped the policy, public health and clinical response to the COVID-19 crisis. He now holds the Canada Research Chair in Healthcare Data and Analytics.

David McLaughlin has over 30 years of governance experience at senior levels in federal and provincial governments, including most recently as clerk of the executive council, cabinet secretary, and head of the public service in the government of Manitoba. In the past, David has served as president and CEO of the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy and as a deputy minister in the governments of New Brunswick and Manitoba. This includes deputy minister of Intergovernmental Affairs in both provinces, deputy minister of Policy and Planning and secretary to the Cabinet Committee on Policy and Priorities in New Brunswick, deputy minister to the N.B. Commission on Legislative Democracy, and deputy minister for the Climate and Green Plan Implementation Office in Manitoba. He also served as executive director, Council of the Federation’s Panel on Fiscal Imbalance. He has served as chief of staff to the federal minister of Finance and the Prime Minister of Canada. David has a BA (Honours) from Mount Allison University, an MA in International Affairs from Carleton University and an MBA from the University of Bath, U.K.