Experience

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  Aspen regional health

  Feb 2007 - Nov 2008

  Vice president community health services

  Responsible for a portfolio of programs including Mental Health, Population Health, Home Care, Rehabilitation, Environmental Health, Primary Care and Chronic Disease Management

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  Alberta health services

  Nov 2008 - Jan 2015

  Responsible for strategic planning, program development, design, evaluation and standards for provincial Primary Health Care, including Community & Rural Health Service Planning, Primary Care and Chronic Disease Management. Responsible for strategic and operational leadership for Addictions & Mental Health, Public and Population Health, Primary Care and Chronic Disease Mgt for North Zone. Responsible for planning and program development, as well as performance monitoring for North Zone Acute Care, Seniors Health, and Allied Health programs. Responsible for strategic planning, program development, design, evaluation and standards for provincial Community & Rural Hospitals, Advanced Ambulatory Care Centres & Urgent Care, Primary Care and Chronic Disease Management. Program and operational responsibility for Health Link Alberta, a 24/7 nurse telephone advice and health information service.

  • Vice President, Primary Health Care

    Jan 2014 - Jan 2015

  • Vice President Program & Performance, North Zone

    Sept 2011 - Jan 2014

  • Vice President Community & Rural/Primary Care & CDM

    Nov 2008 - Sept 2011
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  Heather toporowski executive coaching and consulting

  Nov 2015 - now

  Certified executive coach and consultant

  Certified Executive Coach and Consultant, focused on senior and executive leadership in health, non-profit and government sectors.